In the middle row there were seats reserved for the children jury: 7 children from schools in Nowy Sącz will watch all films, that took part in the film contest. In their verdict they would have to answer the question: why they chose a film, instead of simply: which film they chose. The winner will get the statue of “Złoty Jamnik" (Golden Dachshund). Two awards are granted by Polish Filmmakers’ Association: for the best foreign and for the best Polish film.
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| Young jury |
For the opening the young audience could watch “Peter and Wolf". We could see and hear impulsive children’s reactions for the adventures of little Peter! But in the programme there are not only animations to see but feature films as well, from many countries: Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Iran and Russia.
The organizers prepared not only film screenings: Galicja Festival these are also: film contest and “My first step in the movie" event: it was a fake of course, but the equipment and the atmosphere was real: children could see camera operator and film director at work.
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| My first step in the movie |
At the opening there were representatives of organizers present: Zdzisław Kudła from Studio Filmów Rysunkowych in Bielsko-Biała, Ryszard Rutkowski from Apollo Film, Janusz Nowak from Krakowska Fundacja Filmowa, Andrzej Jasiewicz representing Polish Filmmakers’ Association, Jerzy Gwiżdż - vice-president of Nowy Sącz and "Sokół" director Antoni Malczak. Our special guest was Mrs. Athina Rikaki - president of CIFEJ - an international non-governmental organization of professionals dedicated to promoting excellence in the audio-visual media for young audiences.
At the opening there were representatives of organizers present: Zdzisław Kudła from Studio Filmów Rysunkowych in Bielsko-Biała, Ryszard Rutkowski from Apollo Film, Janusz Nowak from Krakowska Fundacja Filmowa, Andrzej Jasiewicz representing Polish Filmmakers’ Association, Jerzy Gwiżdż - vice-president of Nowy Sącz and "Sokół"’s director Antoni Malczak. Our special guest was Mrs. Athina Rikaki - president of CIFEJ - an international non-governmental organization of professionals dedicated to promoting excellence in the audio-visual media for young audiences.
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| The festival will be opened by Andrzej Jasiewicz, Athina Rikaki, Jerzy Gwiżdż and Antoni Malczak |
After the opening screening the press conference was organized. The organizers of the festival stressed that this is the first and pioneer “Galicja" Film Festival edition. The festival itself is a consequence and extension of children film section of Cracow Film Festival. In the next years Galicja will be organized also in other cities of the region, in Slovakia and Ukraine. Its aim is to promote film culture of many countries that represent different styles, conventions and history.
1st International Film Festival for Children Galicja 2008 will take place in 3 cities of Galicja region: Nowy Sącz (22-30 September), Tarnów (24-28 September) and Cracow (28-30 September).
