Margins of the Children and Young Adults Film Festival in Isfahan: Highlights From Day Two
Young Reporters Cover the Festival
The participation of approximately 50 young reporters is another important feature of the 2026 festival.
Young journalism provides children and teenagers with an opportunity to experience the event from another perspective.
Instead of simply watching films, young reporters can observe the festival as a news event.
They can ask questions, speak with artists, write reports, record photographs and videos, and describe the festival from the perspective of young audiences.
This creates a valuable connection between children’s cinema and media literacy.
In the modern digital environment, children are exposed to enormous quantities of video, photography, social media content and online information.
Teaching them how to observe, question and communicate information is increasingly important.
A film festival provides a practical environment in which young people can develop these skills.
Child Jurors and the Future of Film Criticism
The participation of approximately 1,600 child and teenage jurors is particularly significant.
Children’s opinions about cinema are sometimes underestimated by adults. Yet young audiences can provide direct and valuable feedback about the effectiveness of children’s films.
A child does not necessarily evaluate a movie using the same criteria as an adult film critic.
Instead, children may respond strongly to character development, humor, adventure, emotional authenticity, visual spectacle or whether the story feels relevant to their lives.
This difference is valuable.
A children’s film festival can therefore create a dialogue between professional filmmaking standards and the real reactions of young audiences.
The participation of young jurors also introduces children to the basic concepts of film criticism.
They learn to compare films, discuss performances, evaluate stories and explain why they liked or disliked particular works.
Such experiences can potentially influence the development of future critics, filmmakers and audiences.
October 6, 2026 | 5:01 pm
