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“Parole Emil” speaking phone is walking with them.
“Parole Emil” is here! Finally the range of podcasts about children’s media for adults in German speaking territories has been completed. The title of this podcast, produced by the German Children’s Film Association (Förderverein Deutscher Kinderfilm e.V.), is inspired by Erich Kästner’s novel EMIL UND DIE DETEKTIVE. Moderators Anne and Hanna take you on a walk through the Goethe Park in Weimar for an update on the latest developments in children’s and youth media, tackling new and old formats and the people behind them. The idea sprouted from two impulses. One was the association’s member survey in summer 2020. “A podcast” was mentioned several times among the desired projects for the future. Moreover, members seemed to be pretty keen on getting involved themselves. It’s a common rule that involvement must be kept as low-threshold as possible, and collecting little bits and pieces for a podcast seemed like just the right answer to that. Secondly, walks in the park were already established by the two moderators
What’s in it? In the first episode, Hanna and Anne devote themselves entirely to the topic of “home entertainment”. In addition to their short discussion round, in which they reveal their favourite movies and insider tips, many other voices also have their say. Like Selma (9) and Ole (6), presenting their “Highlights from the children’s room”, that includes the books, movies, series and games that they are currently occupied with.
during lockdown, as a substitute for spending office time together. Now the only difference is that a micro-
In “5 Minutes at the Kitchen Table” Johanna Faltinat and Leticia Milano from the Office for Diverse Storytelling (Büro für vielfältiges Erzählen) talk about the description of skin colour and its translation into German in the children’s book BAN THIS BOOK by Alan Gratz, about a brave student who starts a secret library where she and her classmates can read the books that are banned from the school library.
Nicola Jones and Christina M. Schollerer (German Children’s Media Foundation Goldener Spatz) provide insights into the Digital Competition, which is being established as a bigger part of the Goldener Spatz Children’s Media Festival this year. Both of them point out again what we all already knew in our hearts: good content is always based on good stories. Knocking on doors In the recurring column “Viola says hello”, author and illustrator Viola Lippmann visits a different colleague and fellow member of the Association. This time she knocks on the door of the author Andreas Völlinger to talk about his path to writing for children, his stories and motivation. In one rubric, ECFA President Margret Albers goes in conversation with André Gatzke, known as moderator from DIE SENDUNG MIT DER MAUS and DIE SENDUNG MIT DEM ELEFANTEN, two
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