22/04/2022 - The international co-production forum and networking event aimed at children’s content is calling for projects until the end of May

The 6^th edition of Kids Kino Industry, the international co-production forum and networking event aimed at children’s content, is accepting new projects for its 2022 edition. Part of the Kids Kino International Film Festival, along with Kids Kino.Lab, a script development workshop, and Kids Kino Docs, a documentary project development workshop, Kids Kino Industry unspools a wide range of initiatives to support the development, production and dissemination of quality kids’ content within the film industry.

As every year, around 25 projects for films and series for young audiences are selected, which are either in development or works in progress, while a couple more projects are featured in the market presentation section. This year’s event will take place from 27-30 September, as an industry part of the Kids Kino International Film Festival and in a hybrid format in Warsaw and online. The producers can submit their projects until 31 May, and further information, guidelines, and forms about the call can be found here, while the submission is free of charge.

Diverse, forward-thinking film and series ideas for a new generation of young viewers are to be presented in front of a group of industry representatives, decision makers, and investors aiming at high-quality, enlightened films and series for young generations. The goal of the programme is to help filmmakers in finding the right partners and investors for their projects.

In detail, to be eligible, projects can be feature-length films or series for young audiences, must have a producer on board and be live-action, documentary, animation or transmedia, and must be seeking funding, co-producers, distributors, sales agents, broadcasters and festivals. The main focus will be put on European projects in development, at an early stage of production or in post-production, but submissions are also open to projects from outside Europe.

Attended annually by more than 300 guests, the Decision Makers and Investors strand is on the lookout for promising projects. In previous years, some of the forum’s guests have included representatives of Netflix, ViacomCBS, Arri, Indie Sales, New Europe Film Sales, LevelK, TVP, KiKa, YLE, RTV Slovenija, Windrose, Dutch Features, Beta Film, Attraction Distribution, Dandelooo, Millimages, and Canal+ Polska. Apart from the pitching sessions and one-on-one meetings, the Kids Kino Industry programme also includes a number of master classes, case studies, consultations, panels, networking opportunities and many other activities during its four-day programme.

Kids Kino Industry is co-financed by Creative Europe – MEDIA, the Polish Film Institute and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Poland.