The Youth Cinema Network includes 26 youth film festivals, 18 organizations and freelancers from 5 continents.

They have come together to form the YCN network to share knowledge, best practices and information in relation to film, media education and youth film festivals. The YCN advocates for young filmmaking internationally by encouraging intercultural dialogue, developing international strategies, and showcasing local best practices.

Open conference panels for film educators, film makers, teachers, media workshops, cinemas, festivals and interested people:

Thursday | May 9th 2024 | 10:00 am – 11:15am | liwu. cinema

YCN members present their recipes for good practice in the fields of film education and cooperation projects.

• “Dubbing a movie scene” by Robert Hinterleitner (YAAAS! Linz, Austria)
• “Additional qualification in film education” by Vera Schöpfer (Filmhaus Köln, Germany)
• “16 mm Found Footage Workshop” by Sophia Wohlfahrt (REC Berlin, Germany)
• “Film in an urban space” by Hana Repše (ENIMATION Ljubljana, Slovenia)
• “A Filmmaking Tableau” by Alex Shipman (Silver Knight Entertainment, UK)

Thursday | May 9th 2024 | 11:30am – 1:00pm | liwu. cinema

Let‘s talk about film as opportunities for social participation, inclusion and empowerment for young people! Exemplary projects from all „phases of film making“ will be presented.

• “logline unit” and “TakeOff MV” by Betty Koschka, Benjamin Hujawa (Rostock, Germany)
• “Stories from our cities” by Fredrick Ochieng (Sema na Ochieng, Kenya)
• “Mels Block” by Mark Sternkiker, Christian Höntzsch (Rostock, Germany)
• “Young Cinema” by Heike Preußner (li.wu. cinema, Germany)

Thursday | May 9th 2024 | 4:30pm – 6:00pm | FRIEDA Studio

Based on the “YouthFestivalNetwork” project, this panel will address the following questions: How can young people shape their festival and how can they be empowered to do so? What means and formats of participation are available in the network and what methods are used to implement them? What experience does the network have with innovative and interactive event formats to reach new young target groups?

Friday | May 10th 2024 | 3:00pm – 5:00pm | liwu. cinema

In the first part of this panel, YCN members will give impulses on the current and practical use of artificial intelligence tools.

• “How not to worry about AI …“ by Manolis Melissourgos (Camera Zizanio Festival, Greece)
• „How to create visuals for festivals with AI“ by Eivind Nordengen (Amandus Filmfestival, Norway)
• „ChatGPT and Firefly for preproduction and storyboards“ by Leomary Rodriguez (freelance film teacher, USA)
• „AI-assisted decision making“ by Godfrey Slavius (International Youth Media Summit, Tanzania)
  

The second part of this panel is designed as a lab. Based on the previous discussions, panels and results of the YCN conference, the participants will define the objectives of potential cooperation projects and use AI to design these future projects. This part will be lead by Alexander Rihl, M.A. (Institute of Political Sciences and Communications, University of Greifswald, Germany).

The 2024 YCN conference in Rostock is funded by :

• FFA – German Federal Film Board
• MV Filmförderung

an supported by:

• KARO gAG Rostock
• li.wu cinema Rostock