Kids Video Connection Children's Film Festival

Kids Video Connection Children's Film Festival
June 17- 29, 2019

Kids Video Connection Children's Film Festival promotes positive, educational, and entertaining children and family-oriented programs. This year the festival is
June 17 - 29, 2019, and is sponsored in-part by DeKalb Entertainment Commission and the Department of Film and Media Studies, Emory University.

This educational and fun festival is two weeks of eye-opening and exciting activities which include film screenings, media literacy and video production workshops for children, teens and independent producers.

Kids Video Connection Children’s Film Festival kicks-off at this year's KVC Film Camp starting June 17th. We are excited to have as our guest teacher, Fran Burst-Terraella, first female director in Atlanta. She is an Emmy-winning independent film and television director and producer. Her documentaries have aired nationally on ABC, TBS and PBS and her work has garnered more than 100 honors including Tellys, CINE Golden Eagles and recognition at film festivals from Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Houston and Atlanta to Australia, Scotland, Spain and Canada. A multi-faceted director with the ability to quickly build rapport with everyone who appears in front of her camera, her newest project is “The 12 Lives of Sissy Carlyle” – a darkly comic indie feature film.

On June 29, 2019, we will host our Film Festival Family Day at Emory University in partnership with the Department of Film and Media Studies. As in the past, we will have several eye-opening workshops for youth and independent producers from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Visit website: www.kidsvideoconnection.org for a list of workshops. Also, we will have a showcase of this year's film from 1:30 - 4:30 in Whitehall at Emory University.

KVC will partner with iPitch.tv to help connect independent children producers to Studio Executive and Hollywood Producers to pitch their creative work. To find out more go to iPitch.tv Also, independent producers (adults only) will get the following prizes:
Winner(s) – 6 months subscription to iPitch.tv

Kids Video Connection (KVC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational media arts organization that specializes in teaching youth video production, media literacy and communication skills. Our mission is to use video production as a teaching tool to educate and empower today's youth with media literacy, communication and critical thinking skills that will help them become independent thinkers and creators for tomorrow. KVC Inspires Youth to Think, Dream and Create!

Since we started the festival, it has been a great success! Through this annual summer festival, we have reached over 5,000 youth. Our audience consists of children of diverse ethnic groups. We are reaching and teaching more children each year. In 2008, KVC was awarded DeKalb County Arts Visionary Award for starting the festival and creating innovative art programs to teach children.

To sustain the growth and future of the festival, we are pleased to offer sponsorship opportunities. Our intent is to identify sponsors who align with our core values and develop a partnership that ensures engagement with your target consumer base.

Kids Video Connection can help your business with:

• Brand recognition
• Community outreach
• Tax credit
• Lead generation
• Becoming an advocate for media education and cyber safety.

If you want to reach more families and children, be one of the Awesome sponsors of Kids Video Connection Children's Film Festival this year. For more information, please contact film festival director, Alesia Johnson, at (404) 993-5696 or by email ajohnson@kidsvideoconnection.org.