ABSTRACT
Given that the notion of children’s film is made up of contradictory characteristics to the extent that the form itself is difficult to define, this chapter attempts to take on a slightly new perspective – focusing on children’s film as part of popular media culture. In addition to providing an overview of scholarship, it considers children’s film as distinct from youth or young adult film, but as part of so-called family entertainment. And it looks at children’s film as a media format that can be screened in cinemas, broadcast on television, or streamed on various devices.
