Additional Events

Workshops

Sweets

In the German short film “Sweets” Clare has no money in her purse but she absolutely wants something sweet from the store. What options does she have? A workshop for elementary school pupils, which also deals with pocket money and its value.

Blue Screen Technology

In the seminars, children and adolescents learn about the possibilities of the blue screen technique and take a trip around the world with the help of photos that our festival film directors have sent us from their homes and haunts. Thus they discover the tricks filmmakers use today.

Looking for Adventure?

The short funny horror film “The Invasion from Planet Schrump” is the focus of the workshop and the starting point of a conversation about why horror films are so appealing to children. Is it nice to be a little bit scared from time to time? Why? And what does fear really do to us?

Family Pictures

Overslept! And even forgot his homework! In the Iranian short film “A good family”, a boy is fighting bravely for his school grades and for his parents. The workshop deals with family structures and children‘s rights.

SCHLINGEL-Reporter

Interested students can register as reporters at the festival, participate in press conferences, look behind the festival scenes, talk to filmmakers and write exciting background stories for their school newspapers. The editors of the Chemnitz Stadtstreicher magazine will actively support the young reporters during the festival week in all journalistic issues.

The Crisis

The world is deep in debt and the economy is in a crisis. In the funny short film “Cristiano’s Jersey” two young soccer fans are repeatedly confronted with THE CRISIS they do not understand. In cooperation with the Technical University of Chemnitz we will be trying to figure out with the children what can lead to an economic crisis.

Dubbing

In Germany, most films are dubbed. But how exactly does it work? By lending their voice and their mother tongue to children‘s film characters, the children will note the ways this changes the characters and the film. This workshop provides an opportunity to reflect on the dubbing of films, to appreciate the effort behind it and to discuss the advantages and disadvantages.

The Way Home

A young boy escapes from his boarding school because he does not want to be the one all the others take him for. The short film “The Road Home” is set in India and provides an insight into this very different culture. However, the addressed problem is universal. At some point each of us faces the question: Who am I? Where do I belong?

First Steps to Animation 

Young children love cartoons. Why not take this enthusiasm and get creative with them? The workshop in collaboration with the cartoon director Roland Helia shows educators how they can produce animated films using simple means even with children at kindergarten age.