Awards allocatedFestivals Sorted by Date
- 02/03/2027 - Cartoon Movie, Bordeaux, France
- 06/02/2027 - JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever
- 20/11/2026 - GaztefilmFest, Vitoria-Gasteiz
- 17/11/2026 - Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Kassel
- 16/11/2026 - Abloom Filmfestival, Oslo
- 14/11/2026 - Vienna International Children's Film Festival, Wien/Vienna
- 07/11/2026 - My First Festival – El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelona and Madrid
- 06/11/2026 - Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, Tallinn
- 04/11/2026 - JuniorFest - International Festival for Children and Youth, Plzen, Dobrany, Horsovsky Tyn, Prestice, Domazlice, Czech Republic
- 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 - Doxs Ruhr, Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Moers, Mülheim, Witten
- 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)
- 04/05/2026 - Moscerine Film Festival, Roma
- 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
- 13/03/2026 - Cine-Jeune – Festival International de Cinéma, Braine, Saint Quentin & Department of Aisne
- 12/03/2026 - 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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 - 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 - Piccolo Grande Cinema, Milano
- 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 - 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
- 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
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest
Kassel, Germany
17/11/2026 - 22/11/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
next Festival afterwards (probably): November 2026
Competitive Children's Film Section
Director/s: Wissner Ventura, Gerhard
Deadline for film entries: 24/06/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Documentaries, Films made by Young Filmmakers
Number of films (app.): 230
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: national
Notes/description: The promotion of young filmmakers is a special concern of the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, and the DokfestEducation section is an expression of this commitment. Imparting expert knowledge, taking in new developments and critically discussing them, establishing relationships and networking: These are the goals of the section.
Contact:
c/o Filmladen Kassel e. V.
Goethestraße 31
34119 Kassel
Germany
Phone: ++49 561 707 64 32
Internet: www.kasselerdokfest.de