Next Deadlines for Your Films
- DL: 05.12.2025 - Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Cologne & Dortmund & online
- DL: 15.12.2025 - Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera, Erfurt & Gera
- DL: 15.12.2025 - Montreal International Children's Film Festival (FIFEM), Montréal (Québec)
- DL: 15.12.2025 - Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- DL: 19.12.2025 - IndieJunior, Lisboa
- DL: 01.01.2026 - Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- DL: 15.01.2026 - Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Stockholm
- DL: 19.01.2026 - International Short Film Festival Oberhausen , Oberhausen
- DL: 20.01.2026 - Your Cinema - International Competition Program for children and youth audience, as part of International Festival of Cinematographic Debuts "Spirit Of Fire", Khanty-Mansiysk and other cities in the district of UGRA (Siberia)
- DL: 31.01.2026 - Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival , Aosta
- DL: 01.02.2026 - Animafest - World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb
- DL: 01.02.2026 - Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Mures
- DL: 07.02.2026 - Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Hamburg
- DL: 01.03.2026 - Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
- DL: 14.03.2026 - Festival International du Film de Cannes, Cannes
- DL: 15.03.2026 - Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney, Emden Aurich Norderney
- DL: 31.03.2026 - La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
- DL: 11.05.2026 - Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden
- DL: 01.06.2026 - Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- DL: 30.06.2026 - Zurich Film Festival, Zürich, Switzerland
Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience
Chemnitz, Germany
02/10/2026 - 10/10/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): October 2027
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Michael Harbauer
Prizes: 
Award, numerous jury and audience awards
Deadline for film entries: 01/06/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Features, Animations, Shorts
Number of films (app.): 150
Age of audience: 5-25
Number of spectators (app.): 20000
Average number of journalists: 30
Festival's guests: Directors, Actors, Producers, Distributors, Others
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: international
Notes/description: Films for children and young people from all over the world with a special focus on films from Eastern European countries.
This festival is a member of
Contact:
Sächsischer Kinder- und Jugendfilmdienst e.V.
Neefestr. 99
D-09119 Chemnitz
Germany
Phone: ++49-371-4447440
Fax: ++49-371-4447479
Internet: www.ff-schlingel.de