Next 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
Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF)
Kristiansand, Norway
20/04/2026 - 25/04/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): April/May 2027
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Sordal, Cathrine and Heimlund, Marion
Prizes: Best International Children’s Film (50.000 NOK), Best European Children’s Film, Best Youth Film, 
Award
Deadline for film entries: 01/01/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Features, Shorts, Films made by Young Filmmakers, Workshop for Young Filmmakers, Animations, Documentaries
Number of films (app.): 100
Age of audience: 3 - 19
Number of spectators (app.): 17.000
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Actors, Distributors, Others
Festival's recognition: international, national
Media coverage: national
Special Events: Industry Days April 22nd to 24th 2026
Notes/description: www.facebook.com/barnefilmfestivalen
Industry Days 2026: April 22nd to 24th
This festival is a member of
Contact:
Kristiansand Kino
Vestre strandgate 9
NO-4610 Kristiansand
Norway
Phone: ++ 47-38-10 42 05
Fax: ++ 47-38-10 42 01
Internet: bff.no