Festivals Sorted by Date
- 14/11/2026 - Vienna International Children's Film Festival, Wien/Vienna
- 26/10/2026 - DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film , Leipzig
- 26/10/2026 - Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- 19/10/2026 - Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala
- 19/10/2026 - Zoomz – Festival für Kinder- und Jugendfilm, Luzern
- 10/10/2026 - Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- 10/10/2026 - Dresdner Kinderfilmfest Kinolino, Dresden
- 07/10/2026 - London International Film Festival, London
- 02/10/2026 - Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- 25/09/2026 - Filmfest Hamburg, Children's and Youth Film Festival "Michel", Hamburg
- 25/09/2026 - Tauron Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- 24/09/2026 - Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- 24/09/2026 - Reykjavik International Film Festival, Reykjavik
- 24/09/2026 - Zurich Film Festival, Zürich, Switzerland
- 19/09/2026 - Buster - Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Copenhagen
- 01/09/2026 - Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden
- 24/08/2026 - Odense International Film Festival, Odense
- 22/08/2026 - The Norwegian International Filmfestival / "Cinemagi", Haugesund
- 21/08/2026 - Espoo Ciné Junior Film Festival, Espoo
- 21/08/2026 - San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- 14/08/2026 - Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajewo
- 13/08/2026 - Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh
- 10/08/2026 - La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
- 05/08/2026 - Locarno Film Festival: Locarno Kids, Locarno
- 23/07/2026 - New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw
- 17/07/2026 - Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
- 09/07/2026 - Pula Film Festival, Children's and Youth Film Programms, Pula
- 07/07/2026 - Galway Film Fleadh / Junior Film Fleadh, Galway
- 26/06/2026 - Festival International du Film de La Rochelle, La Rochelle
- 26/06/2026 - Filmfest München - CineKindl, Munich
- 22/06/2026 - Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival , Aosta
- 20/06/2026 - Fest – New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho
- 13/06/2026 - Kinolub Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Rzeszow and other cities in Southern Poland
- 12/06/2026 - Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Mures
- 08/06/2026 - Animafest - World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb
- 07/06/2026 - Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera, Erfurt & Gera
- 04/06/2026 - Milano Film Fest, Milano
- 03/06/2026 - Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney, Emden Aurich Norderney
- 02/06/2026 - Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Hamburg
- 29/05/2026 - Prix Jeunesse International - Kinder- und Jugendfernsehfestival: Online this Year!, München
- 28/05/2026 - Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
- 27/05/2026 - Plein la Bobine – Sancy Film Festival for Young People, Issoire & La Bourboule
- 12/05/2026 - Cannes Cinema: Ecrans Juniors, Cannes
- 12/05/2026 - Festival International du Film de Cannes, Cannes
- 06/05/2026 - International Documentary Film Festival Munich, DOK.education, München
- 05/05/2026 - International Festival of Animated Films (ITFS), Section "Tricks for Kids" , Stuttgart
- 04/05/2026 - Corti a Ponte International Short Film festival – BY 3.20 section, Ponte San Nicolò (Padova)
- 30/04/2026 - IndieJunior, Lisboa
- 28/04/2026 - International Short Film Festival Oberhausen , Oberhausen
- 26/04/2026 - Ennesimo FilmFestival, Fiorano Modenese
- 21/04/2026 - Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Cologne & Dortmund & online
- 20/04/2026 - Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- 14/04/2026 - Filmfest Dresden - International Festival for Animation and Short Films, Dresden
- 28/03/2026 - Taiwan International Children's Film Festival (TICFF), Taipei
- 23/03/2026 - Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Stockholm
- 21/03/2026 - Let's Dok Festival of Documentary Films for a Young Audience, Warsaw
- 20/03/2026 - Festival de Cinéma d'Alès Itinerances, Alès
- 16/03/2026 - Your Cinema - International Competition Program for children and youth audience, as part of International Festival of Cinematographic Debuts "Spirit Of Fire", Khanty-Mansiysk and other cities in the district of UGRA (Siberia)
- 13/03/2026 - Cine-Jeune – Festival International de Cinéma, Braine, Saint Quentin & Department of Aisne
- 08/03/2026 - Freeze Frame – International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7
- 08/03/2026 - SehPferdchen - Kinderfilmfest Hannover, Hannover & Burgdorf & Wunstorf
- 07/03/2026 - BUFF Filmfestival, Malmö
- 05/03/2026 - Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg
- 05/03/2026 - Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival, Thessaloniki
- 03/03/2026 - Cartoon Movie, Bordeaux, France
- 28/02/2026 - Montreal International Children's Film Festival (FIFEM), Montréal (Québec)
- 27/02/2026 - New York International Children's Film Festival, New York
- 27/02/2026 - PLAY - Lisbon's International Children's Film Festival, Lisboa
- 20/02/2026 - Anima – Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Brussels
- 13/02/2026 - Providence Children's Film Festival, Providence, Rhode Island - USA
- 12/02/2026 - International Filmfestival Berlin, Generation, Berlin
- 04/02/2026 - Children Film Festival - Cine Junior, Val-de-Marne and Île-de-France
- 03/02/2026 - Docpoint / Dokkino, 21 cities all over Finland
- 02/02/2026 - JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever
- 30/01/2026 - Festival Internacional du Premier Film, Annonay
- 29/01/2026 - Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg, Würzburg
- 28/01/2026 - Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- 27/01/2026 - Stuttgarter Kinderfilmtage, Stuttgart
- 26/01/2026 - IndieJunior Allianz, Porto
- 23/01/2026 - FIPADOC International Documentary Festival, Biarritz
- 17/01/2026 - Belmont World Film: Family Film Festival, Cambridge, Belmont, and Arlington
- 10/12/2025 - Sottodiciotto Filmfestival (Under 18), Torino
- 01/12/2025 - Animateka International Animation Film Festival, Ljubljana * Maribor
- 29/11/2025 - Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos and Amaliada
- 26/11/2025 - Festival du Cinema Jeune Public, Lausanne
- 23/11/2025 - International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznan
- 21/11/2025 - Torino Film Festival, Torino
- 17/11/2025 - Abloom Filmfestival, Oslo
- 17/11/2025 - Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Oulu
- 16/11/2025 - Animex – International Festival of Animation & Computer Games, Middlesbrough
- 15/11/2025 - Castellinaria Festival del cinema giovane, Bellinzona
- 14/11/2025 - Festival international de Cinéma du grain à démoudre, Gonfreville l'Orcher (Normandie)
- 14/11/2025 - Gijón Int. Film Festival, Gijón, Asturias
- 13/11/2025 - Filmkorte, Flensburg
- 13/11/2025 - KinderKinoFest Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf
- 12/11/2025 - Int. Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam IDFA, Amsterdam
- 10/11/2025 - Athens International Children's Film Festival, Athens
- 10/11/2025 - Zagreb Film Festival, Zagreb
- 08/11/2025 - Animafest Gdansk - International Animation Film Festival , Gdansk
- 08/11/2025 - My First Festival – El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelona and Madrid
- 08/11/2025 - Piccolo Grande Cinema, Milano
- 07/11/2025 - Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, Tallinn
- 07/11/2025 - Cinanima – International Animated Film Festival of Espinho, Espinho
- 07/11/2025 - Sevilla International Film Festival, Sevilla
- 06/11/2025 - International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Mannheim & Heidelberg
- 05/11/2025 - Free Zone Film Festival, Beograd, Nis, Novii Sad, Kragujevac
- 05/11/2025 - JuniorFest - International Festival for Children and Youth, Plzen, Dobrany, Horsovsky Tyn, Prestice, Domazlice, Czech Republic
- 05/11/2025 - Nordic Filmdays Luebeck/ Section Films for Children & Young People, Luebeck
- 04/11/2025 - Festival Augenblick, Strasbourg
- 04/11/2025 - FilmFestival Cottbus (Festival des Osteuropäischen Films), Cottbus
- 04/11/2025 - International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Yerevan, Armenia
- 03/11/2025 - Doxs! - Documentaries for Children and Young People / Duisburger Filmwoche, Duisburg
- 02/11/2025 - Interfilm Short Film Festival: KuKi & Teen Screen - Short Films for Children and Young People, Berlin
- 31/10/2025 - KINEKO International Film Festival, Tokyo
- 30/10/2025 - Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Thessaloniki
- 27/10/2025 - Doxs Ruhr, Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Moers
- 25/10/2025 - Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- 25/10/2025 - Discovery – Scotland's International Film Festival for Young Audiences, Dundee
- 25/10/2025 - Molodist Film Festival, Kyiv
- 22/10/2025 - Chania Film Festival Edu, Chania, Crete
- 22/10/2025 - Culmea Festival: Film & Environment Education, Brasov
- 22/10/2025 - Mon Premier Festival, Paris
- 19/10/2025 - KinderFilmFest Münster, Münster
- 16/10/2025 - Dubrovnik Film Festival – European Childrens Film Festival, Dubrovnik
- 16/10/2025 - International Film Festival Kinotrip – By the Youth, for the Youth, Ljubljana
- 16/10/2025 - Riga International Film Festival, Riga
- 12/10/2025 - Bielefelder Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest, Bielefeld
- 12/10/2025 - China International Children's Film Festival, Guangzhou City
- 10/10/2025 - Children's Cinema Festival of Florianópolis, Florianópolis
- 09/10/2025 - Monstrale, Halle/Saale
- 07/10/2025 - Unabhängiges FilmFest / Independent FilmFest, Osnabrück
- 04/10/2025 - Junges Filmfestival Köln Cinepaenz, Cologne
- 03/10/2025 - MICE - Mostra International Cinema Educatu Madrid, Madrid
- 01/10/2025 - Cinemagic - International Film & Television Festival for Children and Young People, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- 01/10/2025 - Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil de Valencia, Valencia
- 28/09/2025 - Kinderfilmtage im Ruhrgebiet; Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen, Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen
- 26/09/2025 - Glasgow Youth Film Festival, Glasgow
- 22/09/2025 - AniFest ROZAFA– International Film Festival for Children, for Teenagers and from Students, Shkoder
- 22/09/2025 - Cinedu – IFF For Children and Youth, Nove mesto nad Vahom and Bratislava
- 08/09/2025 - ANIMOK, Viborg International Animation Festival for Children and Youth, Viborg
- 03/09/2025 - TIFF Junior – Tromsø Children's Film Festival, Tromsø
- 26/08/2025 - International Film Festival for Children and Youth Ojo de Pescado, Valparaíso
- 25/08/2025 - Salam – International Children and Youth Film Festival, Baku
- 15/08/2025 - IFI Family Festival, Dublin
- 23/07/2025 - Children's Film Festival Seattle, Seattle
- 14/07/2025 - Anibar Animation Festival, Peja
- 14/07/2025 - Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Rimini
- 08/07/2025 - BIKY – Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, Busan
- 16/06/2025 - Kinofest Lünen, Lünen
- 16/06/2025 - Nelson Mandela Children’s Film Festival, Johannesburg
- 30/05/2025 - Children Kinofest, 20 cities in Ukraine
- 26/05/2025 - VAFI & RAFI – International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival, Varaždin and Rijeka
- 08/04/2025 - Leeds Young Film Festival , Leeds
- 31/03/2025 - KiKiFe Kinderkinofest Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwaebisch Gmuend
- 22/11/2024 - Uelzener Filmtage, Niedersächsisches Schüler- und Jugendfilmfestival, Uelzen
- 25/09/2023 - Taoba International Youth Film Festival, Tbilisi
IndieJunior Allianz
Porto, Portugal
26/01/2026 - 01/02/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): January/February 2027
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Carlos Ramos, Miguel Valverde, Nuno Sena; contact person: Irina Carvalho Raimundo
Deadline for film entries: 30/09/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Features, Shorts, Animations, Documentaries, Films made by Young Filmmakers, Workshop for Young Filmmakers
Number of spectators (app.): 5.000
Festival's recognition: national
Media coverage: national
Notes/description: The IndieJunior Allianz has been founded in 2017 in Porto/Portugal.
The festival's programme offers more than 50 films from around the world, aimed at children and adolescents, segmented into programs for families, schools and the general public.
Animation, fiction and documentary films are part of a carefully planned program, taking into account each target audience: +3 years, +6 years, +9 years, +12 years and +15 years. Concerning schools, programmes are segmented for Preschool, 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles.
The programming is comprised of an international competition with short and feature films, a focus on the work of two filmmakers seen in perspective, a section devoted to great film classics about childhood/adolescence and a section called “My First Film.”
This festival is a member of 
Contact:
IndieJunior Allianz, c/o Casa do Cinema
Rua da Rosa nº 277, 2º ‚ Sala 1.4
1200-385 Lisboa
Portugal
Phone: ++ 351 96 697 28 70
Internet: www.indiejunior.com