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The Sheffield culture guide written by in-the-know locals

The Children’s Media Conference

The Children’s Media Conference is the UK’s premier event for everyone in kids TV, media and entertainment and takes place annually in July. Its regular venues are the Showroom Cinema, Sheffield Theatres, Sheffield Town Hall and Sheffield Cathedral. Recently the CMC has gathered online.

The CMC also holds a series of free Friday webinars.

See below to stream videos of talks and to enjoy footage from keynotes from past years at CMC. For more, follow CMC on YouTube.

CMC 2016 Keynote: Lemn Sissay

Poet Lemn Sissay presents a talk titled ‘Superman was a Foundling’. In a wide sweep exploring childhood, and the outsider at the heart of popular culture, Lemn reveals much about the role of divergence and difference in our lives.

CMC 2019 Keynote: Nadiya Hussain

Ahead of the publication of her first children’s picture book, Nadiya took to the stage to open CMC 2019. Watch her discuss mental health, intolerance, inequality, as she considers what we can all do to inspire young people to feel truly limitless.

CMC 2018 Keynote: Michael Rosen

Children’s novelist, poet, broadcaster, and former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen delivers a talk championing creativity and imagination in the face of what he calls “data-driven education”. With a performance by Rio-Leanna and Sam Castle.

CMC 2016 Keynote: George the Poet

Spoken-word artist, poet, rapper George Mpanga AKA George the Poet presents some poetic reflections on childhood, kids’ media, and how we serve the audience.