Animated short films by Nils Hedinger and Camiel Schouwenaar among winners at Amsterdam’s annual awards for best youth and children’s films.
‘KUAP,’ by Nils Hedinger took home the Cinekid Lion Jury Award for Best International Short Animation Film at the 2018 Cinekid Festival in Amsterdam.
This past Friday evening, the Cinekid Festival in Amsterdam announced their jury and audience awards for the best youth television and children’s films of 2018. KUAP, by Nils Hedinger, took home the Cinekid Lion Jury Award for Best International Short Animation Film, along with a prize of € 2,500, while Polska Warrior, by Camiel Schouwenaar, took home the Jury Award for Best Dutch Short Animation, which also included a prize of € 2,500. Mister Paper Goes Out for a Walk, a film by Steven De Beul and Ben Tesseur, won the National Audience Award, Age 4-6, while Polska Warrior was also awarded the National Audience Award, Age 6-10.
Cinekid is the world’s largest media festival for young people between the ages of 3 and 14 years. Every year over 60,000 children and their minders visit the festival at Amsterdam’s Westergasfabriek venue and at 40 film theatres throughout the Netherlands. The festival comprises all aspects of the media industry for a young audience. In addition to high-quality media, the festival also organises workshops and masterclasses where children can learn and practice their own media skills. Cinekid screens hundreds of notable films and television programs and displays the most innovative tools, games, installations, media art and apps in the very popular MediaLab.
‘Polska Warrior’ by Camiel Schouwenaar.
Here is a complete list of festival winners:
Best Children’s Film (Cinekid Lion Jury Award € 7,500)
Rosie & Moussa, Dorothée van den Berghe, Caviar, Belgium
Best Children’s Film – Honourable Mention
Winter Flies, Olmo Omerzu, Endorfilm, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia
Best Children’s Film (Cinekid Lion Audience Award)
Los Bando, Christian Lo, Filmbin AS, Norway, Sweden
Best Dutch Family Film (Cinekid Lion Jury Award € 7,500)
Fight Girl, Johan Timmers, The Film Kitchen, Netherlands
Best Dutch Family Film (Cinekid Lion Audience Award)
Fight Girl, Johan Timmers, The Film Kitchen, Netherlands
Best International Short Animation Film (Cinekid Lion Jury Award € 2,500)
KUAP, Nils Hedinger, Prêt-à-tourner, Switzerland
Best Youth Film (MovieZone Cinekid Award)
Supa Modo, Likarion Wainaina, One Fine Day Films, Germany, Kenya
Best Dutch Short Animation (Jury Award € 2,500)
Polska Warrior, Camiel Schouwenaar, Armadillo Film, Netherlands
Best Dutch Short Live-action (Jury Award € 2,500)
A Kiss, Nima Mohaghegh, Black Sheep Can Fly, Netherlands
Best Dutch Short Documentary (Jury Award € 2,500)
Listen, Astrid Bussink, Een van de jongens, Netherlands
Best Dutch Fiction Series
Floor Rules, Maurice Trouwborst, NL Film & TV, VPRO
Best Dutch Non-Fiction Series
Cooking Adventure, Willem Revis, Tom Roes, Tim van Gils, Dahl TV, VPRO
National Audience Award, age 4-6
Mister Paper Goes Out for a Walk, Steven De Beul, Ben Tesseur, A Private View, Beast Animation, Viking Film
National Audience Award, age 6-10
Polska Warrior, Camiel Schouwenaar, Armadillo Film, NTR
CINEKID HONORARY AWARD
As part of the award ceremony, the Cinekid Honorary Award was presented to Anna van der Staak. Van der Staak has had an exceptional career in the world of children’s television for broadcaster VPRO. She oversaw the production of successful program such as The Daltons, Zaai, Roos en haar mannen and more recently Floor Rules.
The Cinekid Honorary Award is bestowed by the Cinekid Foundation in recognition of someone’s exceptional contribution to children’s media or to Stichting Cinekid itself. Previous recipients were Burny Bos (2004), Loes Wormmeester (2011), Michel Ocelot (2012), Sannette Naeyé (2016) and Simone van Dusseldorp (2016).
CINEKID FOR PROFESSIONALS
At the Junior Co-Production Market of the industry event Cinekid for Professionals, an expert jury selected the best project for youth media:
Eurimages Co-Production Development Award (Jury Award € 20,000)
Tony, Shelly & Genius written by Jana Šrámková, directed by Filip Pošivač and produced by Nutprodukce (CZ).
The jury gave a special mention to:
My Dad is a Sausage written by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem, directed by Anouk Fortunier and produced by A Private View (BE).
‘Mister Paper Goes Out for a Walk,’ by Steven De Beul and Ben Tesseur.
Source: Cinekid Festival Amsterdam
