Cinemagic World Screen Film Festival for Young People

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Belfast, United Kingdom November 2013, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: July 2013, TBA
Entry is free
Festival Data:
- Established: 1989
- Genre: Children (click to see)
- Attendance: 20000
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 400
- Total Number of Films Screened: 73
- Total Screenings: 59
- # of Shorts Screened: 41
- # of Features Screened: 32
- Accreditations: CIFEJ, ECFF
- Competitive
- Has Panels
- Has Seminars
- Workshops
Festival Website:
www.cinemagic.org.uk
Festival Description:

Cinemagic is a Belfast based award winning charity that embraces the magic of film, television and digital technologies to educate, motivate and inspire young people through the medium of workshops, film screenings and industry led master classes

Established in 1989, Cinemagic has developed a worldwide reputation for excellence in children’s programming and is currently the largest film event for young people in the UK and Ireland, attracting over 20, 000 people annually.

Designed for and by young people, Cinemagic caters for young people (from 4 to 25) with just about every level of interest in film – whether they want to watch and enjoy, create their own work or take things one stage further and find out more about a possible career in the film or television industry.

Cinemagic strongly believes that film represents much more than entertainment – the medium of film offers the most accessible way to learn about and stimulate discussion among young people about the personal and world issues that are currently important to them.

The Festival Program included an impressive array of special preview screenings, big movie premieres, special guests, Young Film Maker, industry Q&A‘s, talent labs and master classes in all aspects of television and filmmaking.

While the core festival events are in Belfast, Cinemagic is equally committed to providing opportunities for young people in urban and rural areas. The Cinemagic Outreach and Education department works throughout the year with school and youth groups across Northern Ireland offering a packed program of exciting and hands on educational opportunities for teachers and students, ranging from careers events to production training and from film criticism to media literacy workshops with top industry professionals.
Film Submissions:
- Accepts direct submissions
- Call for Entry: http:/ / www.cinemagic.org.uk/ downloads/ 2011regfinal.doc
Email: chris(at)cinemagic.org.uk

Phone: (44) 028 9031 1900

Fax: (44) 028 9031 9709

Mailing Address: 49 Botanic Avenue
Belfast BT7 1JL
UK

Email:	chris(at)cinemagic.org.uk
Phone:	(44) 028 9031 1900
Fax:	(44) 028 9031 9709
Mailing Address:	49 Botanic Avenue Belfast BT7 1JL UK

DEC 11, 2007 08:14PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

2007 Cinemagic Award Winners Announced

CINEMAGIC CELEBRATES SUCCESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND FILMMAKERS AS CURTAIN CLOSES ON FILM FESTIVAL.

The curtain closed on the Coca-Cola Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival after two action packed weeks of international film screenings, workshops, masterclasses, and industry discussions, with a special awards ceremony on Friday 30 November at Storm Cinemas, Belfast.

Hosted by Citybeat’s Marc Mallett, the awards ceremony celebrated the success of the winning competition films announced by the young Cinemagic Jury who watched and reviewed all the festival films.

The winning films in the following categories were:

Best Short for a Children’s Audience: "The Sunday Man" (American Film Institute)

Best Feature for a Children’s Audience: "Rudy the Return of the Racing Pig" (Bavaria International)

Best Short for a Teenage Audience: "Teeth"
(Diva Media, Ireland)

Best Feature for a Teenage Audience: "Zozo"
(Swedish Film Institute)

The ceremony, followed by a special screening of "It’s a Wonderful Life" was a celebration of new and upcoming talent which shone through over the two days of Talent Lab masterclasses hosted by top names in the film and television industry. In a fantastic mix of creativity, fun and learning, the Cinemagic Talent Labs provided practical advice with unique hands-on experience for 16-25 year olds in areas such as Acting with Pauline Quirke (Birds of a Feather), Television Presenting with Dermot O’Leary (X Factor), Writing for Film with Martin Duffy (The Boy from Mercury), Magazine Publishing with Barry McIlheney (Emap) and Radio Production with Marc Mallett (Citybeat).

In addition, young filmmakers from across Northern Ireland and the UK shared their talents with captive audiences at Cinemagic Young Filmmaker in association with First Light Movies, with a showcase of their films short listed from hundreds of entries, which took place in Queen’s Film Theatre Belfast from Friday 23 to Sunday 25 November. Winning films and filmmakers were:

Films made by under 15 year olds:
Winner: "Skirmish"
Directed by: George Morris

Highly recommended: "Trick or Treat"
(Studio On Halloween School Project)

Highly recommended: "The Mummy’s Pyramid"
Directed by: Jay Hodge

Films made by 15-17 year olds:
Winner: "The Great Hat Heist
Directed by: Lewi Firth Bolton

Highly recommended: "Blow Out"
(Mornington and Donegall Pass Community Centres)

Highly recommended: "One Week Later"
(Ferndown Upper School)

Films made by 18-25 year olds:
Winner: "Sweat Box"
Directed by: Dan Orrells

Highly recommended: "Handheld"
Directed by: Bryan Stewart

Highly recommended: "All is Well"
Directed by: Martin Lye
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