Awards allocatedNext 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
Locarno Film Festival: Locarno Kids
Locarno, Switzerland
05/08/2026 - 15/08/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): August 2027
Non-Competitive Children's Film Section
Deadline for film entries: 09/04/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Features, Shorts, Animations, Documentaries
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Actors, Distributors, Others
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: international
Notes/description: The Locarno Kids Screenings section proposes works aimed at children, adolescents and families, with particular attention to films that stimulate reflection on oneself and on the world, and restorations aimed at rediscovering the history of cinema.
Contact:
Via Franchino Rusca 1
6600 Locarno
Switzerland
Phone: ++41 917562121
Internet: www.locarnofestival.ch