Berlin, 3.9.2009. After the resounding success of the first KUKI Festival in 2008, the 2nd International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth Berlin has really grown! With more than 740 entries from all over the world, the KUKI team has put together a strong festival programme of exciting, funny and imaginative short films.
It all kicks off at the fabulous opening ceremony on Sunday 1 November at 3pm at Filmtheater am Friedrichshain - our festival cinema this year. The opening screening will feature a selection of competition films as well as the premiere of the film "Through the Big, Fat Wall" (WT) made during the children's filmmaking workshop "Kinder machen Kurzfilm!".
The film-packed festival week is sure to please audiences of all ages: There are five competition programmes for children aged 4+, 6+, 10+, 12+ and 14+. While all films are screened in their original language, professional actors will dub each of the programmes up to 12+ inclusive in German, live.
This year we have created a programme especially aimed at kindergarten children! The KUKI school programmes continue to inform and inspire with short documentaries, foreign language programmes and short films addressing the theme of The Wall and Borders (to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall). Pupils and teachers are encouraged to participate in open discussions after every screening with attending filmmakers.
The documentary programme Take a Look at the World reveals the diversity of children's lives from different parts of the planet and the foreign language programmes What's up? and ¿Qué onda? expose school classes to a variety of natural dialects with films shown in their original versions from English and Spanish speaking countries.
And KUKI's musical now too! At a special teenage event, a selection of the latest music videos will be shown on a big screen and followed up by an after-show party with the girl-band Maiden Monsters (www.maidenmonsters.com) and DJ Vossi (VoPo Records, RockBar Magnet, RockAG Lido).
For those who feel creatively inspired by the animation films seen at the festival, we have the TRICKBOXX from KI.KA. The TRICKBOXX is like a mini animation studio where everyone is welcome to try their hand at making an animated film. It will be located in the cinema foyer throughout the festival week.
The festival finale will take place when both the children's and youth juries announce their respective competition winners at the 25th International Short Film Festival Berlin Awards Ceremony on 8 November in Kino Babylon
It all kicks off at the fabulous opening ceremony on Sunday 1 November at 3pm at Filmtheater am Friedrichshain - our festival cinema this year. The opening screening will feature a selection of competition films as well as the premiere of the film "Through the Big, Fat Wall" (WT) made during the children's filmmaking workshop "Kinder machen Kurzfilm!".
The film-packed festival week is sure to please audiences of all ages: There are five competition programmes for children aged 4+, 6+, 10+, 12+ and 14+. While all films are screened in their original language, professional actors will dub each of the programmes up to 12+ inclusive in German, live.
This year we have created a programme especially aimed at kindergarten children! The KUKI school programmes continue to inform and inspire with short documentaries, foreign language programmes and short films addressing the theme of The Wall and Borders (to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall). Pupils and teachers are encouraged to participate in open discussions after every screening with attending filmmakers.
The documentary programme Take a Look at the World reveals the diversity of children's lives from different parts of the planet and the foreign language programmes What's up? and ¿Qué onda? expose school classes to a variety of natural dialects with films shown in their original versions from English and Spanish speaking countries.
And KUKI's musical now too! At a special teenage event, a selection of the latest music videos will be shown on a big screen and followed up by an after-show party with the girl-band Maiden Monsters (www.maidenmonsters.com) and DJ Vossi (VoPo Records, RockBar Magnet, RockAG Lido).
For those who feel creatively inspired by the animation films seen at the festival, we have the TRICKBOXX from KI.KA. The TRICKBOXX is like a mini animation studio where everyone is welcome to try their hand at making an animated film. It will be located in the cinema foyer throughout the festival week.
The festival finale will take place when both the children's and youth juries announce their respective competition winners at the 25th International Short Film Festival Berlin Awards Ceremony on 8 November in Kino Babylon
