SCHLINGEL International Film Festival
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Schlingel is an international film festival
for children and young audiences. The festival began in 1996, and has taken place annually in Chemnitz
ever since in the week before the Saxon Fall Break. The festival gives an overview of the newest international productions in the area of children and youth films. The festival is organized by the Saxon Children and Youth Films Association in Chemnitz. In addition, since 2006, the Saxon Institution for Private Broadcasting and New Media has also helped to organize this event. The patrons of SCHLINGEL are the Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony, as well as the Mayor of Chemnitz. The festival is under the directorate of Michael Harbauer.
The first competition category, the International Children’s Film Competition, was created in 2001. Today, the ever increasing number of applicants for this category confirms its importance among the SCHLINGEL awards. Also in 2001, the first monetary prize was given in this category from the city of Chemnitz – 10,000 DM to the best children’s film. This prize went to the Italian film Iris by director Aurelio Grimaldi.
In 2003 came, for the first time, an appeal for a European Children’s Jury. Within the International Children’s Film Competition, children of different Europe
an nationalities (ie. from Denmark
, France
, Greece
, Poland
, the Czech Republic
and Hungary
) gave the "Europäischen Kinderfilmpreis" (European Children’s Film Prize). The Saxon State Minister for Science and Art donated €
5,000 to be awarded as the prize in this category.
In 2002 SCHLINGEL opened the International Youth Film Competition in conjunction with the Children’s Film Competition, for those older than 14 years. This separation from the classic children’s film category enabled the opportunity for particular consideration of the different points of view and interests between children and youth. This was the sole separation until 2007 when it was decided that, as past experience showed, this single differentiation did not do justice to the varied adolescent generation.
An increase in film production in the age range of 11 – 13, as well as a resultant increase in public attention, created a public worry that films for children were under threat and these films were difficult to place in the distribution world. In order to prevent this development from happening, in 2007 SCHLINGEL created the International Junior Film Competition, which aimed to appeal directly to 11 – 13 year olds.
Every year the range of competitions is accompanied by an extensive companion program. In conjunction with discourse with the film honorarium in attendance, there are seminars, discussion groups for visitors, as well as workshops for school groups and kindergarten classes. This type of continuous strong integration of east-European productions in the geo-political sense sharpens the profile of the competition.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
for children and young audiences. The festival began in 1996, and has taken place annually in Chemnitz
Chemnitz
Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...
ever since in the week before the Saxon Fall Break. The festival gives an overview of the newest international productions in the area of children and youth films. The festival is organized by the Saxon Children and Youth Films Association in Chemnitz. In addition, since 2006, the Saxon Institution for Private Broadcasting and New Media has also helped to organize this event. The patrons of SCHLINGEL are the Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony, as well as the Mayor of Chemnitz. The festival is under the directorate of Michael Harbauer.
Development
The foundation for the present day International Film Festival for Children and Young Audiences SCHLINGEL was laid in 1996 with the first Chemnitz Children’s Film Exhibition SCHLINGEL. This first festival ran for one week in the Chemnitz Culture Centre, and showed "Kraftwerk" films for children aged 5 – 14. In 1998 the venue was changed to the CineStar Luxor-Filmpalast, where it still occurs today. The first award ceremony emerged in 2000 with the prizes being awarded based on public opinion. That year the award went to Tomás und der König der Falken ["Thomas and the King of the Falcons"] by Václav Vorlíček.The first competition category, the International Children’s Film Competition, was created in 2001. Today, the ever increasing number of applicants for this category confirms its importance among the SCHLINGEL awards. Also in 2001, the first monetary prize was given in this category from the city of Chemnitz – 10,000 DM to the best children’s film. This prize went to the Italian film Iris by director Aurelio Grimaldi.
In 2003 came, for the first time, an appeal for a European Children’s Jury. Within the International Children’s Film Competition, children of different Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an nationalities (ie. from Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
and Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
) gave the "Europäischen Kinderfilmpreis" (European Children’s Film Prize). The Saxon State Minister for Science and Art donated €
Euro
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5,000 to be awarded as the prize in this category.
In 2002 SCHLINGEL opened the International Youth Film Competition in conjunction with the Children’s Film Competition, for those older than 14 years. This separation from the classic children’s film category enabled the opportunity for particular consideration of the different points of view and interests between children and youth. This was the sole separation until 2007 when it was decided that, as past experience showed, this single differentiation did not do justice to the varied adolescent generation.
An increase in film production in the age range of 11 – 13, as well as a resultant increase in public attention, created a public worry that films for children were under threat and these films were difficult to place in the distribution world. In order to prevent this development from happening, in 2007 SCHLINGEL created the International Junior Film Competition, which aimed to appeal directly to 11 – 13 year olds.
The Competition
The categories of the festival are:- S – Children’s Film Competition (up to 10 years old)
- M – Junior Film Competition (11 to 13 years old)
- L – Youth Film Competition (over 14 years old)
- XS – Short and Animated Film Competition (up to 13 years old)
- D – Focal Point - Germany
- P – Panorama
Every year the range of competitions is accompanied by an extensive companion program. In conjunction with discourse with the film honorarium in attendance, there are seminars, discussion groups for visitors, as well as workshops for school groups and kindergarten classes. This type of continuous strong integration of east-European productions in the geo-political sense sharpens the profile of the competition.
Chemnitz Children's Competition
- 2005: Viva CubaViva CubaViva Cuba is a 2005 Cuban film, directed by Juan Carlos Cremata and Iraida Malberti Cabrera, and written by Cremata and Manolito Rodriguez...
by Juan Carlos Cremata MalbertiJuan Carlos Cremata MalbertiJuan Carlos Cremata Malberti is a Cuban Film Director. He started his career as an author and actor for children’s TV shows, made for the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television from 1981 to 1987... - 2006: Buitenspel ("Gilles") by Jan Verheyens
- 2007: Rosso come il cielo ("Red Like the Sky") by Cristiano Bortone
- 2008: Handlebar Moustache by Jarad Arkadani
- 2009: Kikkerdril ("Frogs and Toads") by Simone van Dusseldorp
- 2010: Dwenadzatoje leto ("The Twelfth Summer") by Pawel Fattachutdinow
European Children’s Film Award
- 2005: Daniel and the Superdogs by André Melancon
- 2006: Buitenspel ("Gilles") by Jan Verheyens
- 2007: No Meio da Rua ("Gameboys") by Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
- 2008: Myrsky ("Stormheart") by Kaisa Rastimo
- 2009: Kniga Masterow ("The Book of the Master") by Wadim Sokolowski
- 2010: Zoomerne ("Zoomers") by Christian E. ChristiansenChristian E. Christiansen-Biography:A graduate of Kalundborg Gymnasium and the National Film School of Denmark, he worked in lower positions on a number of Danish films before producing his first hit movie, Nynne , a comedy directed by Jonas Elmer...
DIAMOND for the best Children's Actor
- 2005: Malú Tarrau in Viva Cuba
- 2006: Ilya Van Malderghem in Buitenspel ("Gilles")
- 2007: Luca Capriotti in Rosso come il cielo ("Red Like the Sky")
- 2008: Ronja Arvilommi in Myrsky ("Stormheart")
- 2009: Chun-Kai Wu in Hai zi de tian ("Colours in Your Head")
- 2010: Camille Felton in Noémie, le secret ("Noémie, the Secret")
Supporting Award from the DEFA-Foundation
- 2005: Kammerflimmern ("Heart Flutter") by Hendrik Hölzemann
- 2006: Pingpong by Matthias Luthardt
- 2007: Nimmermeer ("Never-sea") by Toke Constantin Hebbeln
- 2008: Ihr könnt euch niemals sicher sein ("You Can Never Be Sure") by Nicole Weegmann
- 2009: Keine Angst ("No Fear") by Aelrun Goette
- 2010: Die Entbehrlichen ("The Dispensables") by Andreas Arnstedt
Junior Film Award
- 2007: Yeh Leung ("Stray Dog") by Derek Kwok
- 2008: De brief voor de Koning ("The Letter for the King") by Pieter VerhoeffPieter VerhoeffPieter Verhoeff is a Dutch film director. He studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy and graduated in 1966. He is known for his films The Mark of the Beast, The Dream and The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time. All three stories take place in his native Friesland...
- 2009: I et speil i en gåte ("Through Dark Glass") by Jesper W. Nielsen
- 2010: Alabama Moon by Timothy McCanlies
Junior Film Competition
- 2007: Kid Svensk ("That Special Summer") by Nanna Huolmann
- 2008: De brief voor de Koning ("The Letter for the King") by Pieter VerhoeffPieter VerhoeffPieter Verhoeff is a Dutch film director. He studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy and graduated in 1966. He is known for his films The Mark of the Beast, The Dream and The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time. All three stories take place in his native Friesland...
- 2009: I et speil i en gåte ("Through Dark Glass") by Jesper W. Nielsen
- 2010: Antes que o mundo acabe ("Before the World Ends") by Ana Luiza Azevedo
Cinestar Youth Film Award
- 2005: Kuktau - Nebesnaja gora ("Kuktau – Mountain of Heaven") by Ildar Jagafarow
- 2006: Sineh Sorkh ("The Finch") by Parviz Sheikhtadi
- 2007: Keith by Todd KesslerTodd KesslerTodd Kessler is an award winning American film and television writer, producer and director. Among his credits are show runner and co-creator of Nickelodeon's preschool series Blue's Clues and director and producer of the feature film "Keith."-Career:...
- 2008: Cartas para Jenny ("Letters for Jenny") by Diego Fernandez Musiak
- 2009: Koudak va Fereshteh ("Child and Angel") by Masoud Naghashzadeh
- 2010: The Be All and End All by Bruce Webb
Animated Film Award
- 2005: Duck Ugly by Deane Taylor und Emmanuel Klotz
- 2006: Tris musketieri/De Tre Musketerer ("The Three Musketeers") by J. Cimermanis, G. Fredholm
- 2007: Ubornaja istoria - ljubownaja istorija ("Who is that?") by Konstantin Bronsit
- 2008: Röllin sydän; Rolli i Elf ("Rölli and the Fairies") by Pekka Lethosaari
- 2009: Mascha i medwedj - perwaja wstretscha ("Mascha and the Bear") by Dennis Tscherwjatsow
- 2010: Ente, Tod und Tulpe ("Duck, Death and the Tulip") by Matthias Bruhn
Short Film Award
- 2006: Bracia ("Brother") by Andrzej Maleszka
- 2007: El Prestidigitador ("The Magician") by Hugo Sanz
- 2008: Mein Robodad ("My Robodad") by Markus Dietrich
- 2009: Una vida mejor ("A Better Life") by Luis Fernández Reneo
- 2010: Neuneinhalbs Abschied ("Nineandahalfs Goodbye") by Halina Dyrschka
Fair-Play Award
The Fair Play award is given for special dedication to the issues of youth.- 2007: Keith by Todd KesslerTodd KesslerTodd Kessler is an award winning American film and television writer, producer and director. Among his credits are show runner and co-creator of Nickelodeon's preschool series Blue's Clues and director and producer of the feature film "Keith."-Career:...
- 2008: Switch by Ole Martin Hafsmo
- 2009: Keine Angst ("No Fear") by Aelrun Goette
- 2010: Bis aufs Blut - Brüder auf Bewährung ("Closer Than Blood") by Oliver Kienle
Lichtenauer Audience Award
- 2005: Mickybo and me by Terry Loane
- 2006: Ruudi by Katrin Laur
- 2007: Maharal-tajemství talismanu ("Maharal-The Secret of the Good Luck Charm") by Pavel Jandourek
- 2008: Alice, upside down by Sandy TungSandy TungSandy Tung is an American independent film director, writer and producer. He was born on Staten Island, New York. He received an MFA in filmmaking from New York University...
- 2009: Prodigy by William FruetWilliam FruetWilliam Fruet is a Canadian film and television director, playwright and screenwriter, best known for co-writing, with Donald Shebib, the influential Canadian film Goin' Down the Road....
- 2010: Skellig by Annabel JankelAnnabel JankelAnnabel Jankel is an award-winning British film and TV director who first came to prominence as a music video director and the co-creator and director of the pioneering cyber-character Max Headroom...
SCHLINGEL Awards of Distinction
- 2006: Director Václav Vorlíček
- 2007: Defa-Director Rolf Losansky
- 2008: Producer Uschi Reich
- 2009: Christa und Hans Strobel, Editor of KJK
- 2010: Zdeněk MilerZdenek MilerZdeněk Miler was a Czech animator and illustrator best known for his Mole character and its adventures.-Early years:...
, Animator and Illustrator of the "Mole"