Next Deadlines for Your Films
- DL: 14.03.2026 - Festival International du Film de Cannes, Cannes
- DL: 15.03.2026 - Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney, Emden Aurich Norderney
- DL: 18.03.2026 - Odense International Film Festival, Odense
- DL: 30.03.2026 - Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Rimini
- DL: 31.03.2026 - La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
- DL: 01.04.2026 - Buster - Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Copenhagen
- DL: 09.04.2026 - Locarno Film Festival: Locarno Kids, Locarno
- DL: 17.04.2026 - Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh
- DL: 01.05.2026 - Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- DL: 11.05.2026 - Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden
- DL: 11.05.2026 - Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
- DL: 23.05.2026 - London International Film Festival, London
- DL: 25.05.2026 - Tauron Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- DL: 31.05.2026 - Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala
- DL: 01.06.2026 - Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- DL: 02.06.2026 - Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- DL: 15.06.2026 - Vienna International Children's Film Festival, Wien/Vienna
- DL: 25.06.2026 - Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- DL: 30.06.2026 - San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- DL: 30.06.2026 - Zurich Film Festival, Zürich, Switzerland
Tauron Young Horizons International Film Festival
Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities, Poland
25/09/2026 - 04/10/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): September / October 2027
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Tomkiel-Skowronska, Kamila and Sinicka, Agnieszka
Prizes: Main Competition Prize, Discoveries Competition Prize, Discoveries Competition Young Jury Prize, Documentary Competition Prize, Young Horizons Main Competition Award and ZAiKS Authors’ Association Award for best Polish Production, Audience Award, Award
Deadline for film entries: 25/05/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Animations, Features, Shorts, Documentaries
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Actors, Distributors
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: national
Special Events: Young Horizons Industry, international co-production forum and series of programmes and projects aimed at supporting and promoting film and series development for young audiences.
Notes/description: Young Horizons IFF is one of the most prominent and largest film events for young audiences in Poland, aimed at both the youngest viewers (ages three and up) as well as teenagers . The programme includes over a dozen different film sections with over 170 titles. There are three competitive sections: the Main Competition, the Film Discoveries Competition and the Documentary Competition. The main locations are Warsaw and Wroc?aw, while selected titles from the program are screened simultaneously in 18 other cities. The Festival also invites audiences to numerous accompanying events – discussions, meetings with filmmakers and creative workshops. The Festival programme is also accompanied by Young Horizons Industry co-production forum and MediaLab - an interactive space of new technologies, combining both entertainment and education. Shortly after the on-site edition, the majority of the programme is available during an online edition on the festival’s platform.
This festival is a member of 
Contact:
New Horizons Association
Ul. Zamenhofa 1
00-153 Warszawa
Poland
Phone: ++48 608 429 924
Fax: ++48 22-831 06 63
Internet: festiwal.mlodehoryzonty.pl/en/