Cinekid Festival

The Cinekid Festival is the largest international film, television and new media festival for children aged 4 to 14 held at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It started as a small children's film festival and has now grown into a large organisation that develops activities for children in the areas of film, television and new media throughout the year. These activities are presented alongside the festival, whereas the festival itself screens films from all over the world and a selection of the best television programs for children. It also organises several new media activities. Each year the festival is attended by over 50,000 children, parents and (international) guests.

Cinekid Foundation
The Cinekid Foundation is the organisation behind the festival and accompanying activities. The foundation's goal is to improve the quality of visual culture for children as well as to stimulate children's active and creative participation in the media in order to strengthen their position in relation to the media.

To achieve these goals, Cinekid's core activities include:

1. Festival The Cinekid Film, Television and New Media Festival is the main event each year. It is preceded by a series of school screenings throughout Amsterdam and a satellite program held in 30 cities throughout the Netherlands: Cinekid On Location.

2. Cinekid for Professionals The Cinekid for Professionals Conference is a new addition to Cinekid's activities. The conference has a seminar program and co-production markets where media professionals can view a selection of children's films and television programs.

3. Development and renewal Cinekid focuses on development of the intercultural field defined as Child and Media. This is a central element in Cinekid's core activities and includes trainings, test, knowledge, development and innovation programs.

Media Literacy
Cinekid focuses on media education through broad culture participation. Children from all layers of society are allowed festival participation through leading discussions, voting, creating media productions, talking to industry representatives and (child) actors, joining workshops etc. In order to introduce diverse quality media productions, passive participation included, Cinekid aims to stimulate less accessible genres like child documentaries and cultural interactive media as well.

A tool for this is Cinekid Studio, an interactive environment which allows children to create their own media productions throughout the year. The goal is to improve media consciousness in a playful way. Cinekid Studio is part of the media literacy program that Cinekid offers.

The Cinekid Klappers is a children's film canon, an international list of around one hundred films that are considered essential. The list has been compiled by a broad commission of experts and consists of high quality contemporary and older films, for different age groups and with several themes.

Prizes
Cinekid awards prizes in three categories:

Film
 * Cinekid Lion: jury award
 * Cinekid Lion: audience award

Television
 * Cinekid Kinderkast: jury award fiction
 * Cinekid Kinderkast: jury award non-fiction
 * Cinekid Kinderkast: audience award fiction
 * Cinekid Kinderkast: audience award non-fiction
 * Golden Cinekid Kinderkast

New Media
 * Cinekid New Media Award: jury award
 * Cinekid New Media Award: audience award

The 2010 edition of the festival will be the first to award a 'Best Dutch Family Film' prize. The winner will be selected by both a jury and the audience.

Past winners
Cinekid Lion

1987	 Jury award - De jonge magiër, Waldemar Dziki, Polen, 1987

1988	 Jury award - Mio mijn Mio, Vladimir Grammatikov, Rusland/Zweden, 1987

1989	 Jury award - Après la Guerre, Jean-Loup Hubert, Frankrijk, 1989

Audience award - Gouden Regen, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Denemarken, 1988

1990	 Jury award - Mama Mia en ik, Erik Clausen, Denemarken, 1989

Audience award - Het mirakel van Valby, Ake Sandgren, Denemarken/Zweden, 1989

1991	 Jury award - Waar is het huis van mijn vriend?, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran, 1987

Audience award - Het heimwee van Walerian Wrobel, Rolf Schübel, Duitsland, 1990

1992	 Jury award - Het Zakmes, Ben Sombogaart, Nederland, 1991

Audience award - Little Nemo, William T. Hurtz/Masami Hata, Amerika/Japan, 1992

1993	 Jury award - Een brief uit de hemel, Wang Junzheng, China, 1992

Audience award - De zilveren hengst, John Tatoulis, Australie, 1992

1994	 Jury award - Karakum, Arend Agthe, Duitsland/Turkmenistan, 1993

Jury award - Killer Kid, Gilles de Maistre, Frankrijk, 1994

Audience award - Corrina, Corrina, Jessie Nelson, Amerika, 1994

1995	 Jury award - Lang leve de Koningin, Esmé Lammers, Nederland, 1995

Audience award - The Cure, Peter Horton, Amerika, 1995

1996	 Jury award - Kijk ik vlieg, Vibeke Gad, Denemarken, 1996

Audience award - Mathilda, Danny DeVito, Amerika, 1996

1997	 Jury award - Oog van de Adelaar, Peter Flinth, Denemarken/Noorwegen/Zweden, 1996

Audience award - Selma & Johanna, Ingela Magner, Zweden, 1997

1998	 Jury award - Op eigen houtje, Lone Scherfig, Denemarken, 1998

Audience award - Ikke niet, Ari Kristinsson, IJsland, 1997

1999	 Jury award - Kirikou en de heks, Michel Ocelot, Frankrijk, 1998

Audience award - Valkenhart, Lars Hesselholdt, Denemarken, 1999

2000	 Jury award - Zomerkinderen, Ulf Malmros, Zweden, 2000

Audience award - Mariken, André van Buren, Nederland, 2000

2001	 Jury award - Een hand vol gras, Roland Susi Richter, Duitsland/Iran, 2000

Audience award - Die nieuwe vader, Andrea Katzenberger, Duitsland, 2000

2002	 Jury award - De Vogeltjesvanger, Rahbar Ghanbari, Iran, 2002

Audience award - Kraak!, Hans Fabian Wullenweber, Denemarken, 2002

2003	 Jury award - Wallah Be, Pia Bocin, Denemarken, 2002

Audience award - De zomer van de wolf, Peder Norland, Noorwegen, 2003

2004	 Jury award - 4th floor, Antonio Mercero, Spanje, 2002

Audience award - Bombay Dreams, Lena Koppel, Sweden, 2004

2005	 Jury award - De kleine Italiaan, Andrei Kravchuk, Rusland, 2005

Audience award - Knetter, Martin Koolhoven, Nederland, 2005

Audience award - Vrienden voor het leven, Arne Lindtner Næss, Noorwegen, 2004

2006	 Jury award - We shall overcome, Niels Arden Oplev, Denemarken, 2006

Audience award - De verloren schat van de Tempelridder, Kasper Barfoed, Denemarken, 2006

2007	 Jury award - Max Minsky and Me, Anna Justice, Duitsland, 2006

Audience award - Kidz in da Hood, Catti Edfeldt/Ylva Gustavsson, Zweden, 2006

2008	 Jury award - Niko – The Way to the Stars, Michael Hegner/Kari Juusonen, Finland, 2008

Audience award - Niko – The Way to the Stars, Michael Hegner/Kari Juusonen, Finland, 2008

2009 Jury award - A Brand New Life, Ounie Lecomte, Frankrijk/Zuid-Korea, 2009

Audience award - De Krokodillenbende, Christian Ditter, Duitsland, 2009

Cinekid Kinderkast

1979	Jury award - J.J. de Bom, Aart Staartjes/Frans Boelen, VARA

1981	 Jury award - De Zesde Klas, Ruud Schuitemaker, IKON

1983	 Jury award - Het Jeugdjournaal, Arno Wamsteeker, NOS

1985	 Jury award - Dag Huis, Dag Tuin, Dag Opbergschuur, Burny Bos, AVRO

1987	 Jury award - Niet Thuis, Trudy van Keulen, VPRO

1988	 Jury award - Meester, hij begint weer, Jos Tuerlinckx, BRTN

1989	 Jury award - Kanjers, Ruud Schuitemaker, IKON

Audience award - Superchamps!, Geert Popma, Veronica

1990	Jury award - Buurman Bolle, Ben Sombogaart, VPRO

Audience award - Rode Wangen, Ruud van Gessel, VARA

1991	Jury award - Geheim gebied, Hansje van Etten/Beatrijs Hulkes, VPRO

Audience award - De Freules, Ineke Houtman, VPRO

1992	Jury award - Het Zakmes, Ben Sombogaart, AVRO

Audience award - Dag Meneer de Koekepeer, Frans Lasès, VPRO

1993	Jury award - Idomeneo, Ineke Houtman, AVRO

Audience award - Het Klokhuis, Piet Geelhoed, NPS

1994	Jury award non-fiction - Pootjes, Eric van de Broek, VPRO

Jury award fiction - Tijger, André van Duuren, VPRO

Audience award non-fiction - Ik hou van lawaai, Bob Entrop, IKON

Audience award fiction - Kinderen voor Kinderen: een reis door de tijd, Loek Marreck, VARA/BRTN

1995	Jury award non-fiction - Het Jeugdjournaal, Rob Maas, NOS

Jury award fiction - Legende van de Bokkerijders, Karst van der Meulen, KRO/IKON/BRTN

Audience award non-fiction - Het Jeugdjournaal, Rob Maas, NOS

Audience award fiction - Legende van de Bokkerijders, KRO/IKON/BRTN

1996	Jury award non-fiction - Tussen eten en afwas, Rob Entrop, IKON

Jury award fiction - Buiten de zone, Luc Coghe, BRTN

Audience award non-fiction - Toen ‘t vliegtuig viel, Wilma Lighthart, VPRO

Audience award fiction - Dag Juf tot morgen, Ben Sombogaart, AVRO

1997	Audience award non-fiction - De kist, Wouter Peters, TROS

Audience award fiction - Madelief 11, Ineke Houtman/Rita Horst, VPRO

1998	Jury award non-fiction - Tijd van je leven, Noud Holtman, Veronica

Jury award fiction - Sinterklaas bezoekt Sesamstraat, Jan Keja, NPS

Audience award non-fiction - Het Klokhuis, Piet Geelhoed, NPS

Audience award fiction - Loenatik 11, Mette Bouhuijs, VPRO

1999	Jury award non-fiction - Pierlala, Boudewijn Koole, VPRO

Jury award fiction - Ik dicht, Jet Dijkstra, VPRO

Audience award non-fiction - Groot Licht, Wouters Peters, KRO/VRT-Ketnet

Audience award fiction - Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat, Jan Keja, NPS

2000	Jury award non-fiction - Groot Licht, Wouters Peters, KRO/VRT-Ketnet

Jury award fiction - De Daltons, Rita Horst, VPRO

Audience award non-fiction - Het Klokhuis, Piet Geelhoed, NPS

Audience award fiction - Madelief, krassen op het tafelblad, Ineke Houtman, VPRO

2001	Jury award non-fiction - Het Klokhuis, Puck de Leeuw, NPS

Jury award fiction - Poppentje, Camiel Schouwenaar/Roberta Amador, VPRO

Audience award non-fiction - Willem Wever, Ina Metselaar, NCRV

Audience award fiction - Loenatik, Mette Bouhuijs, VPRO

2002	Jury award non-fictionDe achtertuin van Jan Wolkers, Machteld van Gelder, VPRO

Jury award fiction - Poppentje 2, Camiel Schouwenaar/Roberta Amador, VPRO

Audience award non-fiction - Het Klokhuis, Piet Geelhoed, NPS

Audience award fiction - De familie van der Ploeg, Lydia Roothaan, VPRO

2003	Jury award non-fiction - Nationale Wetenschapsquiz, Loes Wormmeester, VPRO

Jury award fiction - Ik ben Willem, Mijke de Jong, VPRO

Audience award non-fiction - Zig Zag, afl. Batavia, Dolf Gerbers, KRO

Audience award fiction - De club van Sinterklaas, Armando de Boer/Liesbeth Roelofs, Fox Kids

2004	Jury award non-fiction - Meisjes, Menna Laura Meijer, IKON

Jury award fiction - Dunya & Desie, Dana Nechushtan, NPS

Audience award non-fiction - NOS Jeugdjournaal overzicht 2003, NPS

Audience award fiction - Zoop, Johan Nijenhuis, Nickelodeon

2005	Jury award non-fiction - Valerie, Mirjam Marks, VPRO

Jury award fiction - Lekker Dansen, Maxim Hartman, VPRO

Audience award non-fiction - Het Jeugdjournaal, Tsunami, Liesbeth Staats/Michelle Veldkamp, NPS

Audience award fiction - Hotnews.nl, Ruud Schuurman, Jetix

2006	Golden Kinderkast - Docklands: Nina en Jelle, Ties Schenk, VPRO

Jury award non-fiction - Docklands: Nina en Jelle, Ties Schenk, VPRO

Jury award fiction - Overleven in NL: Het busje, Katinka de Maar, VPRO

Audience award non-fiction - Ayla, het tsunamimeisje, Wilma Ligthart, VPRO

Audience award fiction - De club van Sinterklaas, Liesbeth Roelofs, Jetix

2007	Golden Kinderkast - Donkeygirl, Ties Schenk, VPRO

Jury award non-fiction - Bloot, Mischa Kamp, VPRO

Jury award fiction - Adriaan, Mischa Kamp, KRO

Audience award non-fiction - Anne Frank Special, Yvonne Smits, NPS

Audience award fiction - Het huis Anubis, Dennis Bots, Nickelodeon

2008	Golden Kinderkast - De Daltons, de jongensjaren, Rita Horst, VPRO

Jury award non-fiction - Overleven in Nederland: RAUW, Anneloek Sollart, VPRO

Jury award fiction - De Daltons, de jongensjaren, Rita Horst, VPRO

Audience award non-fiction - Taarten van Abel - Zomerspecial, Onno Krijnen, VPRO

2009 Golden Kinderkast - Het Klokhuis, aflevering: ‘Wakduiken’, Uif Putters/Leo de Groot/Kees Prins, NPS

Jury award non-fiction - Brieven uit Nicaragua, Stef Biemans, VPRO

Jury award fiction - Sterke verhalen uit Zoutvloed, Iván López Núnez/Ineke Houtman/Ties Schenk, VPRO

Audience award non-fiction - Laura & Anne 4 ever, Susan Koenen RKK/KRO

Audience award fiction - Puppy Patrol, Annemarie Mooren, Nickelodeon

2010 Audience award fiction - Spangas, NCRV

2011 Golden Kinderkast - Ik heb een droom, Jan-Willem Wit & Joost Gulien, VPRO

Jury award non-fiction - I'm Never Afraid! (Ik ben echt niet bang!), Willem Baptist, VPRO

Jury award fiction - De avonturen van Pim & Pom, Gioia Smid, Nickelodeon

Audience award non-fiction - Checkpoint, Jan Pool, EO

Audience award fiction - Raveleijn, Anne van der Linden, RTL4

Cinekid New Media award

2000	Jury award - Alfabet, Tivola/KEEC

Audience award - De Sims, Electronic Arts

2001	Jury award - Het mysterieuze eiland van oom Ernest, Mediamix

Audience award - Pettson & Findus gaan klussen, Lannoo

2002	Jury award - Gast, Mindscape

Audience award - Harry Potter en de steen der wijzen, Electronic Arts

2003	Jury award - Alphons & zijn vrienden, Lannoo

Audience award - Flipperfun, Lannoo

2004	Jury award - De verborgen tempel van oom Ernest, Mediamix

Audience award - Harry Potter en de gevangen van Azkaban, Electronic Arts

2005	Jury award - SketchStudio, IJsfontein interactive media/NPS

Audience award - De Sims 2, Electronic Arts

2006	Jury award - Nintendogs, Nintendo

Jury award - De orde van GIS, Ranj Serious Games

Audience award - Mijn Renstal, Mindscape

2007	Jury award - Hello you!, Ranj Serious Games/Uitgeverij Malmberg

Audience award - Fifa 07, Electronic Arts

2008	Jury award - NPS Gamestudio, Ijsfontein Interactieve Media/NPS

Audience award - Mario Kart Wii, Nintendo

2009	Jury award - Kinderen voor Kinderen Karaoke, Lost Boys/VARA

Audience award - SpangaS, /NCRV