Kids Video Connection Children's Film Festival

Kids Video Connection Children's Film Festival Online
June 10 - 24, 2021

Virtual Film Festival Showcase
June 25 - 27, 2021

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-Create!

KVC Children's Film Festival promotes positive, educational, and entertaining children and family-oriented films. This year’s festival will be June 10 – 24, 2021. Usually, we have an in-person festival, but due to the COVID-19 all workshops and film screenings will be online, and by popular demand we will host our virtual film festival showcase June 25 - 27, This festival is sponsored in-part by Emory University Department of Film and Media Studies.

This educational and fun film 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 kids-off on June 10, 2021 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. online. By popular demand we will bring back the awesome teacher; Fran Burst-Terranella, Emmy-award winning writer/director; she will teach script writing. Also, students will learn about recording equipment and camera angles while they work together to shoot a short film scene. In addition, there will be a special screening of youth films featured in this year's festival. Check on KVC's website for more details about all the workshops and screenings.

Since we started the festival, it has been a great success! Through this annual summer festival, we have reached over 8,000 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.

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

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. For more information, please contact film festival director, Alesia Johnson, at (404) 993-5696 or by email ajohnson@kidsvideoconnection.org.