Ukraine. Kharkiv. Young talented TV and radio journalists and producers, cameramen and writers, animators and cartoonists meet here every autumn. And just International Children TV Festival “Dytiatko” brings together creative children and young people from different countries to the First Capital of Ukraine.
Festival founded by Kharkiv Regional Council in 2009 on the initiative of its Head, Mr. Sergii Chernov, has become a hallmark of Kharkiv firmly entering into cultural life of Ukraine and CIS countries.
The aim of Festival is to identify and support the best children’s TV groups and gifted children.
Conducting of Festival aimed at demonstrating by young talents of their understanding of the world, feelings, fantasies and dreams.
Festival task is to promote children’s screen creativity.
Festival aims to draw attention of the state, public and commercial structures to the spiritual formation of children and young people and the processes of personality formation through obtaining information transmitted by electronic media; to the problems of creative teams of children as well as the fate of gifted children and their future.
Mr. Sergii Chernov, the Head of Kharkiv Regional Council, the Chairman of organizing committee of “Dytiatko” festival:
Works of festival participants possess the main thing which our television misses today, namely, a soul, feelings purity and openness to everything new. Our task is just to give possibility to children to realize themselves.
“Dytiatko” festival is a noncommercial one; participation in it is free of charge.
Children TV and animated studios and also TV companies and producer centers which make programs for children are welcomed to take part in the festival.
Festival consists of two stages.
From February to August, the organizing committee accepts works and applications for festival competitions, out of which it further forms the pool of finalists.
In September the festival’s second stage, the final one is conducted. It is some colorful and saturated days full of master classes and trainings, presentations and professional meetings, review and discussion of competitive works and cultural program activities of the festival. But above all, it is a communication between the participants, the emergence of new joint projects, studying of invaluable experience of studios’ work in the complicated realities of today.
And finally, of course, it is the awarding of winners of International Children TV Festival “Dytiatko”.
Festival participants are offered of ten nominations, namely,
- The Best Live Action Film by Children’s Studio,
- The Best Documentary by Children’s Studio,
- The Best TV Programme by Children’s Studio,
- The Best News Programme by Children’s Studio,
- The Best Animated Cartoon by Children’s Studio,
- The Best Radio Programme by Children’s Studio,
- The Best Television Programme for Children,
- The Best Children’s Film,
- We Are Local Self-Government,
- CIFEJ Prize (International Center of films for children and youth).
Individual skills are defined in the following categories:
«The best TV presenter», «The best TV reporter», «The best actor», and also the best director and camera work.
Objectivity and high professional level of the Festival are provided by members of International jury, constantly chaired by TV presenter of the channel “Karusel’” (the first Channel of worldwide network), composer of the cartoon “Smeshariki”, Ms. Marina Landa.
Out of interesting idea the Festival is currently turned to be a vivid children’s creativity celebration impatiently waited for, more to say, a team of friends. This is a team of like-minded mates, of people who care about the development of Children’s TV. This is a team of reliable friends among which is the European Council, International Center of films for children and youth, Moscow State University named after Lomonosov.
Nowadays “Dytiatko” is not just a TV Festival. It is also the Association of Children’s onscreen work, the annual TV marathon, weekly TV program and numerous social promotions and contests for children.
We believe that support of Children TV development is the way for TV revitalizing. It is the way to formation of socially non-indifferent youth and support of young talents. Because future of television is in their hands!
Address of the Organization Committee: 64, Sumska str., off. 96, Kharkiv 61002, Ukraine
Information by telephones: +38(057)700-53-05; +38050-401-36-02
E-mail: pressa@oblrada.kharkov.ua
Web-site: http://fest.dytiatko.org.ua/english.html