what makes me happy Awards
Tung's Film Wins Award at Girls Inc. Festival
'What Makes me Happy : Tung's Film' won the first prize in the younger girls category at the Sarasota Girls Inc. Global Film Festival in Florida.
The festival screenings were held at GWIZ in Sarasota, a popular children's science museum where two juries of girls screened nearly 60 films.
Held annually, The Sarasota Film Festival emphasizes the best in cinema alongside exciting programmes and events, with more than 180 films screened each year including features, documentaries, shorts, and kid-friendly picks. For more information on the festival please visit www.sarasotafilmfestival.com
What Makes Me Happy is a series of short films that show disadvantaged children around the world and captures their positive spirit and resilience.
What makes me happy wins another award!
'Tung's Film' has won the International Short category award at the Kidz Filmz Festival in Manasquan, New Jersey.
At the festival, young moviegoers were introduced to the world of independent film, held at the Algonquin Arts Theatre. The festival is a joint venture between Algonquin Arts and the Garden State Film Festival aimed at children and families.
With the Garden State Film Festival set to celebrate its 10th year in March, festival executive director Diane Raver described Kidz Filmz as "a natural extension of the Garden State Film Festival with our mission of bringing independent film to the state of New Jersey".
'what makes me happy' wins Award
TUNG'S FILM has won the Best Children's category in the Toronto International Film and Video Awards 2011.
What Makes Me Happy is a series of short films that capture the positive spirit and resilience of children living around the world.
In Tung's Film, Vietnam – time for school study in the mountains of North Vietnam is at a premium due to daily work requirements. Tung has the additional problem of a piglet that is determined to escape his sty and gives more than his fair share to the chase. Even when she finds some time to herself whilst collecting firewood high in the mountains, the magic of the area becomes a distraction resulting in an evening journey home that proves to hold more challenges than normal.
The Toronto International Film and Video Awards' (TIFVA) mission is to assist filmmakers by giving them the recognition they deserve for quality work. Originally founded by local filmmakers, the partners recognize the challenges that writers and filmmakers face when trying to showcase their talents. Please visit www.tifva.com for more information.
'what makes me happy' wins CINE Golden Eagle Award
"Jose's Film, Colombia" from the 'what makes me happy' series of films produced by the Ragdoll Foundation, has been awarded the CINE Golden Eagle Award.
The CINE Golden Eagle Award has been recognized as a mark of excellence throughout the film and television industry for over 50 years. Since its founding in 1957, CINE has been instrumental in promoting the careers of thousands of filmmakers through juried competitions, educational programmes, and networking opportunities. As the industry has evolved, CINE has adapted its programmes and competitions to assure that the CINE Golden Eagle continues to provide prestigious peer recognition to established and emerging filmmakers.
The CINE Golden Eagle Film and Video Competitions, held each Spring and Fall, involve hundreds of volunteer media and content specialists who judge entries in several moving-image genres. Over the years, the judging procedure has evolved into an efficient multi-stage jury process to determine which productions are deserving of the coveted CINE Golden Eagle Award.
For more information please visit www.cine.org
what makes me happy wins another Award
"Angelina's Film, South Sudan" from the 'what makes me happy' series of films produced by the Ragdoll Foundation, has been awarded the Children's Jury "Global Zoom" Award for the film that "best promotes intercultural understanding and co-operation" at the North West Film Forum, Children's Film Festival, Seattle 2011.
The Children's Film Festival in Seattle is the largest international festival of its kind in the Pacific Northwest in America and between 28th January and 6th February 2011, it screened 100 films in 10 days from 29 countries.
The Festival created a blend of live performances, animation, features, shorts, historical films and fantastic hands-on workshops, all crafted with care to appeal to the next generation of movie lovers.
"Angelina's Film, South Sudan" was selected by the Children's Jury, which is made up of 10 children aged 8 to 12 and which convened several times during the Festival to see a competition of more than 25 films, and select prizes in several categories.
Angelina’s Film, South Sudan
Angelina’s Film, South Sudan was nominated at the 3rd INTERNATIONAL CHINH INDIA KIDS FILM FESTIVAL 2009.
The film was nominated by the children advisory board for competing in the pre-school/early education/animation category.
CHINH supports social initiatives promoting causes of children and marginalized nomadic communities through harnessing traditional wisdom, art and culture and rediscovering them in contemporary contexts.
Angelina’s Film, South Sudan
Angelina’s Film, South Sudan was screened at the 26th CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL between October 22 and November 1, 2009.
In 1983, Facets founded the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, the first competitive festival of films for children in the US, which introduces new, culturally diverse films for children to American children's audiences, and recognizes excellence in children's filmmaking. In addition, the Festival sought to empower children by involving them directly in the jurying process. From its inception, the Festival has had independent juries of children and adult media professionals awarding prizes in multiple categories.
Angelina’s Film, South Sudan is a recipient of CINE – FALL 2009 GOLDEN EAGLE AWARD – in the Professional Non-Fiction Short Division for Children’s Short Programming.
The CINE Golden Eagle Award has been recognized as a mark of excellence throughout the film and television industry for over 50 years. Since its founding, CINE has been instrumental in promoting the careers of thousands of filmmakers through juried competitions, educational programs, and networking opportunities.
Amran's film, Ethopia
Amran's film, Ethopia nominated for the Chicago Film Festival and shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Junjie's film, China
Junjie's film, China nominated for the Chicago Film Festival and received a Special Award at the Ningbo Children's Film Festival and shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Mahmoud's film, Occupied Palestinian Territories
Mahmoud's film, Occupied Palestinian Territories wins Golden Butterfly Award. Winner of the best short video at the 21st Children’s Film Festival in Iran.
This Film Festival is the most important film event in the country and presents not only the cream of the local cinematic productions, but also offers a representative selection of films from all over the world.
In fact Fajr Festival functions as a bridge between film communities from the East and West. The Festivals declared objective is to discover and screen films that deal with man’s unique capacities and capabilities and his position in the universe.
Mahmoud's Film also won the Golden Statue at the Roshd Film Festival.