Awards allocatedNext Deadlines for Your Films
- 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
- DL: 04.07.2026 - Reykjavik International Film Festival, Reykjavik
- DL: 10.07.2026 - DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film , Leipzig
DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
Leipzig, Germany
26/10/2026 - 01/11/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): October 2027
Non-Competitive Children's Film Section
Director/s: Terhechte, Christoph
Deadline for film entries: 10/07/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Shorts, Animations, Documentaries
Number of films (app.): 200
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Distributors
Festival's recognition: national, international
Media coverage: international, national
Notes/description: DOK Leipzig is the oldest festival for documentary and animation film in the world and unique in offering this combination. It is guided by the values of diversity, human dignity, inclusion and peace. The festival presents about 200 artistically outstanding, socially relevant films, XR experiences and provides space for dialogue and debate.
The festival’s Kids DOK programme gathers films for everyone 3+ who is in the mood for funny and thought-provoking viewing experiences. For the youngest, the festival shows short animated films, for older kids DOK Leipzig presents animations and topical documentaries about the everyday and the unusual that make the worlds of children and young people tangible.
Contact:
DOK Leipzig
Katharinenstraße 17
04109 Leipzig
Germany
Phone: ++49 341 30864-0
Internet: www.dok-leipzig.de/