Documentaries for young audiences

Thursday, 11th September 2014

Chair of the day: Aycha Riffi, Grimme Academy

13.30
REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

14.00 - 14.30
WELCOMING ADDRESS Dr. Ralf Heinen, Bürgermeister der Stadt Köln
Ruth Schiffer, Filmreferentin, Ministerium für Familie, Kinder, Jugend, Kultur und Sport des Landes NRW
Petra Schmitz, dfi im Filmbüro NW

13.30 - 15.00
KEYNOTE
Documentary films for children
Bernd Sahling, filmmaker

Screening of "Ednas Day" by Bernd Sahling, D 2009, 20 min

Part I: DOCUMENTARY FILMS AT THE KLICK OF A MOUSE — CROSSMEDIA STRATEGIES

15.00 - 16.15
PRESENTATION
The Dutch Touch of Kids & Docs und Zappechtgebeurd.nl —
How to connect a young audience with documentaries and the filmmakers‘ perspective
Meike Statema, International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA)
Anna Pedroli, Dutch Cultural Media Fund
Melanie de Langen, VPRO Jeugd

Screening of “Sounds for Mazin” by Ingrid Kamerling, NL 2012, 19:10 min

16:15 - 17:00
BREAK

17.00 - 17.30
PRESENTATION
Creative documentary film for children and young people — the production and reception initiative dokyou
Meike Martens, production company blinkerfilm
Janna Velber, production company boogiefilm

Screening of “Ömer, the Lord” by Mehmet Akif Büyükataly, D 2011, 10:50 min

17.30 - 18.30
PRÄSENTATION
Dokmal – Curtain up on young documentary film from the WDR
Andrea Ernst / Stefanie Fischer, Department for ethics and education, WDR television

Screening of “To Be a B-Girl” by Yasmin Angel, D 2013, 20:20 min

18.30 - 19.30
PRESENTATION
Coalition for film education
The Onlineplattform Filmoteka Szkolna
Agata Sotomska / Anna Sienkiewicz-Rogowska, Polish Film Institute

20.00 - 22.00
RECEPTION
of dfi and Filmbüro NW in the Filmforum NRW foyer

Friday, 12th September 2014

Chair of the day: Astrid Beyer, documentary film center

Part II: PARTCIPATION IN DOCUMENTARY FILM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

10.00 - 11.00
PRESENTATION
Personal stories of young people — the documentary video diary doxwise
Anne Sofie Hansen-Skovmoes, production company Copenhagen Bombay

11.00- 12.30
PANEL
A youthful appearance is no longer enough — participation and documentary television on the occasion of doku.klasse 2014
Introduction: Gudrun Sommer, doxs! dokumentarfilme für kinder und jugendliche/Duisburger Filmwoche
Panel with
Calle Overweg, filmmaker
Katya Mader, film editor ZDF/3sat
Dr. Frauke Gerlach, director of the Grimme Institute
Delia West, student and participant of doku.klasse 2014
Chair: Christian Popp, YUZU Productions/docdays Productions

12.30 - 14.00
LUNCH BREAK

14.00 - 15.30
PANEL
What is the future of documentary television for young target audiences? — Appraisals and suggestions
Panel with
Birgit Keller-Reddemann, head of editorial office for education, WDR television
Phillis Fermer, executive Producer, EBU-Exchange Children Documentary Series
Nadine Pellet-Zwick, editor ARTE Junior
Chair: Marcus Seibert, scriptwriter

Part III: IT’S POSSIBLE WITHOUT TELEVISION – OTHER PARTNERS FOR YOUNG DOCUMENTARY FILM

15.30 - 16-30
Screening „Cat’s Cradle“ von by Filipa Jardim Reis/João Miller Guerra, PT 2011, 50 min

16.30 - 17.00
BREAK

17.00 - 18.00
PRESENTATION
Film production by order of local government — the example of SETUBAL (Lissabon)
Filipa Jardim Reis / João Miller Guerra, production company Vende-Sefilmes

18.00 - 19.30
REPORTS OF PROJECTS
Foreign cultural activities of the Goethe Institutes — Projects about documentary film for children and young people

The film initiative KID DOK
Petra van Dongen, kidsffest Jakarta
Bettina Braun, filmmaker and project mentor

Crisis generation, Goethe-Institut Barcelona
Unfamiliar life, Goethe-Institut Athens
Vera Schöpfer, Screenagers

„I got it!“
Educational television for children
Marina May, the Goethe Institute, head office Munich

20.00 - 22.00
WDR-RECEPTION
Funkhaus Köln, 6th floor, Wallraffplatz
Welcoming address by Matthias Kremin, head of culture and science, WDR television

Saturday 13th September 2014

Chair of the day: Petra Schmitz, dfi

Part IV: FILM EDUCATION AS A PERSPECTIVE

10.00 - 11.30
PANEL
Is film education the new market? — Distribution of documentary films for young target audiences
Panel with
Reinhold Schöffel, German Federation of Film Clubs for children and young people
Rui Pereira, Zero em Comportamento – cultural association
Felix Vanginderhuysen, Jekino Distribution
Albert Klein Haneveld, production company hollandse Helden
Chair: Holger Twele, film journalist

11.30 - 12.00
DISCUSSION
What kind of films do we want to watch?
Discussion with the Cologne editorial team of spinxx.de — the online magazine for young media critics
Chair: Isabel Hecker

12.00 - 12.30
BREAK

12.30 - 13.00
BY WAY OF CONCLUSION
A résumé and further questions
Marcus Seibert, Scriptwriter

13.15
END OF THE SYMPOSIUM

13.30 - 14.00
GUIDED TOURS OF COLOGNE ON OFFER
Cologne cathedral: concise guided tour
or
The Ludwig Museum: Guided tour through the exhibition “Documentary Photography around 1979”
Registration till Mon 1st Sep. 2014