The Next 20 Festivals
- DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Leipzig
- Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- KINEKO International Film Festival, Tokyo
- Discovery – Scotland's International Film Festival for Young Audiences, Dundee
- Doxs! - Documentaries for Children and Young People / Duisburger Filmwoche, Duisburg
- Festival Augenblick, Strasbourg
- FilmFestival Cottbus (Festival des Osteuropäischen Films), Cottbus
- BKFF - Bucharest Kids Film Festival, Bucharest
- JuniorFest - International Festival for Children and Youth, Plzen, Dobrany, Horsovsky Tyn, Prestice, Domazlice, Czech Republic
- Nordic Filmdays Luebeck/ Section Films for Children & Young People, Luebeck
- International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Mannheim & Heidelberg
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Thessaloniki
- Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, Tallinn
- Cinanima – International Animated Film Festival of Espinho, Espinho
- Sevilla International Film Festival, Sevilla
- Animafest Gdansk - International Animation Film Festival, Gdansk
- My First Festival – El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelona and Madrid
- Interfilm Short Film Festival: KuKi & Teen Screen - Short Films for Children and Young People, Berlin
- Athens International Children's Film Festival, Athens
- Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Oulu
Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival
Oulu, Finland
09/11/2026 - 15/11/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): November 2027
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Anttolainen, Mika
Prizes: Star Boy Award, 
Award, "Look at me" -Award, Global Future Prize, ECFA Short Film Award
Deadline for film entries: 05/08/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Features, Animations, Documentaries, Shorts
Number of films (app.): 140
Age of audience: 3-99
Number of spectators (app.): 30.000
Average number of journalists: 25
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Actors, Distributors, Others
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: international
Special Events: 2nd Children's Film Forum, seminars on film and film & media education, retrospectives, exhibitions, workshops, Oskari-gala (awards for films made by children & young people)
This festival is a member of
Contact:
Cultural Centre Valve
Hallituskatu 7
SF-90100 Oulu
Finland
Phone: ++358 40 5213 960 Anna (Anna), ++358 44 588 1134 (Mika)
Fax: ++358-881 12 90
Internet: www.oulufilmfestival.fi/en/home/