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Welcome to Young Horizons Industry!
The most interesting ideas for films and series; international representatives of film industry; project pitchings; industry conferences, workshops, and script consultations for filmmakers; and plenty of opportunities for networking and establishing partnerships: this is Young Horizons Industry.
A place dedicated to film professionals passionate about making films and series for young audiences.
The industry part of the Young Horizons International Film Festival is a series of programmes and projects aimed at supporting and promoting film and series development for young audiences.
The main event of our activities is an annual international co-production forum (former Kids Kino Industry) for more than 300 distributors, sales agents, broadcasters, platforms, festivals, film funds, investors, producers and creators.
Three-day event takes place between 4 and 6 October 2023 in Kinoteka, Palace of Culture and Science, Plac Defilad 1, Warsaw, and online.
First day: Conference
Stay up to date with the latest trends & tech tools presented in 30–45 min talks, case studies, masterclasses, and workshops. Curated by Viola Gabrielli, this year’s Forums programme will be focusing on children and immersive media, rethinking content development, cinema distribution besides streaming platforms age as well as useful new tech tools that facilitate production.
Second and third day: Pitchings and one-on-one meetings
Young Horizons Industry is a closed event for industry professionals only.
Take part in Young Horizons Industry as:
- a member of a Pitching Team
- an accreditation holder
BONUS: As a Young Horizons Industry participant, you have free access to all the Young Horizons Festival screenings in selected cinemas in Warsaw.
Young Horizons Industry is a selection of programmes and initiatives for film professionals that take place during the Young Horizons Industry international co-production forum and throughout the year. Its aim is to support the project development and creators’ careers as well as to promote films and series for young audiences.
Mentoring programmes:
- Producers LINK
- Young Talents
Training programmes:
- Kids Kino Lab (new name Young Horizons Lab starting from the next edition)
- Kids Kino Docs (new name Young Horizons Docs starting from the next edition)
As an integral part of the Young Horizons Festival, Kids Kino Industry changes the name into Young Horizons Industry. The new name for the industry part brings together our activities such as: Young Horizons Industry, an international co-production forum, Kids Kino Lab, a script development programme, and Kids Kino Docs, a documentary project development programme.
The last two programmes will adopt a new name starting from the next editions.