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
Kineko International Children's Film Festival Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
31.10.2024 - 05.11.2024 (dd.mm.yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): November 2025
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Mitsuo Tahira, Festival Director / E Kou, Programming Director
Prizes: Grand Prix in International Feature Film Category, Grand Prix in International Short Film Category, Grand Prix in Japanese Feature Film Category, Grand Prix in Japanese Short Film Category
Deadline for film entries: 14.07.2024 (dd.mm.yyyy)
Programs: Animations, Shorts, Features
Number of films (app.): 40
Age of audience: 1+
Number of spectators (app.): 130.000
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Actors, Distributors, Others
Festival's recognition: national
Media coverage: national
Special Events: Voice over workshops for children; workshops by international animation directors/film professionals; variety of events and activities for children and families.
Notes/description: Founded in 1992, Kineko is the largest international film festival for children in Japan. International films are screened in form of "Live Cinema" - live dubbing on the stage by professional voice actors. International films are judged by children's jury while international jury decides the Grand Prix of the national (Japanese) film competition.
This festival is a member of 
Contact:
KINEKO International Children's Film Festival office (Kinder Film)
RM 502, No. 5 Fujishoji Bldg. Sakuragaokacho 24-4, Shibuya-ku Tokyo,
Tokyo 151-003 Japan
Japan
Phone: ++81-3-6276-3906
Internet: http://https://kineko.jp