Festivals Sorted by Date
- 04/03/2025 - Cartoon Movie, Bordeaux, France
- 28/02/2025 - Anima – Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Brussels
- 23/02/2025 - JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever
- 13/02/2025 - International Filmfestival Berlin, Generation, Berlin
- 14/12/2024 - Sottodiciotto Filmfestival (Under 18), Torino
- 30/11/2024 - Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos and Amaliada
- 24/11/2024 - International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznan
- 22/11/2024 - Torino Film Festival, Torino
- 22/11/2024 - Uelzener Filmtage, Niedersächsisches Schüler- und Jugendfilmfestival, Uelzen
- 20/11/2024 - Festival du Cinema Jeune Public, Lausanne
- 18/11/2024 - Athens International Children's Film Festival, Athens
- 18/11/2024 - Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Oulu
- 16/11/2024 - Castellinaria Festival del cinema giovane, Bellinzona
- 16/11/2024 - Vienna International Children's Film Festival, Wien/Vienna
- 14/11/2024 - Abloom Filmfestival, Oslo
- 14/11/2024 - KinderKinoFest Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf
- 13/11/2024 - Filmkorte, Flensburg
- 13/11/2024 - Int. Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam IDFA, Amsterdam
- 11/11/2024 - Animex – International Festival of Animation & Computer Games, Middlesbrough
- 09/11/2024 - My First Festival – El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelona and Madrid
- 09/11/2024 - Piccolo Grande Cinema, Milano
- 08/11/2024 - Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, Tallinn
- 08/11/2024 - Espinho International Animated Film Festival Cinanima, Espinho
- 08/11/2024 - JuniorFest - International Festival for Children and Youth, Plzen, Dobrany, Horsovsky Tyn, Prestice, Domazlice, Czech Republic
- 08/11/2024 - Sevilla International Film Festival, Sevilla
- 07/11/2024 - International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Mannheim & Heidelberg
- 06/11/2024 - Nordic Filmdays Luebeck/ Section Films for Children & Young People, Luebeck
- 05/11/2024 - FilmFestival Cottbus (Festival des Osteuropäischen Films) 2020 Online , Cottbus
- 05/11/2024 - Free Zone Film Festival, Beograd, Nis, Novii Sad, Kragujevac
- 04/11/2024 - Doxs! - Documentaries for Children and Young People / Duisburger Filmwoche, Duisburg Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Moers
- 04/11/2024 - Zagreb Film Festival, Zagreb
- 03/11/2024 - Interfilm Short Film Festival: KuKi & Teen Screen - Short Films for Children and Young People, Berlin
- 31/10/2024 - Kineko International Children's Film Festival Tokyo, Tokyo
- 28/10/2024 - DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film , Leipzig
- 28/10/2024 - Doxs Ruhr, Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Moers
- 26/10/2024 - Molodist Film Festival, Kyiv
- 23/10/2024 - Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- 21/10/2024 - Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala
- 20/10/2024 - KinderFilmFest Münster, Münster
- 19/10/2024 - Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- 17/10/2024 - Riga International Film Festival, Riga
- 16/10/2024 - Chania Film Festival Edu, Chania, Crete
- 16/10/2024 - Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- 15/10/2024 - Monstrale, Halle/Saale
- 13/10/2024 - Bielefelder Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest, Bielefeld
- 11/10/2024 - Children's Cinema Festival of Florianópolis, Florianópolis
- 09/10/2024 - International Festival of Animated Films for Children, Bratislava
- 09/10/2024 - London International Film Festival, London
- 05/10/2024 - Dresdner Kinderfilmfest Kinolino, Dresden
- 05/10/2024 - Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- 01/10/2024 - Cinemagic - International Film & Television Festival for Children and Young People, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- 01/10/2024 - Unabhängiges FilmFest / Independent FilmFest, Osnabrück
- 28/09/2024 - Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- 26/09/2024 - Filmfest Hamburg, Children's and Youth Film Festival "Michel", Hamburg
- 26/09/2024 - Reykjavik International Film Festival, Reykjavik
- 25/09/2024 - Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- 23/09/2024 - Cinedu – IFF For Children and Youth, Nove mesto nad Vahom
- 21/09/2024 - Buster - Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Copenhagen
- 13/09/2024 - Glasgow Youth Film Festival, Glasgow
- 09/09/2024 - ANIMOK, Viborg International Animation Festival for Children and Youth, Viborg
- 04/09/2024 - TIFF Junior – Tromsø Children's Film Festival, Tromsø
- 03/09/2024 - Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden
- 26/08/2024 - Odense International Film Festival, Odense
- 26/08/2024 - Salam – International Children and Youth Film Festival, Baku
- 23/08/2024 - Espoo Ciné International Film Festival, Espoo
- 23/08/2024 - San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- 17/08/2024 - The Norwegian International Filmfestival / "Cinemagi", Haugesund
- 16/08/2024 - Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajewo
- 15/08/2024 - Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh
- 07/08/2024 - Locarno Film Festival: Locarno Kids, Locarno
- 06/08/2024 - La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
- 19/07/2024 - Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
- 18/07/2024 - Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Rimini
- 18/07/2024 - New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw
- 15/07/2024 - Anibar Animation Festival, Peja
- 11/07/2024 - Pula Film Festival, Children's and Youth Film Programms, Pula
- 09/07/2024 - Galway Film Fleadh / Junior Film Fleadh, Galway
- 08/07/2024 - BIKY – Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, Busan
- 28/06/2024 - Festival International du Film de La Rochelle, La Rochelle
- 28/06/2024 - Filmfest München - CineKindl, Munich
- 24/06/2024 - Fest – New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho
- 14/06/2024 - Nelson Mandela Children’s Film Festival, Johannesburg
- 14/06/2024 - Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Mures
- 05/06/2024 - Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney, Emden Aurich Norderney
- 04/06/2024 - Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Online, Hamburg
- 03/06/2024 - Animafest - World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb
- 02/06/2024 - Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera, Erfurt & Gera
- 01/06/2024 - Kinolub Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Rzeszow and other cities in Southern Poland
- 30/05/2024 - Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
- 27/05/2024 - Plein la Bobine – Sancy Film Festival for Young People, Issoire & La Bourboule
- 24/05/2024 - Prix Jeunesse International - Kinder- und Jugendfernsehfestival: Online this Year!, München
- 23/05/2024 - IndieJunior, Lisboa
- 20/05/2024 - Corti a Ponte International Short Film festival – BY 3.20 section, Ponte San Nicolò (Padova)
- 14/05/2024 - Festival International du Film de Cannes, Cannes
- 02/05/2024 - Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival , Aosta
- 01/05/2024 - International Documentary Film Festival Munich, DOK.education, München
- 01/05/2024 - International Short Film Festival Oberhausen , Oberhausen
- 30/04/2024 - Leeds Young Film Festival , Leeds
- 23/04/2024 - International Festival of Animated Films (ITFS), Section "Tricks for Kids" , Stuttgart
- 22/04/2024 - Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- 16/04/2024 - Filmfest Dresden - International Festival for Animation and Short Films, Dresden
- 16/04/2024 - Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Cologne & Dortmund & online
- 09/04/2024 - Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- 08/04/2024 - Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Stockholm
- 07/04/2024 - Reel 2 Real – International Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver, Canada
- 28/03/2024 - Taiwan International Children's Film Festival (TICFF), Taipei
- 23/03/2024 - 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)
- 22/03/2024 - Cine-Jeune – Festival International de Cinéma, Braine, Saint Quentin & Department of Aisne
- 22/03/2024 - Festival de Cinéma d'Alès Itinerances, Alès
- 11/03/2024 - KiKiFe Kinderkinofest Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwaebisch Gmuend
- 10/03/2024 - Freeze Frame – International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7
- 09/03/2024 - BUFF Filmfestival, Malmö
- 07/03/2024 - Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival, Thessaloniki
- 02/03/2024 - Montreal International Children's Film Festival (FIFEM), Montréal (Québec)
- 02/03/2024 - New York International Children's Film Festival, New York
- 01/03/2024 - Carrousel International du Film – Festival international de cinéma jeunesse de Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada
- 29/02/2024 - Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg
- 24/02/2024 - PLAY - Lisbon's International Children's Film Festival, Lisboa
- 16/02/2024 - Providence Children's Film Festival, Providence, Rhode Island - USA
- 13/02/2024 - Kidz Cinema, Mumbai and online
- 02/02/2024 - Children's Film Festival Seattle, Seattle
- 02/02/2024 - Festival Internacional du Premier Film, Annonay
- 30/01/2024 - Docpoint / Dokkino, 21 cities all over Finland
- 25/01/2024 - Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg, Würzburg
- 24/01/2024 - Children Film Festival - Cine Junior, Val-de-Marne
- 22/01/2024 - IndieJunior Allianz, Porto
- 21/01/2024 - SehPferdchen - Kinderfilmfest Hannover, Hannover & Burgdorf & Wunstorf
- 19/01/2024 - FIPADOC International Documentary Festival, Biarritz
- 16/01/2024 - Stuttgarter Kinderfilmtage, Stuttgart
- 13/01/2024 - Belmont World Film: Family Film Festival, Cambridge, Belmont, and Arlington
- 12/12/2023 - Tel Aviv International Children's Film Festival (TAICFF), Tel Aviv
- 29/11/2023 - Kinofest Lünen, Lünen
- 27/11/2023 - Animateka International Animation Film Festival, Ljubljana * Maribor
- 27/11/2023 - Youngabout - International Film Festival for Young People, Bologna
- 18/11/2023 - Festival international de Cinéma du grain à démoudre, Gonfreville l'Orcher (Normandie)
- 17/11/2023 - Gijón Int. Film Festival, Gijón, Asturias
- 12/11/2023 - AniFest ROZAFA– International Film Festival for Children, for Teenagers and from Students, Shkoder
- 07/11/2023 - Festival Augenblick, Strasbourg
- 02/11/2023 - Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Thessaloniki
- 31/10/2023 - International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Yerevan, Armenia
- 30/10/2023 - Zoomz – Festival für Kinder- und Jugendfilm, Luzern
- 25/10/2023 - Mon Premier Festival, Paris
- 21/10/2023 - Discovery – Scotland's International Film Festival for Young Audiences, Dundee
- 19/10/2023 - Dubrovnik Film Festival – European Childrens Film Festival, Dubrovnik
- 19/10/2023 - International Film Festival Kinotrip – By the Youth, for the Youth, Ljubljana
- 16/10/2023 - KinderDocs – International Documentary Festival for Children and Young People, Athens and Thessaloniki
- 16/10/2023 - MICE - Mostra International Cinema Educatu, Valencia
- 12/10/2023 - Universal Kids Film Festival, Tuzla / Istanbul
- 01/10/2023 - "Zero Plus" International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Tyumen & Tobolsk Cities (Siberia)
- 29/09/2023 - Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil de Valencia, Valencia
- 26/09/2023 - Kratka Forma – International Short Film Festival, Gornji Milanovac
- 25/09/2023 - Taoba International Youth Film Festival, Tbilisi
- 17/09/2023 - Kinderfilmtage im Ruhrgebiet; Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen, Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen
- 07/09/2023 - International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh, Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1205
- 06/09/2023 - Culmea Festival: Film & Environment Education, Brasov
- 26/08/2023 - International Film Festival for Children and Youth Ojo de Pescado, Valparaíso
- 18/08/2023 - IFI Family Festival, Dublin
Buster - Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth
Copenhagen, Denmark
21/09/2024 - 06/10/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): September/October 2025
Non-Competitive Children's Film Section
Director/s: Fischer, Tine (Admin. Director) & Jensen, Mariella Harpelunde (Program Director)
Prizes: Children's jury and short film jury
Deadline for film entries: 01/04/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Features, Shorts, Animations, Documentaries
Number of films (app.): 120
Age of audience: 2-16
Number of spectators (app.): 35.000
Average number of journalists: 20 - 30
Festival's guests: Directors, Distributors, Others
Festival's recognition: national
Media coverage: national
Notes/description: International film festival for children and youth with a focus on presenting the young audience with a quality alternative to what they normally see.
This festival is a member of 
Contact:
Flæsketorvet 60
1711 Copenhagen
Denmark
Phone: ++45 31 66 83 85
Internet: www.buster.dk