Screen Daily Sheri Jennings in Rome
The Giffoni Film Festival, which focuses on productions for kids and young people, is relaunching as the Giffoni Experience.
Giffoni Film Festival launches the 39th edition, which will run from July 12-25 in the Italian town of Giffoni Valle Piana, will host a partial world premiere of Spanish CGI-animation film, Planet 51, showing 25 minutes of the feature ahead of its release in November. There will also be national premieres in 3D of 20th Century Fox's Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs and Disney's G-Force: Hair Force One.
The year's event will be split into two sections with the first half dedicated to the youngest kids and the second half to teens. Its age-oriented sections have been increased from four to six and renamed. It will now comprise Elements 3+ (aged 3-6 years), followed by Elements 6+ (aged 6-9), Generator 13+ (aged 13-15 years), Generator 16+ (aged 16-17 years) and Restless Glances (Sguardi Inquieti), which takes the festival into the 18+ age group.
The festival has a jury made up of 2,800 children, aged between three and 22 years old, from 42 countries, including war-torn countries such as Palestine and Iraq, as well as from the US and across Europe.
Titles in competition include:
- Summerhood - Jacob Medjuck (Canada)
- It's Not Me, I Swear - Philippe Falardeau (Canada)
- How To Survive Myself - Nicole van Hildonk (Holland
- Where God Left His Shoes - Salavtore Stabile (US)
- Johnny Mad Dog - Jean-Stephane Sauvaire (France)
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