The second winner of Platinum Goats announced!
Who is the second winner of the Platinum Goats of the 40. International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!?
The organisers of the 40. International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! have decided to award the Platinum Goats to:
Felix Vanginderhuysen, in recognition of his long-standing and extraordinary contribution to the development of cinematography for children and young audience. We wish Felix that our shared dreams and visions for the cinematography of young audiences in Europe and the world become reality to the biggest degree possible. Thanks to Felix’s splendid work, those dreams may actually come true.
He has been involved in promoting quality cinema for children and young for nearly 45 years, working as a festival organiser, a distributor, a leader of educational projects and a jury member at a number of festivals, just to name a few of them. Respected and awarded, in his native Belgium, he even had an award named after him at the JEF Festival, which guaranteed the winning film to be distributed in Flanders.
But first and foremost, we know him as the distinctive face of the European Children’s Film Association ECFA. He was among the founders of this organisation in 1988 and has continuously served as its secretary general since then.
Such secretaries are sometimes considered grey eminences. However, our Laureate is an eminence extremely colourful – resembling the most vibrant children’s animations he loves so much – and an eye-catcher, visible wherever he needs to be, perfectly representing the Association and its interests. And – more importantly – representing the true interests of cinema for children.
About the award
The Platinum Goats award was initiated in 2002 by the organisers of the International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! to draw attention to the most important personas and phenomena in children’s cinematography dedicated to children.
The award plays a special role in promoting the idea of valuable, non-commercial Polish, European and international film art for children and young people which is beyond wide distribution circuit.
The first person to have been honoured with this award was Maria Kaniewska, an outstanding Polish director, screenwriter, actress and educator, creator of such films as: Awantura o Basię, Szatan z siódmej klasy, Panienka z okienka or Pierścień Księżnej Anny. Other winners include: Stanisław Jędryka, Witold Giersz, Dorota Kędzierzawska, Andrzej Maleszka, Andrzej Wajda, Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celiński, SE-MA-FOR Studio, the project of the Polish Film Institute – the School Film Archives, TV Studio of Animation Films in Poznań, the film Magic Tree directed by Andrzej Maleszka, Václav Vorlíček, Jiří Menzel, the film The Story of the Golden Boot directed by Sylwester Chęciński, and Co Hoedeman.
Platinum Goats were also awarded to characters from prominent animated series: Miś Uszatek, Bolek and Lolek, Reksio and Matołek the Billy-Goat.
The award is presented every year during the Ale Kino! Festival.
