CMAf03 Children’s Film on European Festival Circuit

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Noel Brown (lecturer)
Marijke de Valck (lecturer)
Gerhard Münterfering (lecturer)
Renate Zylla (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Barbora Kyas (assistant)
Mgr. Kateřina Šrámková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Šárka Jelínek Gmiterková, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Jelínek Gmiterková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/12, only registered: 0/12
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives (in Czech)
Although children’s films are in many cases critically recognized, even internationally acclaimed (Czech puppet films, for example), they have not received much scholarly attention. Many studies have been focusing mostly on Disney production or Hollywood family films. The aim of this course is thus to introduce students to children's film and its specific characteristics for distribution, festival screening and its marketing. Can the children's film be seen as underestimated, especially when compared with the broader label of family film? What is its specification? How has the market of the children film festival circuit changed? Is there any difference between the films in regular cinema distribution and festival films?
This course will be led by several different personalities, who will offer various, yet intersecting perspectives on the circulation of children's films. Special attention will be paid to the European children's festival circuit, which can be considered as the largest distribution network of children's films.
Learning outcomes (in Czech)
After completing the course, students will be able to:
1) recognize the children's film as a significant item of regular cinema distribution and its marketing potential
2) identify the specific festival circuit for children and young audience film festivals
3) understand the specificity of the individual films as market items from the perspective of the sales agent.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Lecture 1:
  • Noel Brown: Introduction to Children Film and its Distribution Circuit
  • Lecture 2:
  • Marijke de Valck: European Children Film Festival Circuit
  • Lecture 3, 4 and 5:
  • Renate Zylla: Children's Film, the Underappreciated Category
  • Lecture 6:
  • Gerhard Müntefering: The history of European Coproduced Childen’s Films
Teaching methods (in Czech)
The attendance is obligatory on all lectures and will be regularly checked. Combined students may skip two sessions.
Students are required to read all the items from the obligatory reading list. All of the required materials will be provided. Screenings are not included in this course. Lectures will take place in the screening room C34. Lecture 6 will take place online, on MS Teams.

SCHEDULE:
Lecture 1: Thursday, November 3rd, 16:00 - 17:50
Lecture 2: Friday November 4th, 9:00 - 10:50
Lecture 3: Thursday November 10th, 18:00 -19:50
Lecture 4: Friday November 11th, 8:00-9:50
Lecture 5: Friday November 11th, 12:00-13:50
Lecture 6: Monday November 14th, 10:00 - 11:50
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Apart from the compulsory attendance students will have to pass two test. First test is a preliminary one and it will take place just before the start of the first lecture. With two questions, the test will check the knowledge of the required items from the reading list for the first three lesson. The other test is final, consisting of three questions testing both students' acquaintance with the reading list as well as their knowledge and skills gained throughout the course itself. Ten points maximum can be gathered from both of the test; five points are the necessary minimum in order to pass the course successfully.
Language of instruction
English
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