vol 1. no7. May27th, 2009
Dear Friends and Colleague,
The 2008 edition of the Global Kids For Kids festival is now officially over.
They say that good things can come out of everything; this finale is certainly a proof of that. Even though there was no official award ceremony with both juries this year, we believe that the voting system was a beautiful way to get everyone to participate.
We would like to thank all those who have taken the time to screen the films and send us their votes:
- James Strubbe, Belgium
- Tuur Stuyck, Belgium
- Joseph Proccopio, Canada
- Thibault Comte, France
- Malgorzata Popinska, Poland
- Michal Boreczek, Poland
- Allyssa Kaiser, USA
- Sky Rodrigues, USA
- Zoe Allen-Wickler, USA
We would also like to send a special thank you note to those of you who took the time to organize “mini-jury” sessions. We were very happy to have the results of your discussions and voting. The coordinators of these events were:
- Lucia Cano, Talle de cine “el Mate”, Argentina
- Susan & Katherine Procopio, Canada
- Joni Malja, Mikael Kilhströn & Niko Ruoho, Finland
- Klaus Weller, Germany
- Galia Lev Gelfand, Israel
- Pnina Medan, Israel
- Liset Cotera, La Matatena, Mexico
- Carmen Santos, Clubexplor, Singapore
- Chung-ho Lin, Public television Services, Taiwan
- Julie Ward, Jack Drum Arts, UK
We certainly hope that it was a fruitful experience to screen other filmmakers’ production.
For us, receiving the votes of so many young filmmakers was truly exciting and we are very proud of the final result.
Here are the winning films from the international youth jury:
6 TO 12 YEARS OLD CATEGORY:
ANIMATION: EL TORO Y LA LUNA (The Bull and the Moon), Club Explor, Singapore
LIVE ACTION: REMOTE, Mayfield State School, Australia1 MINUTE FILM: CONFRONT LABELS, Shaughnessy Park School, Canada
BEST FILM 6 TO 12 YEARS OLD: LAN YEN CHU HU CHIAO HSIAO ERH TO (A Blue Eye + A little Ear), Taiwan International Children's TV & Film Festival workshop, Taiwan
13 TO 16 YEARS OLD
ANIMATION: SUL FILIO DEI FIRITTI (Lets Knit for Human Rights), PinAc, Italy
LIVE ACTION: HEERSTE VLIEGUUR (The First Flight hour), Thomas Van der Gronde, The Netherland
1 MINUTE FILM: BON VOYAGE, Allyssa Kaiser, USA
BEST FILM 13 TO 16 YEARS OLD: POOR JOSHUA VERDE, Guy Verge Wallace, Australia
Congratulations to all the winners and to all the participants! We hope to see you again for the future editions.
For more information on the winning films, please visit our website at: http://www.kidsforkidsfestival.org/en/2008global.htm. If you would like to screen them, as well as all 50 films of the competition, you can order the Best of Kids For Kids Festival 2008 at: http://www.kidsforkidsfestival.org/en/orderform.htm.
The Global Kids For Kids Festival team in Montreal
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