Next Deadlines for Your Films
- DL: 15.12.2025 - Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera, Erfurt & Gera
- DL: 15.12.2025 - Montreal International Children's Film Festival (FIFEM), Montréal (Québec)
- DL: 15.12.2025 - Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- DL: 19.12.2025 - IndieJunior, Lisboa
- DL: 01.01.2026 - Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- DL: 15.01.2026 - Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Stockholm
- DL: 19.01.2026 - International Short Film Festival Oberhausen , Oberhausen
- DL: 20.01.2026 - 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)
- DL: 31.01.2026 - Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival , Aosta
- DL: 01.02.2026 - Animafest - World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb
- DL: 01.02.2026 - Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Mures
- DL: 07.02.2026 - Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Hamburg
- DL: 01.03.2026 - Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
- DL: 14.03.2026 - Festival International du Film de Cannes, Cannes
- DL: 15.03.2026 - Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney, Emden Aurich Norderney
- DL: 31.03.2026 - La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
- DL: 11.05.2026 - Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden
- DL: 01.06.2026 - Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- DL: 30.06.2026 - Zurich Film Festival, Zürich, Switzerland
- DL: 30.07.2026 - Filmfest Hamburg, Children's and Youth Film Festival "Michel", Hamburg
Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera
Erfurt & Gera, Germany
07/06/2026 - 13/06/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): June 2027
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Wenk, Elisabeth
Prizes: Children's Jury Prize "Goldener Spatz"/ Jury Prizes / MDR-Prize
Deadline for film entries: 15/12/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: TV Programs, Features, Shorts, Animations
Number of films (app.): 55-60 (in competition) 40-50 (other sections)
Age of audience: up to12
Number of spectators (app.): 19.000
Average number of journalists: about 70
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Actors, Distributors, Others
Festival's recognition: international, national
Media coverage: national
Notes/description: The festival takes place in Erfurt and Gera. Destination group: children up to 12 years and producers, festival scouts, cinema owners, non-profit children's film organisations, distributors, representatives of TV stations. Since 2005 on not only German, but also Austrian and Swiss productions have been presented.
Gera-address: Stiftung "Goldener Spatz", Heinrichstraße 47, D-07545 Gera, phone: ++49-365-80 04 874
This festival is a member of 
Contact:
German Children's Media Foundation Golden Sparrow
Anger 37 (Haus Dacheröden)
D-99084 Erfurt
Germany
Phone: ++49-361-66 386 - 0
Internet: www.goldenerspatz.de