‘Calamity, A Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary’ Wins Top Honor at CineKid 2020

Calamity, A Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary, the French-Danish animated feature by Rémi Chayé, won the Cinekid Lion for Best Children’s Film at CineKid 2020. Other animation honored included Matilda and the Spare Head by Ignas Meilūnas, winning for Best International Animated Short; Human Nature by Sverre Fredriksen, awarded Best Dutch Animation Short; and INKT by Joost van den Bosch and Erik Verkerk, which received the National Audience Award.

The 34th edition of Cinekid was the largest festival program ever with more than 50 feature films, 150 shorts and 25 television series, of which 100 were premieres from 40 countries. This year it was a hybrid event for the public and was presented solely online for professionals.

The CineKid 2020 winners included:

Best Children’s Film

• Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary by Rémi Chayé

Best Children’s Film  

• The Crossing by Johanne Helgeland

Best Dutch Children’s Film  

• Jackie and Oopjen by Annemarie van de Mond

Best Dutch Children’s Film

• Amira by Elza Jo Tratlehner

Best Youth Film

• Man Up! by Benjamin Parent

Best International Animated Short

• Matilda and the Spare Head by Ignas Meilūnas

Best International Live Action Short

• The Name of the Son by Martina Matzkin

Best Dutch Animation Short

• Human Nature by Sverre Fredriksen

Best Dutch Live Action Short  

• Under the Skin by Emma Branderhorst

Best Dutch Documentary Short

• Timo Must Wait by Melliena Beckmann                      

Best Dutch Fiction Series

• War Stories by David Cocheret

Best Dutch Non-Fiction Series

• Baking with Bunnies by Charlotte Hoogakker

National Audience Award, age 4-6

• INKT by Joost van den Bosch and Erik Verkerk

National Audience Award, age 6-10

• Outdoors Bound by Inge Tol, Johan van Hespen, Stefan Coppers, Marije Meijer, Stefan Egberts, Eva Nijsten, Charlotte Hoogakker

Source: CineKid

AWN Staff Editor