08. - 12.06.2012
Doris Pack, Chair of the European Parliament's Board for culture, education and youth. visited KIDS Festival as first honorary Ambassador. Ms Pack opened the forum "Europe for every child," which was attended by representatives of NGOs and partner organizations KIDS Festival: UNICEF, Handicap International, Save the Children Foundation Sumero, and representatives of the European Movement in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
read more »With colorful parade through the main streets of Sarajevo, the largest event for children and young people in South East Europe - 8 Kids Festival has been opened. Parade was attended by clowns, international artists, magicians, dancers and musicians. Participants in the parade walked through to the Olympic Hall "Juan Antonio Samarach", where all programs KIDS festival will be held. KIDS parade was also attended by the Mayor of Sarajevo, Alija Behmen. "I'm glad that kids come to Sarajevo, the capital, for which many do not even know, learn the values and culture of the city. This festival is a real opportunity for children and will remain in their memories, " said Behmen.
read more »Kid’s festival 2011 takes place from June 10TH -14TH, starting with the Kid’s Parade through Sarajevo City centre, from the Cathedral to Zetra. All schools, foreign artists, partners, friends, embassies, staff members, sponsors, community police officers are invited to participate in the parade. Adults and kids: just get your flags, National Costumes, dresses, instruments, fantasy outfits, costumes, masks, colorful hats … dress up for the Kids Parade! The best costume or outfit will be awarded. Invite your Embassy staff, Excellencies, spouses, children and join the colorful parade on its way to Zetra. (Friday, June 10th, 2011, at 16:00).
read more »We have launched the idea of a "Book Corner" at the very first festival to increase the popularity of books in an environment that becomes more and more dominated by virtual games & communication. READING is important, knowing to read is important. Illiteracy is a big issue. But the main thing about Book Corner is not technical "reading" but more emotional: it's all about love, and to love reading is a long process. A book can give you more than knowledge, it can inspire your entire life.
At the Kid's Book Corner celebrities, pop-stars, Ambassadors present their favorite book and revive their dearest childhood memories. Meet eye-to-eye with VIPs, with the rich & famous, the people who made a success out of their lives: they will share with you something personal, show how a book can be your (best) friend; somebody's flash-back might turn into a flash-forward for you and set you off to your own road to happiness...
We started the "Video Corner" in 2004 together with the PRIX JEUNESSE Festival from Munich/Germany, promoting quality films for children. We do not want to indoctrinate our children, but we wish them to learn something, get inspired, open minded, respect basic moral values, discover the world, the language of the human being beyond the usual language barriers. Films, especially those without dialogue, enable a child to discover other cultures, other codes, and realize something stunning: somehow all of us human beings share the same needs, dreams, wishes, worries, joys… bonds much stronger than things that divide us. Cultural diversity is a precious discovery, Video Corner is a little window to the world. Animated by professionals, like actors, screenwriters, directors, Video Corner is an interactive experience, where each child gets a chance to re-tell the story differently, invent another ending, question why a personage has acted this way, and not that…? Nancy Abdel Sakhi has the talent to make the discussion around the film even more interesting than the film itself!
Video Corner shows price winning short films from all over the world, and every year one day at Video Corner is dedicated to "Karambolage" a famous pedagogic series from French TV ARTE looking very closely into the language, the culture, the philosophy, the culinary differences etc. of Europe's oldest "couple": a hymn to the German-French friendship, marvelously funny for the age group 6-99.
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