Awards allocatedNext Deadlines for Your Films
- 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: 07.06.2026 - Doxs Ruhr, Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Moers, Mülheim, Witten
- DL: 15.06.2026 - Vienna International Children's Film Festival, Wien/Vienna
- DL: 24.06.2026 - Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Kassel
- DL: 25.06.2026 - Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- DL: 29.06.2026 - Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, Tallinn
- 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
- DL: 15.07.2026 - My First Festival – El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelona and Madrid
- DL: 30.07.2026 - Filmfest Hamburg, Children's and Youth Film Festival "Michel", Hamburg
- DL: 14.08.2026 - Abloom Filmfestival, Oslo
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest
Kassel, Germany
17/11/2026 - 22/11/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
next Festival afterwards (probably): November 2026
Competitive Children's Film Section
Director/s: Wissner Ventura, Gerhard
Deadline for film entries: 24/06/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Documentaries, Films made by Young Filmmakers
Number of films (app.): 230
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: national
Notes/description: The promotion of young filmmakers is a special concern of the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, and the DokfestEducation section is an expression of this commitment. Imparting expert knowledge, taking in new developments and critically discussing them, establishing relationships and networking: These are the goals of the section.
Contact:
c/o Filmladen Kassel e. V.
Goethestraße 31
34119 Kassel
Germany
Phone: ++49 561 707 64 32
Internet: www.kasselerdokfest.de