Market Activities

ScreeningClub

Available online from Wednesday 13 October - Friday 31 December 2021. English language or subtitles. Accredited guests only.

Cinekid’s digital screening facility offers a selection of all the latest productions for children from the past year. Professionals can watch these productions online for programming or acquisition purposes.

Junior Co-production Market

Pitch training: Tuesday 19 October 14:00-17:00h (CEST), Pakhuis de Zwijger and online, For selected project representatives only.

Pitch: Wednesday 20 October 09:30 – 12:30h (CEST), Pakhuis de Zwijger and online. Accredited guests only

One-on-one meetings: Wednesday 20 October until Friday 22 October 09.30 – 17:30h (CEST). Pakhuis de Zwijger. Accredited guests only and online.

The Junior Co-production Market (JCM) is an integrated co-production market held during Cinekid for Professionals. It enables financiers, broadcasters and producers to find new, innovative projects under development for young audiences across film and television. A high degree of interactivity and the potential for cross-financing between these sectors is reflected in the market selection. A total of 19 projects currently being developed will be presented in a unique, nurturing environment designed to encourage international cooperation.

Producers LINK

Tuesday 19 - Friday 22 October. 2021 Pakhuis de Zwijger. Selected participants only.

Kids Kino Industry and Cinekid for Professionals joined forces to launch Producers LINK, a newly established programme for emerging producers of children’s content. The programme is designed to stimulate the production of top-quality children’s content and pan-European coproductions, and will provide crucial follow-up both during and after the two leading kids events in the Autumn.

The 25 producers selected for the first edition of Producers LINK are nominated by the following international partner organisations: Catalan Films, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Czech Film Fund, Film Centre of Montenegro, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Poland, Film Commission Sardegna, German Children’s Media Foundation, Gigant Films, Greek Film Center, KIDS Regio, Netherlands Film Fund, Norwegian Film Institute, Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of Commerce (KIPA), Producers Guild of Poland and Slovak Film Institute.

The programme will start in September and have its first residency at Kids Kino Industry (27 September to 1 October 2021), finishing at Cinekid for Professionals (19 to 22 October 2021).

Ask your Audience

Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 October. Pakhuis de Zwijger. Selected participants only.

Industry experts attending the Junior Co-Production Market and Script LAB get the chance to pitch their projects in development to a group of international (English-speaking) children. A unique opportunity for professionals to see how the target audience responds to their projects. In this programme children are the experts, and their feedback might just influence the final outcome of these productions.

Industry Forum

Wednesday 20 October 13:30 – 17:40h (CEST) Thursday 21 October 13:30 – 17:40h (CEST) Friday 22 October 09:30 - 12:40h (CEST) Pakhuis de Zwijger, Grote Zaal & online. Accredited guests only. English language.

During Cinekid’s Industry Forum more than 40 professionals within the field of global children’s media will share their ideas, tips & tricks with you. In sessions of 40 minutes, experts will tell you about the successful development of their projects and the hurdles they had to overcome en route. From diverse backgrounds, these experts will offer their own take on, and experiences within, children’s media – from pushing the limits internationally to their use and presentation of data. Enter the dialogue and get an exclusive insight into these super-creative minds and their working practices. Compile your own programme during this event, this year attendance is possible online or stationary in Amsterdam!

Cinekid Script LAB

Sunday 17 October - Thursday 22 October. Selected participants only.

Cinekid Script LAB is a six-month script-training programme for writers with a children’s film project. The programme was initiated by Cinekid in 2014, and takes place during Cinekid in October and Berlinale the following February. This year Cinekid welcomes 19 writers from 13 countries to the 8th edition of the LAB. Script LAB is funded by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme and organised in close collaboration with international partner organisations, such as Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Finnish Film Foundation, Icelandic Film Centre, Netherlands Film Fund, Norwegian Film Institute, Polish Film Institute, and Swedish Film Institute.