The Next 20 Festivals
- Chania Film Festival Edu, Chania, Crete
- Mon Premier Festival, Paris
- Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- Molodist Film Festival, Kyiv
- KinderFilmFest Münster, Münster
- DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Leipzig
- Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- KINEKO International Film Festival, Tokyo
- Discovery – Scotland's International Film Festival for Young Audiences, Dundee
- Doxs! - Documentaries for Children and Young People / Duisburger Filmwoche, Duisburg
- Festival Augenblick, Strasbourg
- FilmFestival Cottbus (Festival des Osteuropäischen Films), Cottbus
- BKFF - Bucharest Kids Film Festival, Bucharest
- JuniorFest - International Festival for Children and Youth, Plzen, Dobrany, Horsovsky Tyn, Prestice, Domazlice, Czech Republic
- Nordic Filmdays Luebeck/ Section Films for Children & Young People, Luebeck
- International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Mannheim & Heidelberg
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Thessaloniki
- Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, Tallinn
- Cinanima – International Animated Film Festival of Espinho, Espinho
- Sevilla International Film Festival, Sevilla
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Thessaloniki, Greece
05/11/2026 - 15/11/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): November 2027
Non-Competitive Children's Film Section
Director/s: Jalladeau, Elise (General Director), Papasotiri, Maria (Docs for Kids Programme)
Prizes: The Youth Screen section is non-competitive.
Deadline for film entries: 17/07/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Features
Number of films (app.): 6
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: international
Notes/description: The Thessaloniki IFF, as part of its annual educational program, presents six feature films (one of which is animated), intended for elementary and high school students. European films that stand out for their artistic integrity will be screened with an aim to include the art of cinema in the learning process and to develop an interactive, open and enduring relationship between school children and the world of film.
Contact:
10, Aristotelous Square
546 23 Thessaloniki
Greece
Phone: ++30 2310 378 400
Fax: ++30 2310 285 759
Internet: www.filmfestival.gr/en
