VIDEOTIVOLI & NORDIC AND BALTIC COUNTRIES’ KIDS FOR KIDS 9. - 14.3.2010
VIDEOTIVOLI – A FILM FEAST
KFK main prize goes to Norway – the Tampere region gets its share, too
The seventh Videotivoli festival and the third Nordic and Baltic Kids for Kids film competition exceeded all expectations. The screenings, workshops and the exhibition attracted almost 2500 participants.
The three-day film workshop at the North Hervanta School was a success. The workshop was held by Vahid Vahed, who was born in Iran and now works in Australia. Thirteen children attended the workshop and they made two films: The First Journey and New School.
The Danish Animation House coordinator, Annemette Karpen, held two workshops in Amuri School. The workshops approached animation through the kids’ own ideas and storyboards.
The Swedish Academy Award nominee, Patrik Eklund, held a master class in the Swedish Coeducational School of Tampere. The master class examined the process of making an animated film through the director’s own work and a film made by the children themselves, “Väska”.
The theme of this year’s Videotivoli was colourful Mexico. Mexico could be seen and heard in the delightful special screening and the exhibition presenting the process of animation and Mexican culture. La Matatena from Mexico City was the organisation behind the exhibition.
People from further areas attended the Nordic and Baltic KFK screenings, for example Russia and the Netherlands. Especially the screenings for nursery and primary school kids at Tullikamari (the Old Customs House) had an enthusiastic welcome and were applauded heartily by a full house.
The prestigious KFK jury of five (Mika Mustikkamäki, Veera Perttula, Riku Niemelä, Kaisu Sahamies and Anna Suonsyrjä) had a difficult choice to make between the high quality competition works. Here are the jury’s verdicts:
Nordic and Baltic Kids for Kids film competition
Winners 2010
Under 12 year olds: best animation
HAT OG FRIKADELLES EVENTYR
THE ADVENTURES OF HAT AND MEATBALL
HATUN JA LIHAPULLAN SEIKKAILUT
Denmark | 2009 | 3’20’’ | Animation | DVD | col. | Children 11–12 years | Project ANIMA | Annemette Karpen | anima@animationshuset.dk |
Professor Hat and his dog Meatball travel the sky in their time balloon. They end up in a strange place where the bears are the masters and the humans are slaves! The professor falls in love with a slave girl and decides to rescue her from the bears’ clutches.
Jury’s opinion:
An inventive and charming animation, in which the versatile set design and the extra dimension created by the view angles are especially delightful. The story has the makings of a feature adventure movie.
Under 12 year olds: best one minute film
SKIHPÁRAČČAT
FRIENDS
KAVERUKSET
Finland | 2008 | Live-action | 1’09’’ | DVD | col. | Karigasniemen ala-aste, Saamen 6 lk | Skabmagovat, Sogsakk, Skabma | sari.valkonen@samimuseum.fi |
Fairies help a lonely boy to get friends.
Jury’s opinion:
A cohesive and simple story with a universal theme, told in a short period of time. The actors in the film are extremely natural.
Under 12 year olds: best live-action, documentary or experimental film
MOPORAHA
MOPED MONEY
Finland | 2009 | Live-action | 9’17’’ | col. | Anton Lipasti (1996) | anton.lipasti@gmail.com
9 year old Rasmus has always dreamt about a moped. He finds a great deal of money, but discovers it’s probably fallen from a bank robber. Does he buy a moped or do the right thing?
Jury’s opinion:
A gripping film made with a professional touch. The viewer was not underestimated, and the story moved along splendidly, keeping one’s attention to the end. Excellent!
13 - 16 year olds: best animation
KAPINA
REBELLION
Finland | 2009 | Animation | 2’18’’ | DVD | col. | Pirkkalan yläaste | kaisa.lehto-oksa@pirkkala.fi
Animals vs. cars
Jury’s opinion:
A charming animation, whose harmonic world of colour and skilfully made background images left their mark on the jury. An articulate stance on climate change by means of animation.
13 - 16 year olds: best one minute film
TUNNE
THE FEELING
Finland | 2009 | Live-action | 1’00’’ | DVD | col. | Nelli Kampman (1993) | YLE – Summeri | nevvk@hotmail.com , olli.laine@yle.fi |
Do you know the feeling when somebody touches you?
Jury’s opinion:
A mature quality film, whose message comes across well. The photography was great and the atmosphere was disarming – touching and ”sensitive in the right way”.
13 - 16 year olds: best live-action, documentary or experimental film
PASROVIUI
ADRIFT
TUULIAJOLLA
Lithuania | 2009 | Live-action | 10’00’’ | DVD | col. | Kamile Kaselyte (1993), Romas Usakovas (1992) | Skalvija Cinema Academy | Viktorija Seniut | kamile.kaselyte@gmail.com |
Eva is a photographer. But she’s telling too many stories about her boyfriend to her friends. Maybe she’s lying? What can she do, when her friends beg her to bring her boyfriend?
Jury’s opinion:
As a whole, this film was well made and professional. The versatility of the work was evident e.g. in the various different choices of milieu. Also the story and the scenes were beautifully built.
Honorable Mention Kids for Kids 2010
VOIMA JA VASTAVOIMA
FORCE AND COUNTERFORCE
Finland | 2009 | Documentary | 10’00’’ | HDV – DVD | col. | 16:9 | PAL – NTSC | Inka Hakala, Tapio Koivula |
Two youngsters, Inka and Tapio, go to the same school. Their lives are quite different, but t hey both have their dreams, plans and reasons to be happy.
Jury’s opinion:
This documentary portrays young people’s lives close up and in an authentic way. The portraits are bold and feisty. The film stood out from all the other documentaries.
Best film Kids for Kids 2010
EGIL
EGIL
Norway | 2009 | Live-action | 5’15’’ | DVD – mini DV | col. | Gullfilm | Edvard Gjessing Bakken (1994) | even@gullfilm.no |
Egil is a 15 year old boy, who is being bullied at school. He is not coping with it.
Jury’s opinion:
A wonderful and powerful film that stays in one’s mind. The excellent actors and the competent screenplay made this movie the winner. The idea ”from the young to the young” culminates in this work. We will be hearing from this film-maker yet!