“The Lighthouse” is a film related to the director’s own experience. The story is about parents supporting their children to make dreams come true. No matter what happens, parents will be always waiting for their children, just like the lighthouse is forever lighting the way for boats. (more)
Mokhtar earns his living as a puppeteer. He is aided by his son who is learning to become a puppeteer also. Using his old van, he moves between the few schools scattered in the gloomy countryside. (more)
A policeman torn between his paternal love and his official duty. Small town cop Rainer is having trouble with his daughter. By bringing home her new boyfriend Marius she forces him to take a difficult decision: Marius is a wanted car burglar. (more)
A magical fable about a young boy who finds the solution to Global Warming from a monk in the mountains. The film has been shot in the remote ice desert region of the Himalayas. It was selected as part of UNEP Billion Tree Campaign (more)
Marcus taught TV Puppetry to a group of young people in a secure children’s home, Clayfields House, in Nottinghamshire and then made a Film with them. The Children have protected identities but were able to use the Puppets on Screen to tell us about their lives in Clayfields. (more)
This short film on a food theme is a mix genre, some combination betveen fiction, documentary and art. My intention was to shaw how some parents today choose to feed their children (sp. always the same as themselves) with particular food, so that way sometimes can be something extremely. In the same tame, back to the nature thru purely authentic food consumption (fruit, vegetable) in their crude... (more)
Elizabeth confesses to a priest in a sanctuary. She tells him that he must rescue her because she has a shadower, a rabbit, which she played hard with....... But soon Elizabeth begin to doubt. Where did the priest go? Does he really exist? Then who talks to her? (more)
| Rank | Festival Name | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zlin Film Festival, Int'l Festival for Children | 103,600 |
| 2 | Brazilian Kids Film Festival | 97,000 |
| 3 | Giffoni Film Festival | 82,000 |
| 4 | Cinekid Int'l Film Television New Media | 37,000 |
| 5 | Generation | 35,000 |
| 6 | Cinema Jove International Film Festival | 30,205 |
| 7 | Divercine Int'l Film Festival for Children | 30,000 |
| 8 | Chicago Int'l Childrens Film Festival | 25,000 |
| 8 | Toronto Int'l Film Festival -Kids | 25,000 |
| 10 | BUSTER Copenhagen Int'l Childrens Film Festival | 21,000 |
| Rank | Festival Name | Pro. Att |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Generation | 3,600 |
| 2 | Chicago Int'l Childrens Film Festival | 300 |
| 3 | Cinema Jove International Film Festival | 166 |
| 4 | Videotivoli | 150 |
| 5 | Seoul Int'l Youth Film Festival | 97 |
| 6 | Festival du Grain a Demoudre | 50 |
| 6 | Golden Elephant Int'l Childrens | 50 |
| 8 | Int'l Childrens Film Festival LUCAS | 45 |
| 9 | Giffoni Film Festival | 40 |
| 10 | BUSTER Copenhagen Int'l Childrens Film Festival | 35 |
| Rank | Festival Name | Established |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbus International Film and Video Festival | 1952 |
| 2 | Zlin Film Festival, Int'l Festival for Children | 1961 |
| 3 | Prix Jeunesse | 1964 |
| 4 | Int'l Young Audience Ale Kino | 1969 |
| 5 | Giffoni Film Festival | 1971 |
| 5 | Prix Danube | 1971 |
| 7 | Int'l Childrens Film Festival LUCAS | 1975 |
| 8 | Generation | 1978 |
| 9 | German Children's Film & Television GOLDEN SPARROW | 1979 |
| 10 | Oulu Int'l Childrens Film Festival | 1981 |