29 children's movies awarded at the 52nd Festival
52nd Croatian Children's Film Festival ended with the official award ceremony in Čakovec Cultural Centre on Sunday. Jury members, Simon Bogojević Narath, Čejen Černić, Maja Flego, Boris Poljak and Slaven Zečevic and 22 children from Croatia and abroad who were members of the international children's jury presented the awards for films in five competition categories: animated film, feature film, documentary, TV report and open category.
This year's festival introduced the international segment - children's jury for the first time. Those are children from Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Hungary, Italy, Turkey. Also, cooperation with similar festivals around the world - Tokyo Kinder Film Festival, Seattle Film Festival, Italian Giffoni Experience, Giffoni Macedonia has also begun. Award-winning films from the Festival will be shown at these festivals, and their authors will be there to take part in workshops or as members of the jury. I believe this is an added value of the festival - said organizer Marija Ratković Vidaković of the Croatian Film Association, adding that the quality of films is growing from year to year. There were applications for 149 films, and 92 of them were included in the competition program.
The best film in the category of animated film by the decision of the professional jury was The Great White Hen made by primary school pupil Josip Zorić from Dugo Selo. The second prize went to Morning coffee of the Dubrava Cultural Centre from Zagreb, and the third prize was divided between two films - Golden, by an author of Čakovec Animation School and Haircut, by FKVK Zaprešić. The children's jury awarded first prize to animated film Remembering one love by Nikola Tesla Elementary School in Gračac, the second place went to the Circle of death by FKVK Zaprešić, and the third award went to the film Different by Varaždin's FKS Vanima.
In the category of feature films, Mirror, a film from primary school V. Holjevca won the first prize and children's jury awarded the same film the second prize. Runner-up for the professional jury was Discipline by FKVK Zaprešić, while both the professional jury and the international children's jury awarded third prize to the film Boomerang of goodness in class 6a by primary school Strahoninec, Čakovec. Children's jury was most impressed by film Cinema from FKVK Zaprešić, which was awarded first prize.
Best documentary film was Same, but so different by Katarina Zrinski elementary school, Mečenčani, Donji Kukuruzari and children's jury awarded it the third prize. In second place was Adjustment by FKVK Zaprešić, and two documentaries won the third prize were, Background sounds by Bartol Kašić Primary School and the Association Manda - film and word and A girl for everything to which children's jury awarded the second prize. For children the best documentary is called My name is Ivica by Photo-Cinema Club Ivanovec, Čakovec.
Nakon dodjele nagrada prikazani su radovi ostvareni na radionicama te su usvojeni zaključci sa seminara. Seminarsko-radionički program medijske pedagogije, poduprijet od programa Erasmus+, trajao je od utorka, a sudjelovali su voditelji filmskih družina i djeca iz Italije, Mađarske, Slovenije, Srbije, Turske. Na kraju Seminara prikazani su filmovi nastali u okviru radionica, a uskoro nas očekuje i izdavanje priručnika o medijskoj pedagogiji u regiju , proizašlog iz Seminara. Ovogodišnja Revija održavala se od 25. rujna u Varaždinu, Ludbregu i Čakovcu, u organizaciji Hrvatskog filmskog saveza, varaždinskog Filmsko-kreativnog studija VANIMA, Škole animiranog filma Čakovec i Osnovne škole Martijanec.
In the category of TV report the first prize of the professional jury was not given away and the second place was shared by two reports – The pride of Čakovec by primary school Strahoninec and Gain or loss of the Hodači po žici Association from Zagreb. Third prize went to the report Stone by stone by Z(k)Adar / Stanovi elementary school, and to the report I know my goal by M. J. Zagorke elementary school / film group ZAG. The International children's award was given to There is time of the Rijeka Youth Residence, the second-ranked was The pride of Čakovec, and third prize was awarded to Mala Subotica elementary school for Because my heart takes me there.
Have the cake and eat it too by Krešo Golik Group from Fužine is the best movie in the open category in the opinion of the professional jury while the children awarded it third prize. The second place was awarded to Loud silence of Bartol Kašić primary school and the Association Manda - movie and word, and third prize wass not awarded. Children's jury gave the film first prize to Slowmotion of Rijeka Youth Centre and the second one to Happy by Kata of Katarina Zrinski elementary school, Mečenčani, Donji Kukuruzari.
The film Yellow by Varaždin's Vanima, in the opinion of the jury was the best workshop film and Panši Island by Šipan school of film received a special award. Children were most impressed by the workshop film Flower from Baldekin.
After the awards ceremony workshop films were presented and the conclusions of the seminar were adopted. Media-education seminar, which got financial support from Erasmus + was held from September 23 to 28 in Varaždin and Čakovec (and with a short stay in Ludbreg). It was attended by representatives from Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia and Serbia and group leaders of school film groups from Croatia. At the end of the seminar films created in the workshops were screened, and soon will manuals on media education resulting from the Seminar be published. This year's Festival was held on 25 September in Varaždin, Ludbreg and Čakovac, organized by the Croatian Film Association, the Varazdin creative film studio VANIMA, Animation School Čakovec and Primary School Martijanec.
29.09.2014.