The Children's Book and Film Festival

 A new year is set to begin with a cultural festival for children in Hafnarfjörður, where the focus will be on books and films. The aim of the festival is to foster children's interest in reading and literacy in a broad sense, and the festival will support the literacy project of the town's nursery and primary schools, which has been running for the past few terms.

Children, books and cinema in the spotlight

The cultural festival will be held in February in close cooperation between the City of Hafnarfjörður and the Hafnarfjörður Public Library, primary schools, nurseries, the Bæjarbíó cinema and other partners.  Preparations for the festival are underway, and ideas such as a travelling library, a reading competition and film dates have already been put on the table.  The festival's stated aim is to encourage children of all ages to actively participate in constructive and interesting literacy and cultural projects and events during the festival.  This is the first time such a festival has been held in Hafnarfjörður, and it is hoped that it will become an annual festival where children, books and cinema are in the spotlight.

All interesting ideas for events and projects are requested to be sent to the following email address: 
hafnarfjordur@hafnarfjordur.is by 10 January 2016.