Dutch film REGRET! Wins Young Audience Award

Children Juries in 17 European Cities Elect Dutch Film by Dave Schram

More than 1,000 film fans across Europe participated in this year’s EFA Young Audience Award. The third edition of the European Film Academy’s initiative for 12-14-year-olds included screenings of the three nominated films in a total of 17 cities: 

Aalborg (Denmark), Barcelona (Spain), Belgrade (Serbia), Bratislava (Slovakia), Budapest (Hungary), Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Erfurt (Germany), Izola (Slovenia), London (UK), Prizren (Kosovo), Riga (Latvia), Sofia (Bulgaria), Stockholm (Sweden), Tbilisi (Georgia), Tel Aviv (Israel), Valletta (Malta) and Wroclaw (Poland). Each of these cities brought into the project a distinct local taste, at the same time they were all connected throughout the day by web cameras and the kids acted as one big European jury. 
Having watched the three nominated films on Young Audience Film Day, 4 May, the young cinema-lovers across Europe had the opportunity to discuss the films before electing their favourite. The results were then reported live via video conference to Erfurt (Germany) where Polish actor Maciej Stuhr moderated the awards ceremony transmitted online as a live stream. The German jury speakers Emma and Elias presented the award to Dave Schram for his bullying drama REGRET! (Spijt!). The director thanked the audience and expressed his hope that the film may help to do something against bullying. 

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YOUNG AUDIENCE FILM DAY IMPRESSIONS

In its third year, this special initiative was realised with a network of the following nine partners: BFI British Film Institute, Centre for Educational Resources (Denmark), DokuFest (Kosovo), EducaTIFF (Romania), Film Center Serbia, Filmoteca de Catalunya (Spain), Georgian National Film Center, German Children’s Media Foundation GOLDEN SPARROW, Hungarian National Film Fund, Maltese Ministry for Tourism (Culture Directorate), National Film Centre of Latvia, New Horizons Association (Poland), Otok - Institute for the Development of Film Culture (Slovenia), Sofia International Film Festival (Bulgaria), Swedish Film Institute, Tel Aviv Cinematheque (Israel) and Visegrad Film Forum (Slovakia). 

The European Film Academy Young Audience Award is organised and presented by the European Film Academy and EFA Productions with the support of the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM). The national Young Audience Film Day events were organised with the support of the respective national partners.