Children KinoFest (Ukrainian: Чілдрен Кінофест) is an annual
international film festival
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upo ...
for children and teenagers, founded in
Kyiv, Ukraine
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
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in 2014. The festival takes place at the end of May and is held in various Ukrainian cities. This national event, held throughout the country (18 cities in Ukraine) cultivates an appreciation of film and an introduction to the filmmaking industry to the young public. Owlet Charlie is a logo, mascot, and symbol of Children KinoFest. This character is based on a picture created by 7-year-old Artem Rassadnikov from
Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine loc ...
. Charlie is named after
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is conside ...
, whose 125th birthday was in 2014. The event has recently partnered with
Odesa International Film Festival
The Odesa International Film Festival ( uk, Оде́ський міжнаро́дний кінофестива́ль) is an annual film festival held in the middle of July in Odesa.
Since 2016 the festival program has consisted of three parts: ...
, also based in Ukraine.
History
3rd edition of Children KinoFest took place from May 27 to June 5, 2016, was attended by more than 30,000 visitors and was held in 18 Ukrainian cities. Among the young guests of the festival, were the victims of the
conflict in eastern Ukraine, children with special needs and orphans. Many of them visited a cinema for the first time and had an opportunity to see a film on the big screen. The international competition was attended by 7 European movies. Retrospective of cartoons by the animation studio ''"Aardman"''
and the animation series ''My country – Ukraine'' were shown out of competition.
An ambassador of Children KinoFest 2016 was an actor, director and broadcaster
Akhtem Seitablayev
Akhtem Shevketovych Seitablayev (, ; born 11 December 1972) is a Ukrainian actor, screenwriter and film director of the Crimean Tatars origyn. He is the director of several high-profile films, including ''Haytarma'' in 2013 and '' Another's Prayer ...
.
The event is supported by the EU Delegation to Ukraine, the State Agency of Ukraine for movie,
Goethe-Istitut in Ukraine, the French Institute in Ukraine, the Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine, the Embassy of Norway in Ukraine, the Embassy of Switzerland in Ukraine, the Embassy of Denmark in Ukraine, Danish Film Institute. Organizers – ''"Arthouse Traffic"''.
4th Children KnoFest takes place from May 27 to June 4, 2017 in 21 City of Ukraine:
Vinnytsia,
Dnipro
Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...
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Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative ...
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Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Ob ...
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Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Ky ...
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Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk ( uk, Краматорськ, translit=Kramatorsk ) is a city and the administrative centre of Kramatorsk Raion in the northern portion of Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. Prior to 2020, Kramatorsk was a city of oblast significan ...
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Kryvyi Rih
Kryvyi Rih ( uk, Криви́й Ріг , lit. "Curved Bend" or "Crooked Horn"), also known as Krivoy Rog (Russian: Кривой Рог) is the largest city in central Ukraine, the 7th most populous city in Ukraine and the 2nd largest by area. Kr ...
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Lutsk
Lutsk ( uk, Луцьк, translit=Lutsk}, ; pl, Łuck ; yi, לוצק, Lutzk) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast (province) and the administrative center of the surrounding Lu ...
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Lviv
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in Western Ukraine, western Ukraine, and the List of cities in Ukraine, seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is o ...
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Mariupol
Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast ( Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russia ...
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Odesa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrati ...
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Poltava
Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administrativel ...
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Sievierodonetsk
russian: Северодоне́цк
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Sloviansk
Sloviansk ( uk, Слов'янськ, Sloviansk ; russian: Славянск, Slavyansk or ; prior to 1784 – Tor) is a city in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk region of Ukraine, the administrative center of the Slovyansk urban commun ...
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Sumy
Sumy ( uk, Суми ) is a city of regional significance in Ukraine, and the capital of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel River in northeastern Ukraine with a population of according to the 2021 census, making it the 23 ...
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Ternopil
Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Terno ...
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Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine. ,
Kherson
Kherson (, ) is a port city of Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located on the Black Sea and on the Dnieper River, Kherson is the home of a major ship-building industry and is a regional economic centre. I ...
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Khmelnitskyi,
Cherkasy
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Chernihiv
Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...
. Impressions visited more than forty thousand young Ukrainians. An honorary ambassador of the cinema was one of the most famous Ukrainian writers, columnist, scriptwriter and playwright
Katerina Babkina.
At the opening ceremony on May 26, in the festival center in the Kyivska Rus cinema with an interactive light show for the first time in Ukraine, the Dutch Art group “PIPS: Lab” was performed, which creates performances by lighting, video and music.
Competition program
“I love you, mom” (Latvia, dir. Janis Norris), “The boy in the golden pants” (Sweden-Denmark, dir: Ella Lemhagen), “Little Monster” (Switzerland-Germany-Sweden, dir: Matthias Brun, Mikael Ekblad, Ted Seeger), “Go to school!” (Denmark, dir: Frederick Meldal Nyorgor), “Life of a Squash” (Switzerland-France, dir.: Claude Barras), “Molly Moon and the Magic Hypnosis Textbook” (UK, dir: Christopher N. Rowley), “Nikita Kozhumyak” (Ukraine, dir: Manuk Depoyan).
Programme
The program's sections are as follows:
* International Competition: 7 feature films from different countries for viewers older who are 10 years or older
* Retrospective dedicated to the great cinematographers (CHKF-2014 featured Charlie Chaplin's short films, CHKF-2015 – three short masperpieses by Buster Keaton)
* Short films selections for children 3 to 10 years of age
* Interactive museum of optical amusements for kids and grown-ups
Awards
: Best film 2016 – ''Mancs'' (Robert-Adrian Pejo, Hungary, 2015)
: Best film 2015 – ''Felix'' (Roberta Durrant, South Africa, 2013)
: Best film 2014 – ''
Belle et Sébastien
''Belle et Sébastien'' is a 1966 novel by Cécile Aubry
about a six-year-old boy named Sébastien and his dog Belle, a Great Pyrenees, who live in a village in the French Alps close to the Italian border. Sébastien lives with his adopted grand ...
'' (
Nicolas Vanier
Nicolas Vanier (born 5 May 1962) is a French adventurer, writer and director.
His 2004 film '' The Last Trapper'' follows a trapper in Yukon, Canada.
His film, ' ("Wolf") was released at the end of 2009 and was presented at the 2010 Cannes Film ...
, France, 2013)
References
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External links
* Children KinoFest Official website: http://childrenkinofest.com/
* Festival's official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sovenokcharlie/
Children's film festivals
Film festivals in Ukraine