Leading kids & youth film and audiovisual festival Cinekid has revealed the 20 children’s film and television projects in development and works in progress for its Junior Co-production Market (JCM), to be held October 18-21. The JCM offers strong finance opportunities as well as high levels of interactivity between rights owners and international funders, broadcasters and producers.
The diverse selection includes live-action and animation projects from Norway, Germany, The Netherlands and, for the first time, three projects from Latin America by renowned and emerging children’s international media talents. The projects will be presented to international professionals from the children’s media industry to facilitate their future development and production.
The organizers have also sahred that, once again, a film previously selected for Junior Co-production Market will open the festival. Totem by Sander Burger and produced by Volya Film (Netherlands) — a live-action feature which co-stars a giant, magical CG porcupine — will compete for the prestigious Cinekid Lion in two categories: Best Children’s Film and Best Dutch Children’s Film. The project was presented at JCM 2019.
This year’s JCM selection includes two projects from previous Cinekid Script LAB / Directors LAB programs. Gorgius, directed by Samuele Rossi and written by Rossi and Tommaso Santi (produced by Italian company Solaria Film), will be presented simultaneously in JCM and the Script LAB. The work in progress Kiddo, written and directed by Zara Dwinger and produced by Studio Ruba (Netherlands), was part of Script LAB in 2020 and Directors LAB in 2022.
Two prizes will be handed out at the JCM: The prestigious Eurimages Co-Production Development Award (€20,000 in cash) will be presented to the best eligible film project with European co-production potential. The Filmmore Post-Production Award (€5,000 prize) will be given to the best live-action project of the Junior Co-Production Market. The award forms an invitation to start a long and fruitful collaboration with the Dutch Visual Effects & Post-production lab Filmmore. All winners will be announced on Thursday, October 22 during the Cinekid Ball.
Junior Co-Production Market 2022 Selections
Films
* Indicates animated projects.
Achoo, Hiccups & CO
Directed by Meike Fehre
Written by Eva Dax (alias Mesken)
Production company: ahoifilm
Produced by Meike Fehre, Sabine Dully
Production countries: Germany
*Babu in the Night City
Directed by Petr Vodička
Written by Petr Vodička
Production company: Kuli Film
Produced by Radim Prochazka
Production countries: Czech Republic, Portugal
Gorgius
Directed by Samuele Rossi
Written by Samuele Rossi, Tommaso Santi
Production companies: Solaria Film, Arsmedia
Produced by Emanuele Nespeca, Bostjan Ikovic
Production countries: Italy, Slovenia
Greetings from Mars
Directed by Sarah Winkenstette
Written by Anette Unger
Production company: Leitwolf Filmproduktion GmbH
Produced by Barbara Daljavec, Branislav Srdić
Production country: Germany
*Halloween
Directed by Silvia Prietov
Production company: Lucy Animation Studio
Produced by Karina Forero
Production country: Colombia
Mira
Directed by Marie Limkilde
Written by Ida Åkerstrøm Knudsen
Production company: Toolbox Film
Produced by Morten Kaufmann
Production country: Denmark
Showtime: The Rise and Fall of Sara and Laki Popovic
Directed by Dusan Joksimovic
Written by Matthias Nerlich, Milica Zivanovic
Production company: Sense Production
Produced by Barbara Maja Popovic Milojevic
Production countries: Serbia, Germany
*The Legend of Magnus the Good
Directed by Frank Mosvold
Written by Frank Mosvold, Rob Sprackling
Production companies: A Film Production AS, Kool Produktion AS, Phanta Animation
Produced by Frank Mosvold
Production countries: Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands
Tora’s Secret
Directed by Sigvaldi J. Kárason
Written by Solveig Sigmond Ræsted
Production company: Polarama
Produced by Guðný Guðjónsdóttir
Production country: Iceland
Television
Blushing Ears
Directed by Sophie Dros
Production company: Halal Film & Photography
Produced by Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen
Production country: The Netherlands
Forget me not
Directed by Jojo Erholtz
Written by Eriikka Etholén-Paju
Production company: Zodiak Finland Oy
Produced by Teea Hyytiä
Production country: Finland
*Giggle Wiggle
Directed by Marzena Nehrebecka
Written by Marzena Nehrebecka
Production company: Badi Badi
Produced by Magdalena Rawa
Production country: Poland
*I Want to Know
Production company: BFILM s.r.o.
Produced by Peter Badač
Production country: Slovakia
*Rainbow Hunters
Directed by Santiago O’Ryan
Written by Karen Harvey, Santiago O’Ryan
Production company: Lunes Animation Studio, Startoons Animation Studio
Produced by Catalina Fontecilla
Production countries: Chile, Peru
*The Huggingtons
Directed by Lars Hegdal, Ole Kristian Øye
Written by Darren Jones
Production company: Klipp og Lim as
Produced by Kjersti Greger
Production countries: Norway, Iceland
The Inner Life
Directed by Simone van Dusseldorp
Written by Dajo Leunge, Lorans Al Dandachli , Lasse Feijen, Gabriel D. Calvo Nencel
Production company: Flatland
Produced by Roel van de Weijer
Production country: Spain
*Ugamu, My Imaginary Enemy
Directed by Yuly Velasco
Written by Fabián Guamaní
Production company: Mito Estudio Creativo
Produced by Juan Camilo Gonzales
Production countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia
*Yukon – Space Botanist
Directed by Martin Engh
Written by Sara Daddy
Production company: Imaginær Film AS
Produced by Eirik Smidesang Slåen, Elisabeth Opdal
Production country: Norway
Works in Progress
Kiddo
Directed by Zara Dwinger
Written by Nena van Driel, Zara Dwinger
Production company: Studio Ruba
Produced by Maarten van der Ven, Layla Meijman
Production country: The Netherlands
*Mavka. The Forest Song
Directed by Oleg Malamuzh, Oleksandra Ruban
Written by Yaroslav Voytseshek
Production company: Animagrad Studio (Film.UA Group)
Produced by Iryna Kostyuk, Аnna Eliseyeva (Koval), Egor Olesov
Production country: Ukraine
The Junior Co-production Market will take place during Cinekid for Professionals (Oct. 17-21). Registration is open until September 12.
