It is preceded by a series of school screenings throughout Amsterdam and a satellite program held in 30 cities throughout the Netherlands: Cinekid On Location.
This is a central element in Cinekid's core activities and includes trainings, test, knowledge, development and innovation programs.
Children from all layers of society are allowed festival participation through leading discussions, voting, creating media productions, talking to industry representatives and (child) actors, joining workshops etc.
In order to introduce diverse quality media productions, passive participation included, Cinekid aims to stimulate less accessible genres like child documentaries and cultural interactive media as well.
A tool for this is Cinekid Studio, an interactive environment which allows children to create their own media productions throughout the year.
The list has been compiled by a broad commission of experts and consists of high quality contemporary and older films, for different age groups and with several themes.