Festival's Type:
Original Children’s / Young People’s Film Festivals
Film Festivals with section for Children’s / Young People’s Films
Festivals for Films made by Young Filmmakers
(for more details, see you-film.net)
Awards allocatedCountry:
Festivals for Films made by Young Filmmakers
- Anibar Animation Festival, Peja
- AniFest ROZAFA– International Film Festival for Children, for Teenagers and from Students, Shkoder
- BIKY – Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, Busan
- Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Rimini
- Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Chicago
- Children Cinema Awards, Amsterdam (Place of Award Ceremony 2022)
- Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- Cinemagic - International Film & Television Festival for Children and Young People, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Corti a Ponte International Short Film festival – BY 3.20 section, Ponte San Nicolò (Padova)
- Dubrovnik Film Festival – European Childrens Film Festival, Dubrovnik
- Dytiatko - Int. Children's Media Festival, Kharkiv
- Enimation Festival, Maribor
- Fest – New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho
- Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil de Valencia, Valencia
- Filmkorte, Flensburg
- FiSHground Baltic Area at FiSH Filmfestival im StadtHafen, Rostock
- Four River Film Festival, Karlovac
- Freeze Frame – International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7
- Fresh Film Festival, Limerick City
- FUSE – Film Under Sever Experiment, Karlovac
- Independent Days Karlsruhe, New Date: Oct. 21st to 25th 2020, Karlsruhe
- IndieJunior Allianz, Porto
- Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Online, Hamburg
- International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival Varaždin, Varaždin and Rijeka
- International Film Festival Kinotrip – By the Youth, for the Youth, Ljubljana
- International Filmworkshop "One Take", Leba
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen
- International Youth Film Festival “Plasencia Encorto”, Plasencia
- Kidz Cinema, Mumbai and online
- Kinolub Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Rzeszow and other cities in Southern Poland
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- Leeds Young Film Festival, Leeds
- MICE - Mostra International Cinema Educatu, Valencia
- Monstrale, Halle/Saale
- NUFF - Nordic Youth Film Festival, Tromsø
- Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos and Amaliada
- Plural + Youth Video Festival, New York
- Providence Children's Film Festival, Providence, Rhode Island - USA
- REC-Filmfestival Berlin, Berlin
- Reel 2 Real – International Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver, Canada
- San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- Sehsüchte – International Student Filmfestival of Konrad Wolff Film and Television University, Potsdam
- Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- Sottodiciotto Filmfestival (Under 18), Torino
- Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Stockholm
- Timeline Filmfestival, Carate Brianza
- Uelzener Filmtage, Niedersächsisches Schüler- und Jugendfilmfestival, Uelzen
- up-and-coming Int. Film Festival Hannover, Hannover
- Werkstatt der Jungen Filmszene / Workshop for the Young Film Scene, Wiesbaden-Naurod
- Youki – International Youth Film Festival, Wels
- Zoomz – Festival für Kinder- und Jugendfilm, Luzern
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
Chicago, USA
No date available
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): 2025
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Vikstrom, Ann
Programs: Features, Shorts, Animations, Films made by Young Filmmakers, Workshop for Young Filmmakers
Number of films (app.): 260
Age of audience: 2-17
Number of spectators (app.): 25000
Average number of journalists: 12
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Actors, Distributors
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: international
Special Events: The festival pauses in 2024 and plans to be back in 2025!
Notes/description: "The Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF) is the largest festival of films for children in North America and features over 200 animated and live action films from 40 countries. The Festival welcomes over 25,000 Chicago area children, adults, and educators to the screenings, and over 100 filmmakers, media professionals & celebrities attend the Festival to lead interactive workshops with kids."
Contact:
c/o Facets Multi-Media
1517 W. Fullerton Ave.
USA- Chicago, IL 60614
USA
Phone: ++1-773-281 9075 ext. 3040
Fax: ++1-773-929 0266
Internet: facets.org/cicff/