{"id":5093,"date":"2026-08-12T11:51:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/?post_type=event&#038;p=5093"},"modified":"2026-08-12T11:51:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:51:54","slug":"junior-cine-10-years-do-we-value-childrens-cinema","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/en\/event\/junior-cine-10-years-do-we-value-childrens-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Cin\u00e9 10 years: Do We Value Children\u2019s Cinema?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tiistai 25.8. 15.00 | Kino Tapiola terrace<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Espoo Cin\u00e9\u2019s festival for children and young people, Junior Cin\u00e9, is already celebrating its 10th anniversary, while an increasingly fragmented audiovisual culture makes film education more important than ever. But do we value children\u2019s cinema? Does it receive sufficient resources and recognition? Is it given the attention it deserves as part of film culture and film journalism?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joining the discussion are film director, actor and musician <strong>Mari Rantasila<\/strong>, film critic <strong>Leena Virtanen<\/strong>, and <strong>Outi Freese<\/strong>, Executive Director of the Finnish Film Education Association Koulukino. 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