International Festivals for Young Filmmakers
Festivals Sorted by Date
- 12.12.2025 - Children Cinema Awards, Amsterdam (Place of Award Ceremony 2022)
- 21.06.2025 - Fest – New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho
- 06.06.2025 - Werkstatt der Jungen Filmszene / Workshop for the Young Film Scene, Wiesbaden-Naurod
- 03.06.2025 - Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Hamburg
- 05.05.2025 - Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- 29.04.2025 - International Short Film Festival Oberhausen , Oberhausen
- 23.04.2025 - Sehsüchte – International Student Filmfestival of Konrad Wolff Film and Television University, Potsdam
- 09.04.2025 - Independent Days Karlsruhe, New Date: Oct. 21st to 25th 2020, Karlsruhe
- 14.02.2025 - Providence Children's Film Festival, Providence, Rhode Island - USA
- 28.01.2025 - Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- 27.01.2025 - IndieJunior Allianz, Porto
- 14.12.2024 - Sottodiciotto Filmfestival (Under 18), Torino
- 30.11.2024 - Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos and Amaliada
- 22.11.2024 - Uelzener Filmtage, Niedersächsisches Schüler- und Jugendfilmfestival, Uelzen
- 19.11.2024 - Youki – International Youth Film Festival, Wels
- 13.11.2024 - Filmkorte, Flensburg
- 12.11.2024 - Enimation Festival, Maribor
- 08.11.2024 - Kidz Cinema, Mumbai and online
- 28.10.2024 - Zoomz – Festival für Kinder- und Jugendfilm, Luzern
- 24.10.2024 - NUFF - Nordic Youth Film Festival, Tromsø
- 17.10.2024 - Dubrovnik Film Festival – European Childrens Film Festival, Dubrovnik
- 16.10.2024 - Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- 15.10.2024 - Monstrale, Halle/Saale
- 13.10.2024 - MICE - Mostra International Cinema Educatu, Valencia
- 01.10.2024 - Cinemagic - International Film & Television Festival for Children and Young People, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- 29.09.2024 - Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil de Valencia, Valencia
- 18.09.2024 - REC-Filmfestival Berlin, Berlin
- 10.09.2024 - Four River Film Festival, Karlovac
- 23.08.2024 - San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- 15.08.2024 - International Filmworkshop "One Take" , Leba
- 18.07.2024 - Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Rimini
- 15.07.2024 - Anibar Animation Festival, Peja
- 08.07.2024 - BIKY – Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, Busan
- 01.06.2024 - Kinolub Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Rzeszow and other cities in Southern Poland
- 31.05.2024 - FUSE – Film Under Sever Experiment, Karlovac
- 20.05.2024 - Corti a Ponte International Short Film festival – BY 3.20 section, Ponte San Nicolò (Padova)
- 08.05.2024 - FiSHground Baltic Area at FiSH Filmfestival im StadtHafen, Rostock
- 18.04.2024 - International Youth Film Festival “Plasencia Encorto”, Plasencia
- 15.04.2024 - Fresh Film Festival, Limerick City
- 09.04.2024 - Timeline Filmfestival, Carate Brianza
- 08.04.2024 - Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Stockholm
- 07.04.2024 - Reel 2 Real – International Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver, Canada
- 30.03.2024 - Leeds Young Film Festival , Leeds
- 10.03.2024 - Freeze Frame – International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7
- 22.11.2023 - up-and-coming Int. Film Festival Hannover, Hannover
- 12.11.2023 - AniFest ROZAFA– International Film Festival for Children, for Teenagers and from Students, Shkoder
- 19.10.2023 - International Film Festival Kinotrip – By the Youth, for the Youth, Ljubljana
Leeds Young Film Festival
Leeds, Great Britain
30.03.2024 - 13.04.2024 (dd.mm.yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): Easter 2025
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Debbie Maturi (director), Martin Grund (programme manager)
Deadline for film entries: 13.01.2024 (dd.mm.yyyy)
Programs: Shorts, Features, Animations, Workshop for children/young people, Films made by children/young people
Number of films (app.): 24
Age of audience: 3-19
Number of spectators (app.): 15.000
Average number of journalists: 6
Festival's guests: Directors, Distributors
Festival's recognition: local, regional, national
Media coverage: local, regional, national
Special Events: Workshops, National Young Filmmakers Award, Children's Jury, Youth Jury
Notes/description: Young people learn how to make films, animations, costume design, stunt choreography, sound editing and showcase their films.
This festival is a member of 
Contact:
Film Festivals Office
The Townhall/The Headrow
GB- Leeds LS1 3AD, UK
Great Britain
Phone: ++44-113-247 8398
Fax: ++44-113-247 8494
Internet: http://www.leedsfilm.com/lyff/