The barriers are in the mind. Leonhard sticks to his usual daily routine. He is fearful and overly cautious. Until one day he decides to hike to a mysterious waterfall he read about in the newspaper…

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• Name of the movie: Take Heart
• Movie block: 30. Winners at the Youth Cinema Network (NON-EDUCATIONAL SECTION)
• Country of origin: Germany
• Duration : 7.59 min
• Authors / staff:

  Lilith Jörg

• Other information:

  Youth Cinema Network Award

  The annual Youth Cinema Network (YCN) Award recognizes excellence in film made by young people. Established in 2016 as a single award, it is now presented to the best films in three age groups:

  * ages 0 – 14
  * age 15 – 19
  * age 20 – 27

  In 2021, one more section was presented: *film made in the framework of a short-term workshop.

  YCN festivals nominate one film for each group, YCN members cast one vote per age group (a festival may not vote for its own nomination) and the films with greatest number of votes in each age category are declared winners.

  Every year the YCN awards are presented at a different festival. Starting with Wicked Wales Film festival, UK in 2016, the awards have been announced at REC, Germany (2017), Nextfilmfestival, Denmark (2018), Enimation, Slovenia / Up and Coming, Germany (2019), Camera Zizanio, Greece (2020) and Nordic Youth Film Festival, Norway (2021).

  https://www.youthcinemanetwork.org/ycn-award

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