The Next 20 Festivals
- Children's Cinema Festival of Florianópolis, Florianópolis
- Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- Dresdner Kinderfilmfest Kinolino, Dresden
- Junges Filmfestival Köln Cinepaenz, Cologne
- 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
Biennale of Animation Bratislava (BAB)
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
12/10/2026 - 18/10/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: bi-annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): October 2028
Competitive Children's Film Section
Director/s: Vozárová, Martina
Prizes: The Grand Prix – The Viktor Kubal Prize for Best Film, The Children’s Choice Award, The UNICEF Award, The St. Vojtech Prize for Best V4 Film, The Prix Klingsor for Lifetime Achievement, The Albín Brunovský Honorary Medal
Deadline for film entries: 31/03/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Animations
Number of films (app.): 100
Number of spectators (app.): 50.000
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: international
Notes/description: This nearly 50-year-old event is the world’s only biennial dedicated exclusively to animation for children. Its close collaboration with ASIFA-Hollywood Vice President and Annie Awards Executive Director Frank Gladstone (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King) led to the Biennial’s Grand Prix winner nomination for the 52nd Annie Awards as Best Short Subject. The 2024 month-long Biennial screened in 13 cities, impacting 50,000 children and schools nationwide, with award nominees seen by kids simultaneously in 11 cities. The Biennial includes workshops, masterclasses, exhibitions, special events and an international forum for industry leaders and students.
This festival is a member of 
Contact:
Bibiana International House of Art for Children
Panská 41
81539 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Phone: ++421-94803903
Internet: www.bienaleanimaciebratislava.sk