Next Deadlines for Your Films
- DL: 29.05.2026 - Interfilm Short Film Festival: KuKi & Teen Screen - Short Films for Children and Young People, Berlin
- 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
- DL: 31.08.2026 - JuniorFest - International Festival for Children and Youth, Plzen, Dobrany, Horsovsky Tyn, Prestice, Domazlice, Czech Republic
- DL: 01.10.2026 - JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever
- DL: 01.12.2026 - Filmfest Dresden - International Festival for Animation and Short Films, Dresden
JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen
Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever, Belgium
06/02/2027 - 14/02/2027 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): February/March 2028
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Iris Verhoeven / Bregt Van Wijnendaele
Prizes: 2 jury prizes, 
Award
Deadline for film entries: 01/10/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Features, Animations, TV Programs, Shorts
Number of films (app.): 90
Age of audience: 4-16 and adults
Number of spectators (app.): 17.000
Average number of journalists: 50
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Actors, Distributors
Festival's recognition: local, regional, national, international
Media coverage: local, regional, national, international
Notes/description: The festival takes place in Antwerp and Bruges!
The festival programme consists of the following sections:
In competition:
• European shorts & feature films (age 8 – 12)
Out of competition:
• Programme for young children – European shorts & features (age 3+)
• ExtraJEFF – Additional programme – European shorts and features (age 6 -12)
• Cut the Crap – European shorts & feature films for youngsters (age 12+)
This festival is a member of
Contact:
Timmerwerfstraat 40
B-2000 Antwerpen
Belgium
Phone: ++32-3-3034314
Fax: ++32-3-21 31 492
Internet: jeffestival.be/en