JEF festival 2022 and JEF festival 2023

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In 2022 the 34th edition of the JEF festival in Belgium will take place. As of 2017 the festival is part of the organisation JEF, the result of the merging of four organisations. The festival is crucial for JEF, it’s the biggest public activity by which new audiences are reached, where experiments can happen and direct interaction between audience and professionals are accomplished. The festival presents films, masterclasses, workshops, medialabs, special events and an industry program, online as well as offline. In this way, the media literacy of our young audiences is enhanced. The festival promotes audiovisual creations by screening above all European productions, with the presentation of a European competition and through national and international communication (the catalogue, online platforms, newsletters and international networks) and a lot of collaborations. The festival is the experimentation hub and innovator for JEF. JEF festival will welcome more than 19.000 children and their families who enjoy watching European films and experience extra activities. New visitors will be attracted and the frequency of the regular audience augmented. School screenings will be organised, the hospital project and festival VOD reaches children who are not physically able to attend the festival. Next to audience development professional activities are organised together with different partners, with a focus on youth film and new media evolutions. During the festival guests are invited and film professionals get accreditations. Our network of professionals will be enlarged to boost European children’s films. The support of MEDIA makes it possible to expand this and elevate our festival. Year round, JEF is active in distributing and promoting youth film, of which mostly European productions (film department), and offer a wide range of study material and activities (more than film department: workshops, masterclasses, installations, education for teachers).