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Also presents both established and innovative work to its young and adult audiences and honours outstanding contributions.
The film programme in Gera (April 20 – 22) is accompanied by an extensive range of workshops for children and teachers and the Media Education Forum – Receptive Film Work: Projects-Challenges-Perspectives, while the screenings in Erfurt (April 23 – 26) are supplemented by specialist events for writers, producers, programme providers and exploiters, as well as the Pro Junior film market.
For the first time, the Thuringian Media Symposium will be held alongside GOLDENER SPATZ at the same place and time. Its 13th edition, on April 23 – 24, has the motto “Children’s Media@Thuringia – Digital Generation”.
The competition features 38 entries in six categories: Minis (contributions with a running time of up to around 3 minutes) • Cinema/television film · Short fiction film, series/serial · Animation · Information/documentary · Entertainment
The children’s jury, comprising 20 children aged 9 to 13 from across Germany and South Tyrol, awards the main prizes, the GOLDENEN SPATZEN. Further prizes are awarded by a professional jury.
Online offerings for children are also examined: two five-member juries of users aged 10 to 12 award the GOLDENEN ONLINE SPATZEN in the website and online game categories.
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