The Next 20 Festivals
- KinderFilmFest Münster, Münster
- 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
Filmfest Hamburg, Children's and Youth Film Festival "Michel"
Hamburg, Germany
25/09/2026 - 01/10/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): September/October 2027
Non-Competitive Children's Film Section
Director/s: N.N. Luca Gerdes (Children's Film Section)
Prizes: Award donated by Universal Pictures Germany: 2.500 Euros
Deadline for film entries: 30/07/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Animations, Documentaries, Features
Number of films (app.): 10 (for children)
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Distributors
Festival's recognition: national
Media coverage: national
Notes/description: Filmfest Hamburg opened Children's and Youth Film section in 2003.
Main festival's website:
www.filmfesthamburg.de
This festival is a member of 
Contact:
Mönckebergstraße 18
D-20095 Hamburg
Germany
Phone: ++49-40-369 052 126
Fax: ++49-40-399190010
Internet: www.filmfesthamburg.de/michel/