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
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/