Cinemakids!

Cinemakids! 2002 Program

Cinemakids is a special program of the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival created to honor and inspire young filmmakers. It is a special non-competition program of short films, videos, and computer animations created by youth 18 and younger from around the world. By featuring youth-made work, Cinematexas acknowledges that contemporary cinema and media culture have expanded beyond the realm of adults through a phenomenal increase in young cultural producers.

Bringing together younger and older filmmakers at the festival for mutual inspiration and education, Cinemakids is devoted to honoring young media producers and their unique perspectives and interests. In addition, Cinemakids hopes to motivate other young people to take control of their creativity and become active participants in the larger arts community. In order to achieve this latter objective, the Cinemakids program includes free film and video workshops for youth inexperienced in film production, as well as panel discussions with young and adult filmmakers and others working in the film business.

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Cinemakids Screenings 1 and 2
Sat. Sept. 14 & Sun. Sept. 15 | 12:00-1:15 pm
Metz Recreation Center
Free and open to the public

Screenings of short films, videos, and computer animations created by youth between the ages of 9 and 18 from across the United States and abroad. Co-sponsored by Austin Parks and Recreation Centers.

Cinemakids Workshops
Sat. Sept. 14 & Sun. Sept. 15 | 1:30-4:00 pm
Metz Recreation Center
Registration required (Registration is now closed.)

Free workshops introducing inexperienced youth to basic filmmaking and videomaking technology and practices. Students will work in small groups together to produce short films, which will be screened as part of Cinemakids Screening 3. Co-sponsored by Austin Parks and Recreation Centers, Cinemaker Co-op, and Yale Film & Video Lab.

Cinemakids Screening 3
Sat. Nov. 9 | 1:00-2:30 pm
Austin Children's Museum
Free and open to the public

The films included in this program will be produced during this year's Cinemakids workshops. This screening will be followed by a Q&A session with young filmmakers from Central Texas. Co-sponsored by the Austin Children's Museum and Reel Women.

Cinemakids Screening 4
Sat. Sept. 21 | 3:00-4:00 pm
UT Texas Union Theater

THE GIRLS' PROJECT. Two pieces (ESCUELA and SHE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU) from a larger collection of films and videos curated by Women Make Movies and centered on girls' lives around the world. Recognizing the need for an independently produced alternative to commercial media, Women Make Movies has assembled this unique collection as a means of facilitating discussion on issues of importance to young women, as well as underlining the true diversity of girls lives around the world while highlighting how similar the issues are that affect young women today. THE GIRLS' PROJECT is premiering at Cinemakids 2002. For further information about the Girls Project, visit www.wmm.org.