Awards allocatedThe Next 20 Festivals
- 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
- Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh
- Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajewo
- Espoo Ciné Junior Film Festival, Espoo
- San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- The Norwegian International Filmfestival / "Cinemagi", Haugesund
- Odense International Film Festival, Odense
- Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden
- Buster - Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Copenhagen
- 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
- Tauron Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- Doxs Ruhr, Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Moers, Mülheim, Witten
Locarno Film Festival: Locarno Kids
Locarno, Switzerland
05/08/2026 - 15/08/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): August 2027
Non-Competitive Children's Film Section
Deadline for film entries: 09/04/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Features, Shorts, Animations, Documentaries
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Actors, Distributors, Others
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: international
Notes/description: The Locarno Kids Screenings section proposes works aimed at children, adolescents and families, with particular attention to films that stimulate reflection on oneself and on the world, and restorations aimed at rediscovering the history of cinema.
Contact:
Via Franchino Rusca 1
6600 Locarno
Switzerland
Phone: ++41 917562121
Internet: www.locarnofestival.ch