The 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
Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera
Erfurt & Gera, Germany
07/06/2026 - 13/06/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): June 2027
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Wenk, Elisabeth
Prizes: Children's Jury Prize "Goldener Spatz"/ Jury Prizes / MDR-Prize
Deadline for film entries: 15/12/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: TV Programs, Features, Shorts, Animations
Number of films (app.): 55-60 (in competition) 40-50 (other sections)
Age of audience: up to12
Number of spectators (app.): 19.000
Average number of journalists: about 70
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Actors, Distributors, Others
Festival's recognition: international, national
Media coverage: national
Notes/description: The festival takes place in Erfurt and Gera. Destination group: children up to 12 years and producers, festival scouts, cinema owners, non-profit children's film organisations, distributors, representatives of TV stations. Since 2005 on not only German, but also Austrian and Swiss productions have been presented.
Gera-address: Stiftung "Goldener Spatz", Heinrichstraße 47, D-07545 Gera, phone: ++49-365-80 04 874
This festival is a member of 
Contact:
German Children's Media Foundation Golden Sparrow
Anger 37 (Haus Dacheröden)
D-99084 Erfurt
Germany
Phone: ++49-361-66 386 - 0
Internet: www.goldenerspatz.de