Chicago International Children's Film Festival
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Notes
- The Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF) is the largest annual festival of films for children in the world, programming over 200 films and videos from 40 countries each year. With now over 25,000 children, adults and educators in attendance each year, the festival showcases the best in culturally diverse, non-violent, value affirming new cinema for school groups and families. The festival is also honored to host nearly 130 filmmakers, media professionals, and celebrities each year who attend to lead interactive workshops with the children and is currently be the only children's film festival selected to be an Academy Award Qualifying Festival. The festival welcomes over 130 international guests and celebrities throughout its 11-day run. All filmmakers, directors, and producers hold workshops or Q & A sessions with children following screenings. Some of the celebrities participating in the past include: Actor/Director LeVar Burton, Actress Jane Seymour; Actor Paul Dooley; Actor Jonathan Lipnicki; Actor Jake Gyllenhaal; Actor/Director Harold Ramis; Actress Sissy Spacek; Monty Python' s Terry Jones; Actor Shia LaBeouf; Actor/Director Timothy Hutton; Actor Lou Diamond Phillips; Actor Khleo Thomas; Actress Irma P. Hall. Hailed by press and public as "Cannes for Kids," the CICFF receives and presents more product than any other children's festival worldwide. (as of 2006)
- The festival takes place since 1984.
Awards
Adult's Jury Award
Adult's Jury Award - Certificate of Merit
Animation Jury Award
Animation Jury Award - Honorable Mention
Audience/Media Bridge Award
Best Animated Short
Best Film for Early Childhood
Best Short Film
Best of the Fest
Children's Jury Award
Children's Jury Award - Certificate of Merit
Documentary Jury Award
Embrace Award
Global Impact Award
Green Screen Award
Montgomery Prize
Montgomery Prize - Certificate of Excellence
Peace Prize
Professional Jury
Rights of the Child Award
Second Prize
Special Jury: Liv Ullmann Peace Prize
Special Prize
Teacher's Choice
Youth Jury Award
Youth Jury/Media Bridge Award
- The Media Bridge program is a 5-week summer youth program bringing together young filmmakers ages 15-19 from around the world to collaborate with local youth on film programming, screenwriting and production in viewing and judging films enetered to the Chicago International Children's Film Festival.