Kids for Kids Festival

Final Winners Kids For Kids - Awards & Justification

2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008

Affiliated events winners :

Balkan Kids for Kids | Batlic and Nordic Kids For Kids | Kids for Kids Africa

PROFESSIONAL JURY

BEST FILM ANIMATION 6 – 12:
	A BLUE EYE AND A LITTLE EAR (Taiwan)
	Synopsis: Why do we have to be the same as other people? Or rather, why do we always want other people to look the same as us? We should try to accept the difference of others and learn to appreciate our uniqueness. We’re all very special as individuals.
	Production: 2008 Taiwan International Children's TV & Film Festival
	Director: Ciou-wan Lin's students
BEST FILM ANIMATION 13 – 16:
	POOR JOSHUA VERDE (Australia)
	Synopsis: "A boy with a tragic childhood goes on an enchanting and emotional adventure that helps him reconnect with his family and utilize his creative talents so that he can be happy once again"
	Production: Individual
	Director: Guy Verge Wallace
BEST FILM LIVE ACTION 6 – 12:
	THE NIGHT IN QUESTION (USA)
	Synopsis: In this film noir, a gum-chewing, Chandler-reading private eye must solve the mystery of why children keep disappearing. What has them under its spell?
	Production: Harvard-Westlake School
	Director: Zelda Wengrod
BEST FILM LIVE ACTION 13 – 16:
	TINY PILLOW (Canada)
	Synopsis: Tiny Pillows is a short film based on a free verse poem written by Joseph for Grade 8 English.
	Production: Individual
	Director: Joseph Procopio
BEST FILM 1 MINUTE 6 – 12:
	CONFRONT LABELS (Canada)
	Synopsis: Kids decide that they do not whish to be labelled anymore.
	Production: Shaughnessy Park School
	Director: Mitchell Rygiel's student at the Shaughnessy Park School
BEST FILM 1 MINUTE 13 – 16:
	I AM EUROPE (Germany)
	Synopsis: A granny gets carried away about the good old days while her grandson, slightly losing his patience, is pushing her in a wheelchair past a deserted checkpoint. Suddenly granny realizes that there is a good side to the present day as well…
	Production: Jugenfilm e.V.
	Director: Alexander Gavritchov, Simon Hill, Franziska Jänichen, Kolja Kirsch, John Schmidt, Oskar de Wyl
GRAND PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING FILM 6 - 12:
	THE BULL AND THE MOON (Singapore)
	Context: Two adult coordinators and 6 children, aged 6 to 11 years old worked on this animation for 3 months. Children are involved in direction, production, art creation, soundtrack and post-production
	Production: Clubexplor
	Director: Celia Desmarescaux, Juliette Sirgant, Inigo Gaston, Pablo Gaston, Mai Monterde, Philippe Demptos
GRAND PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING FILM 13-16:
	FOUR MORE YEARS TO GO (Ireland)
	Synopsis: This is the story of Aisling, a first year student, who dreams of being a famous writer and moving to America to be with her brother. Aisling spends a lot of time daydreaming in order to escape the bullying that she experiences at school. In four years she will finish school and her new life can begin.
	Production: Présentation Secondary School
	Director: Norma Lowney & Rachel O'Sullivan

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN JURY

All the filmmakers in competition received the DVD compilation and casted their votes for the best film in each category. You will find the results below.

BEST FILM ANIMATION 6 – 12:
	THE BULL AND THE MOON (Singapore)
	Context: Two adult coordinators and 6 children, aged 6 to 11 years old worked on this animation for 3 months. Children are involved in direction, production, art creation, soundtrack and post-production
	Production: Clubexplor
	Director: Celia Desmarescaux, Juliette Sirgant, Inigo Gaston, Pablo Gaston, Mai Monterde, Philippe Demptos
BEST FILM ANIMATION 13 – 16:
	LET'S KNIT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (Italy)
	Synopsis: From the thinking threads material threads are departing and becoming alive. A thread tells a tale of rules and rights, of hope. For the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights
	Production: Pinac Pinacoteca Internazionale ed evolutiva comune du Rezzato
	Director: Vinz Beschi & Irene Tedesch
BEST FILM LIVE ACTION 6 – 12:
	REMOTE (Australia)
	Context: A school project for ages 8 - 12. An adult teacher oversaw the production but did not directly work on it. Students wrote, directed, filmed and edited it.
	Production: Mayfield State School
	Director: Nera Skripic-Vuckovic
BEST FILM LIVE ACTION 13 – 16:
	THE FIRST FLIGHTHOUR (The Netherland)
	Synopsis: ‘The First Flighthour’ is a short comedy about a clumsy guy who meets a girl for the first time in his life. But what is it that he wants from her?
	Production: Individual
	Director: Thomas van der Gronde
BEST FILM 1 MINUTE 6 – 12:
	CONFRONT LABELS (Canada)
	Synopsis: Kids decide that they do not whish to be labelled anymore.
	Production: Shaughnessy Park School
	Director: Mitchell Rygiel's student at the Shaughnessy Park School
BEST FILM 1 MINUTE 13 – 16:
	Bon Voyage, USA
	Synopsis: Bon Voyage was inspired by the excitement of traveling overseas, to France in particular.
	Production: Perpich Center For Arts Education
	Réalisatrice: Allyssa Kaiser
GRAND PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING FILM - 6-12 :
	A BLUE EYE AND A LITTLE EAR (Taiwan)
	Synopsis: Why do we have to be the same as other people? Or rather, why do we always want other people to look the same as us? We should try to accept the difference of others and learn to appreciate our uniqueness. We’re all very special as individuals.
	Production: 2008 Taiwan International Children's TV & Film Festival
	Director: Ciou-wan Lin's students
GRAND PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING FILM - 13-16 :
	POOR JOSHUA VERDE (Australia)
	Synopsis: "A boy with a tragic childhood goes on an enchanting and emotional adventure that helps him reconnect with his family and utilize his creative talents so that he can be happy once again"
	Production: Individual
	Director: Guy Verge Wallace