Cinekid Lab will provide the perfect setting for European scriptwriters and writers/directors to further develop and reinforce their script for a children’s feature film. Participants will improve their general skills and competences in scriptwriting for children’s films. The main objectives of the training are to ameliorate the quality of children’s films and to encourage international exchange in an early stage to stimulate international co-production and distribution.During two three day workshops, in October at Cinekid in Amsterdam and in February in Berlin, participants will receive feedback on their projects as well as group workshops from award winning filmmakers and highly recommended tutors in the field of children’s films. Also, each participant will be linked to one other participant, this way knowledge sharing between participating writers will be encouraged. To inspire and teach, the coaches will show best practices with excellent examples of children’s films and there will be the opportunity to watch each other’s previous work. Cinekid Lab is spread over 4 months time and also includes one or two individual interim sessions. This multiple session structure allows the coaches to build a profound relationship with the participants and respond to the urgent needs of the project at different stages of development.To be located at the two largest festivals in the world involved with children’s films, the effect and impact of the training is immediately enlarged. Both events add two unique elements; direct contact with the target audience and the opportunities the industry meetings offer. The participants will be prepared for the industry programme with a network and pitching training.After finishing the training the scripts will be invited to participate in the Junior Co-production Market at Cinekid in one of the following years. This will allow us to monitor the further development of the projects and to contribute to their realisation.