Festivals Sorted by Date
- 01/09/2026 - Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden
- 26/06/2026 - Filmfest München - CineKindl, Munich
- 22/06/2026 - Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival , Aosta
- 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
- 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
- 12/05/2026 - Festival International du Film de Cannes, Cannes
- 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
- 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
- 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 - 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
- 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
- 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
- 15/11/2025 - Vienna International Children's Film Festival, Wien/Vienna
- 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 - 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 - 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
- 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 - DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film , Leipzig
- 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 - Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- 22/10/2025 - Mon Premier Festival, Paris
- 20/10/2025 - Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala
- 20/10/2025 - Zoomz – Festival für Kinder- und Jugendfilm, Luzern
- 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
- 11/10/2025 - Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- 10/10/2025 - Children's Cinema Festival of Florianópolis, Florianópolis
- 08/10/2025 - London International Film Festival, London
- 07/10/2025 - Unabhängiges FilmFest / Independent FilmFest, Osnabrück
- 06/10/2025 - Monstrale, Halle/Saale
- 04/10/2025 - Dresdner Kinderfilmfest Kinolino, Dresden
- 04/10/2025 - Junges Filmfestival Köln Cinepaenz, Cologne
- 03/10/2025 - KinderDocs – International Documentary Festival for Children and Young People, Athens and Thessaloniki
- 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
- 27/09/2025 - Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- 26/09/2025 - Filmfest Hamburg, Children's and Youth Film Festival "Michel", Hamburg
- 26/09/2025 - Glasgow Youth Film Festival, Glasgow
- 26/09/2025 - Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- 25/09/2025 - Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- 25/09/2025 - Reykjavik International Film Festival, Reykjavik
- 25/09/2025 - Zurich Film Festival, Zürich, Switzerland
- 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
- 20/09/2025 - Buster - Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Copenhagen
- 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 - Espoo Ciné Junior Film Festival, Espoo
- 26/08/2025 - International Film Festival for Children and Youth Ojo de Pescado, Valparaíso
- 25/08/2025 - Odense International Film Festival, Odense
- 25/08/2025 - Salam – International Children and Youth Film Festival, Baku
- 22/08/2025 - San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- 16/08/2025 - The Norwegian International Filmfestival / "Cinemagi", Haugesund
- 15/08/2025 - IFI Family Festival, Dublin
- 15/08/2025 - Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajewo
- 14/08/2025 - Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh
- 06/08/2025 - Locarno Film Festival: Locarno Kids, Locarno
- 05/08/2025 - La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
- 23/07/2025 - Children's Film Festival Seattle, Seattle
- 17/07/2025 - Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
- 17/07/2025 - New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw
- 14/07/2025 - Anibar Animation Festival, Peja
- 14/07/2025 - Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Rimini
- 10/07/2025 - Pula Film Festival, Children's and Youth Film Programms, Pula
- 08/07/2025 - BIKY – Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, Busan
- 08/07/2025 - Galway Film Fleadh / Junior Film Fleadh, Galway
- 27/06/2025 - Festival International du Film de La Rochelle, La Rochelle
- 21/06/2025 - Fest – New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho
- 16/06/2025 - Kinofest Lünen, Lünen
- 16/06/2025 - Nelson Mandela Children’s Film Festival, Johannesburg
- 04/06/2025 - Plein la Bobine – Sancy Film Festival for Young People, Issoire & La Bourboule
- 03/06/2025 - Milano Film Fest, Milano
- 01/06/2025 - Kinolub Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Rzeszow and other cities in Southern Poland
- 30/05/2025 - Children Kinofest, 20 cities in Ukraine
- 26/05/2025 - VAFI & RAFI – International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival, Varaždin and Rijeka
- 19/05/2025 - Cannes Cinema: Ecrans Juniors, Cannes
- 07/05/2025 - International Documentary Film Festival Munich, DOK.education, München
- 26/04/2025 - Ennesimo FilmFestival, Fiorano Modenese
- 08/04/2025 - Leeds Young Film Festival , Leeds
- 31/03/2025 - KiKiFe Kinderkinofest Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwaebisch Gmuend
- 09/03/2025 - Freeze Frame – International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7
- 29/01/2025 - Children Film Festival - Cine Junior, Val-de-Marne and Île-de-France
- 18/01/2025 - Belmont World Film: Family Film Festival, Cambridge, Belmont, and Arlington
- 12/12/2024 - Sottodiciotto Filmfestival (Under 18), Torino
- 22/11/2024 - Uelzener Filmtage, Niedersächsisches Schüler- und Jugendfilmfestival, Uelzen
- 08/11/2024 - Kidz Cinema, Mumbai and online
- 06/11/2024 - Free Zone Film Festival, Beograd, Nis, Novii Sad, Kragujevac
- 05/11/2024 - International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Yerevan, Armenia
- 24/10/2024 - Universal Kids Film Festival, Tuzla / Istanbul
- 13/10/2024 - MICE - Mostra International Cinema Educatu, Valencia
- 22/09/2024 - Kinderfilmtage im Ruhrgebiet; Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen, Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen
- 12/12/2023 - Tel Aviv International Children's Film Festival (TAICFF), Tel Aviv
- 27/11/2023 - Youngabout - International Film Festival for Young People, Bologna
- 25/09/2023 - Taoba International Youth Film Festival, Tbilisi
PLAY - Lisbon's International Children's Film Festival
Lisboa, Portugal
27/02/2026 - 01/03/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): February - March 2027
Director/s: Mrs. Catarina Ramalho
Deadline for film entries: 01/10/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Features, Shorts, Animations
Festival's recognition: national
Media coverage: national
This festival is a member of 
Contact:
Tecla Play Associação Cultural
Rua Actor Estevao Amarante nr° 32-estudio
1500-014 Lisboa
Portugal
Phone: ++351 933 139 786
Internet: www.PLAYfest.pt