28.02.2022
KIDS CUP BEST FEATURE in SEATTLE
KIDS CUP won the Iron Giants Youth Jury Award for BEST FEATURE FILM at the Children's Film Festival Seattle.
Congratulations to Line Hatland and the whole KIDS CUP team!
03.02.2022
Latvian animator Nils Skapāns passed away
With great sadness we just learned today, that Latvian animator and film director Nils Skapāns (born 1969) has passed away in September 2021.
We are distributing several of his short films which he created with studio Lokomotīve: OUR GRANNY ROCKS, MARTIAN, GHOST HOUR, and CAT IN THE BAG.
Nils was the creator of over 40 films, especially known for his plasticine animation, and has several national and international awards to his name.
He will be greatly missed in the world wide animation community!
27.01.2022
MAGNETFILM DOCS @ Festivals February 2022
Watch MAGNETFILM Docs at the following festivals in February 2022:
DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN
INDIs Film Festival Leeds, UK, February 18 – 20 Transitions Film Festival, Australia, February 18 - March 13
KIDS CUP
Children's Film Festival Seattle, Competition (feature category), USA, February 11 - 20
Providence Children’s Film Festival (PCFF), USA, February 18 – 27
18.01.2022
URSA @ CLERMONT-FERRAND
Congratulations to Natalia Malykhina for the selection of URSA - SONG OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS to the young audiences programme at the 2022 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival! The film will compete for CANAL+ Family channel award, so fingers crossed.
The wonderful children's film about a lonely polar bear pup in the Arctic had a very sucessful festival run so far and was awarded "Best Norwegian Short Film" at Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival (2021), "Best Short Film for Children" at Goldn Kurier - IAFF in Bulgaria (2021), "Best Children's Film" at TIAF-Tbilisi International Animation Festival in Georgia (2021) and "Best Animation for Children - Bronze" at the Los Angeles Animation Festival LAAF (2021).