16/07/2020 - The Kids Kino International Film Festival’s co-production forum for film and series projects for young audiences will run entirely online from 29 September-2 October

Kids Kino Industry is ready to run its fourth edition from 29 September-2 October, and will do so entirely online owing to the limitations and the uncertainty caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Formerly known as the Warsaw Kids Film Forum, Kids Kino Industry is an international co-production forum for film and series projects for young audiences, and it will run in parallel with the seventh Kids Kino International Film Festival, which is taking place from 26 September-4 October in cinemas in Warsaw, Wrocław, Poznań and nearly 20 other Polish towns and cities, as well as online.

Regarding the selection of the fourth Kids Kino Industry, a total of 26 projects (21 of which are in development and five are already in progress) have been selected from among 66 submissions from 26 countries. The selection process was supported by three international experts: Alison Norrington, writer, producer, creative director and founder of London-based storycentral Ltd; Silke Wilfinger, managing director of German company SilkWayFilms; and Viola Gabrielli, Kids Kino Industry Inspiration Day programmer and business relations manager. The projects will be featured in a series of pitching sessions that will be followed by one-on-one meetings.

Kids Kino Industry, which is organised by the Education department of the New Horizons Association, aims to keep the spirit of the physical event intact – an event that, each year, hosts more than 200 industry guests and 70 decision makers. This year’s programme, which will be officially announced in the coming weeks, includes a series of weekly industry webinars (due to start on 24 August), specialised workshops, master classes, and individual consultations with script and marketing experts.

Apart from the projects selected for Kids Kino Industry, 12 projects (eight feature films and four series) that were developed during the Kids Kino.Lab workshops will be presented on one of the days of the forum. The Kino.Lab projects are listed here.

Here is the complete list of the projects selected for the fourth Kids Kino Industry:

Projects in development

A Penguin in the Chicken House – Coala Filmes (Brazil)
Format: live-action and stop-motion film

Flo the Seal – Animoon (Poland)
Format: animated series

Geno – Lira Production Studios (Georgia)
Format: animated film

Inside Luna – Filmallee GmbH (Germany)
Format: animated film

Katzenauge – Hager Moss Film GmbH (Germany), exchange project as part of a partnership with the Akademie für Kindermedien
Format: feature film

Kids Encyclopedia – Tritone Studio (Latvia)
Format: animated series

Kreuzberg Supergirls – X Filme Creative Pool GmbH (Germany)
Format: live-action series

La Vida Es Un Musical – GotFat Productions (Denmark), exchange project as part of a partnership with M:brane
Format: documentary film

Lala – A Fairy’s Heart – Mythberg Films Kft (Hungary)
Format: animated film

Los viajes de Kepler – Lodeiros (Spain)
Format: animated series

Luzie’s Mad World – Leitwolf Filmproduktion (Germany)
Format: live-action film

Mu & Sic – Fumi Studio (Poland)
Format: animated series

Myshko & Dzvinka – Studio KAPI (Ukraine)
Format: animated series

Ninja from Manila – vy/ac Productions (Philippines)
Format: live-action film

Our Town – Tile Media, RTE (Ireland)
Format: live-action series

Planet 7693 – Giggling Goat Production (Montenegro)
Format: live-action film

Roy – One of a Kind – Lucy Loves Drama Oy (Finland)
Format: live-action film

The Spacehead – Objectif sro (Slovakia)
Format: live-action film

Tin’s Fireboots – Wizart Animation (Russia)
Format: animated series

Wasserratte – StickUp Filmproduktion (Germany), exchange partnership with the Akademie für Kindermedien
Format: live-action series

Wonder Legends – Wonder Legends Karubin Malczyk sp j (Poland)
Format: animated series

Works in progress

A Butterfly’s Heart – Inesa Kurklietytė (Lithuania)
Producer: Fralita Films
Format: live-action film

Cricket & Antoinette – Darko Bakliza
Producer: Diedra doo (Croatia)
Format: animated film

Sisters [+see also:
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Producer: Fenix Film
Format: live-action film

The Gladiator – Radu Nicolae (Romania)
Producer: Opal Production
Format: animated film

Toru Superfox – Piotr Szczepanowicz (Poland)
Producer: Animoon
Format: animated series