Winners Cinekid Awards 2023

Today, Cinekid Festival presented the Cinekid Lions: 13 awards for the best films, series, game, and app of 2023 for children. This year, Best Children’s Film award goes to Chicken for Linda! by directors Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach. The feature film Kiddo won the Cinekid Lion for the Best Dutch Children’s Film, and the openingsfilm Jippie No More! received the special Youth Jury Award. The winning films will be shown on Friday October 27, at the main venue in Amsterdam and at various Cinekid locations throughout the Netherlands.

The Cinekid Lion for Best Children’s Film 2023 was presented to animation film Chicken for Linda!. A quirky animated film about Linda and her mother, who find each other in a mad hunt to buy chicken. This year’s jury, consisting of Arnaud Demuynck, Daniela Persico and Emma Tirand, found Chicken for Linda!: "A completely crazy, funny and exciting film. Its graphic daring, acting and anarchic tone make it a highly original film that will appeal to children and adults alike. It is modern and universal, full of love and good humor."

Youth Jury Award 2023
This year the youth jury, consisting of Atay, Hidaya, Kasper, Lennart, Liz and Rómeycia, awarded the special Youth Jury Award to Jippie No More! By director Margien Rogaar. The film tells the story of 16-year-old Jaap Peter ‘Jippie’ (Wesley van Klink) and his family, who are all challenged in love in their own way during the preparations for the eldest sister's wedding. Youth jury: "From the start we were impressed by the fantastic atmosphere of the film, which combines a serious story with a lot of humor." The film will be shown everywhere in Dutch cinemas and film theaters from December 13.

Best Dutch and international films
Kiddo won the award for Best Dutch Children’s Film. Ursa Minor won the Amarte Best Dutch Short Animation Award, while Magma received the Amarte Best Dutch Short Live Action Award. In the international short film competition, White Lie was chosen as Best International Short Live Action, and the Best International Short Animation Award went to The Turnip.

Cinekid Lion 2023 for series and game
This year’s series awards went to Lampje by director Margien Rogaar, and the series Talking Heads (season 5), the reunion episode of which was specially made for Cinekid and can be seen at the festival in Amsterdam on Friday. The game Voiceracers by Monobanda, a game controlled by a voice, won the Netwerk Mediawijsheid Game & App Award.

Cinekid for Professionals Awards
Cinekid for Professionals, the international Industry programme for youth media, also presented several awards. Three expert juries presented awards to the best youth media projects in development. The Eurimages Co-production Development Award is an award consisting of €20,000 for developing of a European co-production and was presented to Nico Finds a Treasure by director Konstantinos Frangopoulos and produced by Anemon.

The Filmmore Post-Production Award for Best Live-action Project in Development went to Hanneke & Fiet by director Mischa Kamp, produced by NL Film & TV. The award consists of €5,000 to be spent on post-production of the project with Filmmore.The PUBLIKUM Audience Awareness Award went to Big Bang Parade by directors Britt Raes, Hermien Verstraeten, Nienke Deutz, Imge Özbilge, Sine Özbilge, Karolien Raeymaekers en Martyna Koleniec, produced by Lunanime BV. They win a tailor-made audience research process worth €9,000.

The audience awards will be announced in the week of 30 October. These are presented in the categories Best Dutch Children’s Film and Best Children’s Film.

All the winners listed:

Best Children’s Film Award
Film: Linda wants chicken!
Director:Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
Screenplay: Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
Producer: Dolce Vita, Miyu Productions
Country: France, Italy

Best Dutch Children’s Film Award
Film: Kiddo
Director: Zara Dwinger
Screenplay: Nena van Driel, Zara Dwinger
Producer: Studio Ruba
Country: The Netherlands

Youth Jury Award
Film: Jippie No More!
Director: Margien Roogaar
Screenplay: Fiona van Heemstra
Producer:   Juliet at Pupkin
Country: The Netherlands

Amarte Best Dutch Short Animation Award
Film: Ursa Minor
Director: Sanne Brouwer
Screenplay: Sanne Brouwer
Producer: Sanne Brouwer
Country: Netherlands

Amarte Best Dutch Short Live-Action Award
Film: Magma
Director: Luca Meisters
Screenplay: Nena van Driel
Producer: IJswater Films
Country: Netherlands

Best International Short Animation Award
Film: The Turnip
Directors: Piret Sigus and Silja Saarepuu
Screenplay: Piret Sigus and Silja Saarepuu
Producer: Animailm
Country: Estonia

Best International Short Live-Action Award
Film: White Lie
Director: Eyal Elisha
Screenplay: Eyal Elisha
Producer: Aviv Ben Shlush
Country: Israel

Best Dutch Fiction Series Award
Series: Lampje
Director: Margien Rogaar
Screenplay: Mieke de Jong
Producer: Juliet at Pupkin
Broadcaster: VPRO
Country: Netherlands

Best Dutch Non-Fiction Series Award
Series: Talking Heads Season 5
Director: Menno Otten
Series producer: Juliëtte van Paridon
Producer: Kepler Film
Broadcaster: VPRO
Country: Nederland

Netwerk Mediawijsheid Game & App Award
Game: Voice Racers
Maker: Niki Smit
Producer: Monobanda
Country: Nederland

Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
Film: Nico Finds a Treasure
Director: Konstantinos Frangopoulos
Screenplay: Alexandra Dyranis Maounis
Producer: Anemon
Country: Greece

Filmmore Post-Production Award
Film: Hanneke & Fiet
Director: Mischa Kamp
Screenplay: Tamara Bos
Producer: NL Film & TV
Country: Nederland

PUBLIKUM Audience Awareness Award
Film/series:   Big Bang Parade
Director: Britt Raes, Hermien Verstraeten, Nienke Deutz, Imge Özbilge, Sine Özbilge, Karolien Raeymaekers, Martyna Koleniec
Screenplay: Ilka De Bisschop
Producer: Lunanime BV
Country: België