The Cinekid Festival is the largest international film, television and new media festival for children aged 4 to 14 held at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It started as a small children's film festival and has now grown into a large organisation that develops activities for children in the areas of film, television and new media throughout the year. These activities are presented alongside the festival, whereas the festival itself screens films from all over the world and a selection of the best television programs for children. It also organises several new media activities. Each year the festival is attended by over 50,000 children, parents and (international) guests.
Cinekid Foundation
The Cinekid Foundation is the organisation behind the festival and accompanying activities. The foundation's goal is to improve the quality of visual culture for children as well as to stimulate children's active and creative participation in the media in order to strengthen their position in relation to the media.
To achieve these goals, Cinekid's core activities include:
1. Festival The Cinekid Film, Television and New Media Festival is the main event each year. It is preceded by a series of school screenings throughout Amsterdam and a satellite program held in 30 cities throughout the Netherlands: Cinekid On Location.
2. Cinekid for Professionals The Cinekid for Professionals Conference is a new addition to Cinekid's activities. The conference has a seminar program and co-production markets where media professionals can view a selection of children's films and television programs.
3. Development and renewal Cinekid focuses on development of the intercultural field defined as Child and Media. This is a central element in Cinekid's core activities and includes trainings, test, knowledge, development and innovation programs.
Media Literacy
Cinekid focuses on media education through broad culture participation. Children from all layers of society are allowed festival participation through leading discussions, voting, creating media productions, talking to industry representatives and (child) actors, joining workshops etc. In order to introduce diverse quality media productions, passive participation included, Cinekid aims to stimulate less accessible genres like child documentaries and cultural interactive media as well.
A tool for this is Cinekid Studio, an interactive environment which allows children to create their own media productions throughout the year. The goal is to improve media consciousness in a playful way. Cinekid Studio is part of the media literacy program that Cinekid offers.
The Cinekid Klappers is a children's film canon, an international list of around one hundred films that are considered essential. The list has been compiled by a broad commission of experts and consists of high quality contemporary and older films, for different age groups and with several themes.
Prizes
Cinekid awards prizes in three categories:
Film Cinekid Lion jury award Cinekid Lion audience award
Television Cinekid Kinderkast jury award fiction Cinekid Kinderkast jury award non-fiction Cinekid Kinderkast audience award fiction Cinekid Kinderkast audience award non-fiction Golden Cinekid Kinderkast
New Media Cinekid New Media Award jury award Cinekid New Media Award audience award
The 2010 edition of the festival will be the first to award a 'Best Dutch Family Film' prize. The winner will be selected by both a jury and the audience.
Past winners
Cinekid Lion
1987 Jury award - De jonge magiër, Waldemar Dziki, Polen, 1987 1988 Jury award - Mio mijn Mio, Vladimir Grammatikov, Rusland/Zweden, 1987 1989 Jury award - Après la Guerre, Jean-Loup Hubert, Frankrijk, 1989 Audience award - Gouden Regen, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Denemarken, 1988 1990 Jury award - Mama Mia en ik, Erik Clausen, Denemarken, 1989 Audience award - Het mirakel van Valby, Ake Sandgren, Denemarken/Zweden, 1989 1991 Jury award - Waar is het huis van mijn vriend?, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran, 1987 Audience award - Het heimwee van Walerian Wrobel, Rolf Schübel, Duitsland, 1990 1992 Jury award - Het Zakmes, Ben Sombogaart, Nederland, 1991 Audience award - Little Nemo, William T. Hurtz/Masami Hata, Amerika/Japan, 1992 1993 Jury award - Een brief uit de hemel, Wang Junzheng, China, 1992 Audience award - De zilveren hengst, John Tatoulis, Australie, 1992 1994 Jury award - Karakum, Arend Agthe, Duitsland/Turkmenistan, 1993 Jury award - Killer Kid, Gilles de Maistre, Frankrijk, 1994 Audience award - Corrina, Corrina, Jessie Nelson, Amerika, 1994 1995 Jury award - Lang leve de Koningin, Esmé Lammers, Nederland, 1995 Audience award - The Cure, Peter Horton, Amerika, 1995 1996 Jury award - Kijk ik vlieg, Vibeke Gad, Denemarken, 1996 Audience award - Mathilda, Danny DeVito, Amerika, 1996 1997 Jury award - Oog van de Adelaar, Peter Flinth, Denemarken/Noorwegen/Zweden, 1996 Audience award - Selma & Johanna, Ingela Magner, Zweden, 1997 1998 Jury award - Op eigen houtje, Lone Scherfig, Denemarken, 1998 Audience award - Ikke niet, Ari Kristinsson, IJsland, 1997 1999 Jury award - Kirikou en de heks, Michel Ocelot, Frankrijk, 1998 Audience award - Valkenhart, Lars Hesselholdt, Denemarken, 1999 2000 Jury award - Zomerkinderen, Ulf Malmros, Zweden, 2000 Audience award - Mariken, André van Buren, Nederland, 2000 2001 Jury award - Een hand vol gras, Roland Susi Richter, Duitsland/Iran, 2000 Audience award - Die nieuwe vader, Andrea Katzenberger, Duitsland, 2000 2002 Jury award - De Vogeltjesvanger, Rahbar Ghanbari, Iran, 2002 Audience award - Kraak!, Hans Fabian Wullenweber, Denemarken, 2002 2003 Jury award - Wallah Be, Pia Bocin, Denemarken, 2002 Audience award - De zomer van de wolf, Peder Norland, Noorwegen, 2003 2004 Jury award - 4th floor, Antonio Mercero, Spanje, 2002 Audience award - Bombay Dreams, Lena Koppel, Sweden, 2004 2005 Jury award - De kleine Italiaan, Andrei Kravchuk, Rusland, 2005 Audience award - Knetter, Martin Koolhoven, Nederland, 2005 Audience award - Vrienden voor het leven, Arne Lindtner Næss, Noorwegen, 2004 2006 Jury award - We shall overcome, Niels Arden Oplev, Denemarken, 2006 Audience award - De verloren schat van de Tempelridder, Kasper Barfoed, Denemarken, 2006 2007 Jury award - , Anna Justice, Duitsland, 2006 Audience award - Kidz in da Hood, Catti Edfeldt/Ylva Gustavsson, Zweden, 2006 2008 Jury award - Niko – The Way to the Stars, Michael Hegner/Kari Juusonen, Finland, 2008 Audience award - Niko – The Way to the Stars, Michael Hegner/Kari Juusonen, Finland, 2008 2009 Jury award - A Brand New Life, Ounie Lecomte, Frankrijk/Zuid-Korea, 2009 Audience award - De Krokodillenbende, Christian Ditter, Duitsland, 2009
Cinekid Kinderkast
1979 Jury award - J.J. de Bom, Aart Staartjes/Frans Boelen, VARA 1981 Jury award - De Zesde Klas, Ruud Schuitemaker, IKON 1983 Jury award - Het Jeugdjournaal, Arno Wamsteeker, NOS 1985 Jury award - Dag Huis, Dag Tuin, Dag Opbergschuur, Burny Bos, AVRO 1987 Jury award - Niet Thuis, Trudy van Keulen, VPRO 1988 Jury award - Meester, hij begint weer, Jos Tuerlinckx, BRTN 1989 Jury award - Kanjers, Ruud Schuitemaker, IKON Audience award - Superchamps!, Geert Popma, Veronica 1990 Jury award - Buurman Bolle, Ben Sombogaart, VPRO Audience award - Rode Wangen, Ruud van Gessel, VARA 1991 Jury award - Geheim gebied, Hansje van Etten/Beatrijs Hulkes, VPRO Audience award - De Freules, Ineke Houtman, VPRO 1992 Jury award - Het Zakmes, Ben Sombogaart, AVRO Audience award - Dag Meneer de Koekepeer, Frans Lasès, VPRO 1993 Jury award - Idomeneo, Ineke Houtman, AVRO Audience award - Het Klokhuis, Piet Geelhoed, NPS 1994 Jury award non-fiction - Pootjes, Eric van de Broek, VPRO Jury award fiction - Tijger, André van Duuren, VPRO Audience award non-fiction - Ik hou van lawaai, Bob Entrop, IKON Audience award fiction - Kinderen voor Kinderen: een reis door de tijd, Loek Marreck, VARA/BRTN 1995 Jury award non-fiction - Het Jeugdjournaal, Rob Maas, NOS Jury award fiction - Legende van de Bokkerijders, Karst van der Meulen, KRO/IKON/BRTN Audience award non-fiction - Het Jeugdjournaal, Rob Maas, NOS Audience award fiction - Legende van de Bokkerijders, KRO/IKON/BRTN 1996 Jury award non-fiction - Tussen eten en afwas, Rob Entrop, IKON Jury award fiction - Buiten de zone, Luc Coghe, BRTN Audience award non-fiction - Toen ‘t vliegtuig viel, Wilma Lighthart, VPRO Audience award fiction - Dag Juf tot morgen, Ben Sombogaart, AVRO 1997 Audience award non-fiction - De kist, Wouter Peters, TROS Audience award fiction - Madelief 11, Ineke Houtman/Rita Horst, VPRO 1998 Jury award non-fiction - Tijd van je leven, Noud Holtman, Veronica Jury award fiction - Sinterklaas bezoekt Sesamstraat, Jan Keja, NPS Audience award non-fiction - Het Klokhuis, Piet Geelhoed, NPS Audience award fiction - Loenatik 11, Mette Bouhuijs, VPRO 1999 Jury award non-fiction - Pierlala, Boudewijn Koole, VPRO Jury award fiction - Ik dicht, Jet Dijkstra, VPRO Audience award non-fiction - Groot Licht, Wouters Peters, KRO/VRT-Ketnet Audience award fiction - Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat, Jan Keja, NPS 2000 Jury award non-fiction - Groot Licht, Wouters Peters, KRO/VRT-Ketnet Jury award fiction - De Daltons, Rita Horst, VPRO Audience award non-fiction - Het Klokhuis, Piet Geelhoed, NPS Audience award fiction - Madelief, krassen op het tafelblad, Ineke Houtman, VPRO 2001 Jury award non-fiction - Het Klokhuis, Puck de Leeuw, NPS Jury award fiction - Poppentje, Camiel Schouwenaar/Roberta Amador, VPRO Audience award non-fiction - Willem Wever, Ina Metselaar, NCRV Audience award fiction - Loenatik, Mette Bouhuijs, VPRO 2002 Jury award non-fictionDe achtertuin van Jan Wolkers, , VPRO Jury award fiction - Poppentje 2, Camiel Schouwenaar/Roberta Amador, VPRO Audience award non-fiction - Het Klokhuis, Piet Geelhoed, NPS Audience award fiction - De familie van der Ploeg, Lydia Roothaan, VPRO 2003 Jury award non-fiction - Nationale Wetenschapsquiz, Loes Wormmeester, VPRO Jury award fiction - Ik ben Willem, Mijke de Jong, VPRO Audience award non-fiction - Zig Zag, afl. Batavia, Dolf Gerbers, KRO Audience award fiction - De club van Sinterklaas, Armando de Boer/Liesbeth Roelofs, Fox Kids 2004 Jury award non-fiction - Meisjes, Menna Laura Meijer, IKON Jury award fiction - Dunya & Desie, Dana Nechushtan, NPS Audience award non-fiction - NOS Jeugdjournaal overzicht 2003, NPS Audience award fiction - Zoop, Johan Nijenhuis, Nickelodeon 2005 Jury award non-fiction - Valerie, Mirjam Marks, VPRO Jury award fiction - Lekker Dansen, Maxim Hartman, VPRO Audience award non-fiction - Het Jeugdjournaal, Tsunami, Liesbeth Staats/Michelle Veldkamp, NPS Audience award fiction - Hotnews.nl, Ruud Schuurman, Jetix 2006 Golden Kinderkast - Docklands: Nina en Jelle, Ties Schenk, VPRO Jury award non-fiction - Docklands: Nina en Jelle, Ties Schenk, VPRO Jury award fiction - Overleven in NL: Het busje, Katinka de Maar, VPRO Audience award non-fiction - Ayla, het tsunamimeisje, Wilma Ligthart, VPRO Audience award fiction - De club van Sinterklaas, Liesbeth Roelofs, Jetix 2007 Golden Kinderkast - Donkeygirl, Ties Schenk, VPRO Jury award non-fiction - Bloot, Mischa Kamp, VPRO Jury award fiction - Adriaan, Mischa Kamp, KRO Audience award non-fiction - Anne Frank Special, Yvonne Smits, NPS Audience award fiction - Het huis Anubis, Dennis Bots, Nickelodeon 2008 Golden Kinderkast - De Daltons, de jongensjaren, Rita Horst, VPRO Jury award non-fiction - Overleven in Nederland: RAUW, Anneloek Sollart, VPRO Jury award fiction - De Daltons, de jongensjaren, Rita Horst, VPRO Audience award non-fiction - Taarten van Abel - Zomerspecial, Onno Krijnen, VPRO 2009 Golden Kinderkast - Het Klokhuis, aflevering: ‘Wakduiken’, Uif Putters/Leo de Groot/Kees Prins, NPS Jury award non-fiction - Brieven uit Nicaragua, Stef Biemans, VPRO