Awards allocatedThe Next 20 Festivals
- Plein la Bobine – Sancy Film Festival for Young People, Issoire & La Bourboule
- Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
- Prix Jeunesse International - Kinder- und Jugendfernsehfestival: Online this Year!, München
- Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Hamburg
- Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney, Emden Aurich Norderney
- Milano Film Fest, Milano
- Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera, Erfurt & Gera
- Animafest - World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb
- Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Mures
- Kinolub Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Rzeszow and other cities in Southern Poland
- Fest – New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho
- Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival, Aosta
- Festival International du Film de La Rochelle, La Rochelle
- Filmfest München - CineKindl, Munich
- Galway Film Fleadh / Junior Film Fleadh, Galway
- Pula Film Festival, Children's and Youth Film Programms, Pula
- Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
- New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw
- Locarno Film Festival: Locarno Kids, Locarno
- La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños
Ciudad de México, México
10/08/2026 - 16/08/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): August 2027
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Cotera, Liset
Deadline for film entries: 31/03/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Features, Shorts, Animations, Documentaries
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: international
Contact:
La Matatena, Asociación de Cine para Niñas y Niños, A.C.
Santa Cruz No 111, Barrio de La Candelaria, Delegación Coyoacán, C.P. 04380
Ciudad de México
México
Phone: ++52-5523291571
Internet: www.lamatatena.org