ECFA Award 2016
ECFA AWARD 2016 for the Best European Children´s Film goes to The Golden Slipper 2015 awardee BIRDS OF PASSAGE
In 2015 ECFA (European Children’s Film Association) organized the fifth edition of the ECFA Award, the election of the Best European Children’s Film of the year. Throughout the year 11 different children’s film festivals (from Montreal via Zlín to Olympia) have hosted an ECFA Award jury, adding one title to ECFA’s shortlist. The 9 shortlisted films competed for the final ECFA Award: the Best European Children’s Film 2015.
More than 100 members of ECFA, all of them active in the children’s film industry, were invited to cast their vote.
The votes from the member organizations already cut the shortlist down to 4 titles.
The final nominees were:
- Birds of Passage (Les Oiseaux de Passage) , directed by Olivier Ringer from Belgium
- Song of the Sea, directed by Tomm Moore from Ireland/Belgium
- Life according to Nino, directed by Simone van Dusseldorp from The Netherlands
- Enclave, directed by Goran Radovanovic from Serbia/Gemany
ECFA is an association for professionals and organizations who operate within the field of quality films for children and youth. It aims at securing children’s access to the best possible film culture and to increase an awareness of the need for good media politics in the different European countries.
ECFA was founded in 1988 and has now over 100 members in 30 European and non-European countries.
More information can be found on www.ecfaweb.org
On February 13, 2016 Markéta Pášmová, Zlín Film Festival Artistic Director became a new member of the board.
Birds of Passage-Clarisse Djuroski, Yves Ringer, Olivier Ringer
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Birds of Passage-Clarisse Djuroski, Yves Ringer, Olivier Ringer