BUSTER FILM FESTIVAL 2022-2023

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BUSTER is a unique festival for young audiences with focus on quality, diversity and dialogue – and a specific attention to a strong presence of European films and talent. BUSTER offers a 14 day film and media programme for children and youth ages 3-16, focusing on new cinematic experiences, media literacy and interactivity as a core dimension for all activities. We present more than 250 activities catering to schools, families and kindergartens, where more than 80% of all activities center around European content. The festival has a focus on new media to engage children and youth on their own premises. Creating resonance with young audiences is BUSTER's foundation. The festival does this through film screenings by engaging in dialogue and creating perspective through debates and talent meetings. The interactivity is further strengthened outside the cinemas with a diverse lineup of didactic media workshops and unique hands-on film experiences. All this to secure a dynamic and involving festival with the goal to impact our young audiences and inspire them to become active citizens and critical media consumers as well as producers. BUSTER is a festival that presents children and youth with stories that mirror their own realities and unifies them in their common struggles and challenges. The history of BUSTER goes back 21 years. In 2019 the festival reemerged as an independent festival after 3 years of serving as the dedicated school and family programme of major Danish fiction film festival CPH PIX. This enabled the festival to blossom into an even more ambitious platform for film and media experience and education for young audiences engaging more than 44.000 audiences year-round. Moving forward, the ambition is to grow BUSTER to truly become a national event, enriching the European film representation in Denmark even further, while reflecting and embracing the ever changing media reality of our young audiences.