The Next 20 Festivals
- Biennale of Animation Bratislava (BAB), Bratislava
- Dubrovnik Film Festival – European Childrens Film Festival, Dubrovnik
- Riga International Film Festival, Riga
- Bielefelder Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest, Bielefeld
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala
- Zoomz – Festival für Kinder- und Jugendfilm, Luzern
- Chania Film Festival Edu, Chania, Crete
- Mon Premier Festival, Paris
- Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- Molodist Film Festival, Kyiv
- 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
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/