The Next 20 Festivals
- Monstrale, Halle/Saale
- Chania Film Festival Edu, Chania, Crete
- Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- Culmea Festival: Film & Environment Education, Brasov
- KinderDocs – International Documentary Festival for Children and Young People, Athens and Thessaloniki
- Dubrovnik Film Festival – European Childrens Film Festival, Dubrovnik
- Riga International Film Festival, Riga
- Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- Discovery – Scotland's International Film Festival for Young Audiences, Dundee
- KinderFilmFest Münster, Münster
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala
- Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- Universal Kids Film Festival, Tuzla / Istanbul
- Molodist Film Festival, Kyiv
- DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Leipzig
- Doxs Ruhr, Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Moers
- Zoomz – Festival für Kinder- und Jugendfilm, Luzern
- Kineko International Children's Film Festival Tokyo, Tokyo
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Thessaloniki
- Interfilm Short Film Festival: KuKi & Teen Screen - Short Films for Children and Young People, Berlin
International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival Varaždin
Varaždin and Rijeka, Croatia
No date available
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): All year event.
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Selec, Hrvoje (Executive Director
Deadline for film entries: 22/01/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Animations, Films made by Young Filmmakers, Workshop for Young Filmmakers
Number of films (app.): 185
Festival's guests: Directors
Festival's recognition: regional
Media coverage: regional
Special Events: Competition of animated films made BY children.
Notes/description: "We have founded VAFI – International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival in desire to make Varaždin and Croatia a place where children and youth, professionals, our guests and all animation lovers will be able to exchange their experience and make new friendships beyond their own states; a place where children and young people will enjoy films; where they will learn and associate at the same time. Festival have three main categories: MINI (made by children to 10 years), MIDI (made by children from 11 to 14 years) and MAXI (made by youth from 15 to 18 years). "
From 2014 on VAFI is not only an international film festival for animated films MADE BY children and youth, but also a film festival for animated films MADE FOR childen and youth which will be competitive.
Films can be submitted in two competitive sections:
VAFI JUNIOR (for young authors)
VAFI SENIOR (for adult authors who makes animated films for children and youth).
This festival is a member of 
Contact:
VANIMA (VAFI)
Petra Preradovi?a 4
42000 Varaždin
Croatia
Phone: ++385-91 798 0858
Internet: www.vanima.hr