Children's Film First
The Children's Media Conference
Audience Development
England
2014
Total project grant (euros)
58,000
Programme
Creative Europe
Sub-programme
MEDIA
Funding scheme
Audience Development
Call number
EAC/S27/2013
Call publication date
19 Dec 2013
Application deadline
28 Mar 2014
Result publication date
1 Jul 2014
Number of partners in project
7
Lead organisation
European's Children Film Association (BE)
Partners
Bundesverband Jugend und Film (DE);
Ciné-Jeune de l'Aisne - Festival International de Cinéma (FR);
Il Nuovo Fantarca (IT);
Jekino Distributie (BE);
Sächsischer Kinder- und Jugendfilmdienst (DE);
The Children's Media Conference (UK);
Children’s Film First is a year long project which comprises a number of peer-learning activities for film literacy professionals, in order to stimulate audience development.
Activities:
- 3 peer-learning seminars (in Germany, Italy and France) for educators and teachers focusing on creative practice in film literacy and promoting exportable models.
- The CFF conference in Brussels (23-24 September 2015) where 3 peer-learning ECFA seminars are presented as case-studies. In addition, key areas of discussion at the conference include the of use new digital platforms, apps, smart phones to conduct film literacy with young people.
- An extension of ECFA’s website with a database of short films for children, a database of European film literacy professionals and a selection of online Film Study Guides.
- An ongoing stimulation of the interest of press and public in European quality films for children.





