Felix, a musical comedy by Roberta Durrant, which tells the story of a little saxophonist (pictured), has won the Children KinoFest international competition, earning the highest rating of the jury: 4.78. The runner-up with a score of 4.75 points was the Song of the Sea, a lyrical animation legend by Irish director Tomm Moore. In third place came a Dutch film Bucha by Mark de Cloe, with a score of 4.64. The amateur short films competition titled “Shoot like Melies!” the Grand Prix was awarded to Coward Doesn’t Play Football. The competition required the young participants to create their remakes of the films by Georges Melies, and the principal request was to use hidden paste-up. Great-granddaughter of Georges Melies, Marie Helene Leherissey, was the special guest of the forum. At the festival’s closing ceremony she presented the “Georges Melies Show” – a collection of films by the legendary director accompanied by live music and storytelling.
