Kids Regio
KIDS REGIO is an initiative started in 2008 by Cine-Regio member Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) within the framework of Cine-Regio, in cooperation with BUFF Financing Forum and Film i Skåne.
The long term goal is to initiate a platform which shall help to improve the basis for valuable and promising European co-productions of children’s and youth films.
During BUFF Financing Forum (March 13-15 2008) in Malmö, Sweden, the parties got together in a meeting hosted by Film I Skåne. This first meeting aimed to explore conditions, possibilities and interests in the Cine-Regio members’ regions/states with regard to financing, funding, production, distribution and training programmes for children's and youth films.
In addition, the idea of planning a conference on the topic in Erfurt, Germany, was also discussed. Following this idea, further meetings took place in Leipzig in Oct. and Dec. 2008 and in February 2009 the 1st KIDS REGIO Forum was announced.
The Future of European Children’s film | 1st KIDS REGIO Forum
The 1st KIDS REGIO Forum, a conference on “The Future of European Children’s Film” will take place on June 24th and 25th 2009 in Erfurt, Germany.
The conference is initiated and supported by the Thuringian Ministry for Construction, Regional development and Media, the central German film funding body Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung and members of the Cine Regio network.
While bringing together the different players from this particular branch of the filmmaking industry, the conference aims at describing the situation of the European children’s film in detail and defining basic problems and vacancies.
European authors, directors and producers as well as sales agents, distributors, cinema owners, TV representatives, funders and representatives of the existing lobby groups who are active in this field all over Europe, will meet in Erfurt and discuss possible synergies and solutions in order to define a course of action that can improve the situation of the European children’s film.
The Future of European Children’s film | 2nd KIDS REGIO Forum
On March 17th 2010, the 2nd Kids-Regio forum is taking place in Malmö, Sweden. This conference aims to take important issues and course of action from the initial 1st KIDS-Regio Forum to the next level. The focus will be on the specific fields of financing and co-production on the one hand and new and experimental strategies for marketing and distribution on the other.
For further information: www.kids-regio.org