Awards allocatedThe Next 20 Festivals
- Buster - Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Copenhagen
- Cinedu – IFF For Children and Youth, Nove mesto nad Vahom and Bratislava
- Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil de Valencia, Valencia
- Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- Reykjavik International Film Festival, Reykjavik
- Zurich Film Festival, Zürich, Switzerland
- Filmfest Hamburg, Children's and Youth Film Festival "Michel", Hamburg
- Glasgow Youth Film Festival, Glasgow
- Tauron Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- AniFest ROZAFA– International Film Festival for Children, for Teenagers and from Students, Shkoder
- Cinemagic - International Film & Television Festival for Children and Young People, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- MICE - Mostra International Cinema Educatu Madrid, Madrid
- Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- Kinderfilmtage im Ruhrgebiet; Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen, Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen
- Filmfest Osnabrück – Festival des Unabhängigen Films, Osnabrück
- Doxs Ruhr, Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Moers, Mülheim, Witten
- London International Film Festival, London
- Children's Cinema Festival of Florianópolis, Florianópolis
- Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- Dresdner Kinderfilmfest Kinolino, Dresden
Four River Film Festival
Karlovac, Croatia
15/09/2026 - 19/09/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): September 2027
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Marija Ratkovi? Vidakovi?
Prizes: Best animated film, Best documentary film, Best fiction film, Best free style film, Grand Prix, Audience award, Yellow flag award (for the film promoting non violence), Best actor award, Best actress award, Best screenwriter award, Best director award, Be
Deadline for film entries: 12/05/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Films made by Young Filmmakers
Number of films (app.): 90
Number of spectators (app.): 4000
Festival's guests: Directors
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: national
Notes/description: Four River Film Festival is festival dedicated to high school film or in other words, film made by youth (age group: 14 – 20).
It is held, since 2008, in Croatia in city of four rivers, named Karlovac.
With 365 applications from 36 different countries (last edition’s record), 4000 spectators and 180 international guests from all over the world it is one of the top destinations for young filmmakers.
In addition to numerous great films made by youth (both in the official competition and in the side program) festival also offers diverse workshops, roundtables, fieldtrips, music concerts and certainly the best “theatre hall” in the world – namely, each festival night screening takes place at the different open air location at the river shore – there are four festival’s nights and four rivers, so each night is completely different experience.
Contact:
Croatian Federation of Film Clubs
Tuškanac 1
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Phone: ++385 91 478 3701
Internet: frff.com.hr/