Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival () is an annual children's

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held in November in

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. The festival has been founded in 1982 by the Oulu Film Centre. A

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competition has been part of the festival since 1992. The jury of ten children chooses the best film and the Starboy Award is granted to the director of the film. Other awards are the ECFA Award for the best European film, the For Tomorrow Award to the best youth film and a prize of the Media Foundation of the

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for a Finnish feature or short film at the film festival. The main venue for the festival is the Cultural Centre Valve in the

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; films are also shown in the

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cinema.

References

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