Cinekid Film, television and new media festival for children

Cinekid Festival, in it’s 22^th edition this year, is an annual Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children that is held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Every year during the autumn school holiday more than 35.000 children are given the opportunity to visit one or more of the 200 media-productions that Cinekid presents: feature films, children’s documentaries, short films, animations, TV series and single productions, cross-media productions, interactive installations and set-ups and workshops. The main festival is held in Amsterdam, but approximately 30 satellite-festivals are held in cities all over the Netherlands.

Cinekid International is a four-day event for international professionals held during the nine- day Cinekid Festival in Amsterdam. Cinekid International brings together more than 200 carefully selected keypersons and international experts to discuss new developments in children’s media and to exchange experiences. It aims to encourage and promote the production of film, television, cross-media and multi-media productions for children internationally. Cinekid International also creates possibilities for filmmakers to exchange ideas,  and it seeks opportunities for promotion and international co-production. Cinekid International consists of several components: