Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival
The Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival has established itself as a premier showcase for the high-profile Nordic and international children's and youth cinema. It was founded in 1981 as the first of its kind in Northern Europe.
- What is the project about? The festival is always held in the middle of November – during the darkest winter days – and it lasts one week.
The competitive main section, with maximum 15 films, offers a wide range of genres for children from 3 up to 13. The Festival's Growing Pains section leads us to the world of the coming-of-age and adult audience. The Finnish Survey presents new Finnish production and it is a forum for the local professionals. The Kaleidoscope programme brings far-away countries near to the local audience. Besides the main sections the festival features retrospectives, children's classics, documentaries, etc. The Newspaper Kaleva's Prize is given by a Children's Jury, while the CIFEJ Prize is awarded by an international professional jury.
The festival is a home for seminars on media literacy, various exhibitions and animation and game workshops for children and teachers. The organizers intend to show that high-quality children's film production does exist; the duty is to find distributors for them and let them circulate all over the world. - Who is the target group?
The festival is open to everyone who is interested in Nordic and international children's and youth cinema.
The Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival gathers over 12.000 young and adult viewers from the region and is the most anticipated happening in Oulu before Christmas. In 2009, there were 14.700 visitors at the festival - Next edition of the project
The 31st edition of the Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival will take place between 19 and 25 November 2012.
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28.11.2011
Winners of Oulu International Youth Film Festival 2011
On the 27 November the 30th ARS BALTICA accredited Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival in Finland ended. Now the winners of the Festival are announced.24.10.201130th episode of Oulu Youth Film Festival (Finland)
From 21 to 27 November, the ARS BALTICA granted Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary. The focus is on Danish film classics and innovative films for children.22.11.2010Oulu Children's and Youth Film Festival: winners 2010
Have a look at this year's award winners of the ARS BALTICA granted festival!
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- start of the project in 1982
- located at Oulu (Finland)
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