Five years of participation in the Young Audience Film Day
Already in its sixth edition, the Young Audience Film Day and accompanying Young Audience Award will be held on May 7. The three shortlisted films this year are: Tschick (Goodbye Berlin) – Germany, Ma Vie de Courgette (My life as a Zucchini) – France, and Das Mädchen von Änziloch (The Girl down Loch Anzi) – Switzerland.
Malta will be participating in the Young Audience Film Day and Awards for the fifth year running. The Creative Europe Desk Malta hosted by the Culture Directorate will be organising this event, as part of the legacy of the European Film Awards held in Malta in 2012, and also because of a strong commitment towards film literacy, increased audience development as well as better promotion of European films. The Creative Europe Desk Malta has announced that this year, the Film Day and Awards will be held at Spazju Kreattiv, St James Cavalier Valletta.
Participating audiences (between 12 and 14 year olds) from some 37 European cities will watch the three nominated films inside cinemas across Europe. Between each of the screenings, participants will have the opportunity to discuss the films with filmmakers and members of the national film industry.
The Young Audience Film Day is aimed at shared experiences: it is fun-packed day in which participants will watch and discuss films in the company of others and will also act as a film jury.
At the end of the day, young audience members from each participating city get to vote for their favourite film. Two young jury speakers will finally announce the national results via a recorded video conference during the awards ceremony in the evening; the ceremony is shown as a live broadcast on the EFA’s website.
Teachers, educators, parents and guardians are hereby invited to identify students and young teens who would like to participate in this full-day event, watch the three nominated films at Spazju Kreattiv, and vote for their favourite of three films!
The full event programme will be announced in due time prior to the event on May 7th.