Festivals where ECFA Awards are allocated
- BUFF Filmfestival, Malmö
- Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, Tallinn
- Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- Cine-Jeune – Festival International de Cinéma, Braine, Saint Quentin & Department of Aisne
- Doxs! - Documentaries for Children and Young People / Duisburger Filmwoche, Duisburg Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Moers
- Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Online, Hamburg
- International Festival of Animated Films for Children, Bratislava
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen
- International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznan
- Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Cologne & Dortmund & online
- JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos and Amaliada
- Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Oulu
- Riga International Film Festival, Riga
- Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- Your Cinema - International Competition Program for children and youth audience, as part of International Festival of Cinematographic Debuts "Spirit Of Fire", Khanty-Mansiysk and other cities in the district of UGRA (Siberia)
- Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen
Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever, Belgium
23/02/2025 - 09/03/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): February/March 2026
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Iris Verhoeven / Bregt Van Wijnendaele
Prizes: 2 jury prizes, Award
Deadline for film entries: 31/10/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Features, Animations, TV Programs, Shorts
Number of films (app.): 90
Age of audience: 4-16 and adults
Number of spectators (app.): 17.000
Average number of journalists: 50
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Actors, Distributors
Festival's recognition: local, regional, national, international
Media coverage: local, regional, national, international
Notes/description: The festival takes place in Antwerp and Bruges!
The festival programme consists of the following sections:
In competition:
• European shorts & feature films (age 8 – 12)
Out of competition:
• Programme for young children – European shorts & features (age 3+)
• ExtraJEFF – Additional programme – European shorts and features (age 6 -12)
• Cut the Crap – European shorts & feature films for youngsters (age 12+)
This festival is a member of
Contact:
Timmerwerfstraat 40
B-2000 Antwerpen
Belgium
Phone: ++32-3-3034314
Fax: ++32-3-21 31 492
Internet: jeffestival.be/en