REPORT

16th Kodomotachino Kinder Film Festival Tokyo Report （2008）

Ms. Keiko Toda took part in the Festival!

From now on, two venues of festival site, Aoyama and Chofu city

With the process of achieving “the Global Film Festival for all children”, Ms. Keiko Toda, one of Japanese famous actresses, and Mr. Yoshiki Nagatomo, the mayor of Chofu city took part in the 16th festival as members of festival committee and the scale of festival itself has been expanded. At this festival the biggest number of six foreign guests has come and the two venues (Aoyama and Chofu city) of the festival has been established. The number of audiences has come around 8,000 people.

Festival’s outlines

Name
16th Kodomotachino Kinder Film Festival Tokyo
Date
Aoyama Venue, August 9th (Sat) to August 12th (Tue)
Chofu Venue, August 14th (Thu) to August 17th (Sun)
Venue
Aoyama Round Theatre/Children’s Castle (Aoyama Venue)
Chofu city cultural hall, Tadukuri, Chofu city Green Hall (Chofu Venue)
Entrance Fee
Aoyama Venue :
500 yen (Children under 3), 700 yen (People over 18)
(These tickets are used as entrance ticket for Children’s Castle as well.)
Chofu Venue :
Free (Children under 18 and people over 60), 300 yen (People over 18)
Screening films
23 films from 13 countries (USA, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Latvia, Russia, Germany, Japan, Canada, Swiss, Norway, Taiwan)
Audiences
7,944 people (Aoyama venue: 3,114 people, Chofu venue: 4,830 people) (achievements)
Visitors of workshops
54 people
Voice-over workshop :
30 people (15 people each for Aoyama and Chofu venue)
Workshop for making animation :
24 people (This was held at only Chofu venue)

Awarded films

  • Kinder Bird Award (The most excellent film of Drama film department)

    Karla’s World
    Director: Charlotte Sachs Bostrup
    Denmark / 2007 / 90 min.

  • Kinder Bird Award (The most excellent film of Animation film department)

    Bear’s Stories
    Director: Marina Karpova
    Russia / 2007 / 13 min

  • Kinder Film Voice actors / actress Award

    Where’s Winky’s Horse?
    Ms. Noriko Uchiyama from Amusement Media Sogo Gakuin, the voice actress as “Winky”
    Where’s Winky’s Horse?
    The Netherlands / 2007 / 83 min.