WELCOME TO KICFF 2023!

It is with great pleasure we welcome you to Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival (KICFF) 2023. We are proud to present 99 films from 39 different countries this year. The festival will be officially opened by Erik Rostoft, Deputy Mayor in Kristiansand. The opening ceremony will be attended by some of the crew and cast from the opening film Birk&Magna-TheDarkSecretofthe Mine.

Practical Information

All screenings will take place at Kristiansand Cinema and Aladdin Cinema. For screenings at Kristiansand Cinema, guests must collect their tickets (free of charge) for each screening there. Screenings at Aladdin Cinema do not require tickets, just turn up with your accreditation card.

Films With English Dialogue Or Subtitles

Some of our films will be screened with English dialogue or subtitles. A selection of titles from our program are also available with subtitles in our Screening Club for professionals.

Screening Club

Our Screening Club is located at Kristiansand Cinema (1st floor). The Screening Club is only available for film professionals and is open from Tuesday-Friday 10:00 – 17:00.

Festival Office

The Festival Office will be located at Shalam, Vestre Strandgate 13, next door to Kristiansand Cinema. The opening hours will be from Tuesday-Friday 08:00-14:00 and Saturday 10.00 – 15:00. On Sunday the office will be closed.

Contact And Information

If you have any questions or need any further information, please contact festival coordinator: Mathea Roland (+47 916 28 678 / mathea@bff.no) or ask at the festival office.

Films On The Horizon

‘Films on the Horizon’ will introduce 6 new Nordic feature film projects for children and youth. The presentations will take place at Kristiansand Zoo on Thursday 27th of April from 16:30. The presentations will be held in English and there is no entrance fee. For full information about the films, please see pages 50-51.

Awards

Eleven awards will be handed out at KICFF this year. The award ceremony will take place at Haubitz Hall, Salong og Låve, Odderøya on Friday April 28th at 19:00. Information about the awards and full jury presentations, please see pages 46-52.

BIRK & MAGNA

- THE DARK SECRET OF THE MINE

BIRK OG MAGNA – GRUVENS

Magna needs to know what really happened to her father when he vanished several years ago. At the same time Birk is fighting the fight of his life to save the tourist lodge he runs with his adoptive father. When he realises the vanishing of Magna’s father is somehow connected to his own mysterious past, the two join forces. Both have a burning desire to understand who they are, and where they come from. The questions lead them to an environmental crime of dimensions.

Print source: Norsk filmdistribusjon

Tue 25.04. 10:00

Wed 26.04. 09:30

Sat 29.04. 15:45

Sun 30.04. 14:00