Next Deadlines for Your Films
- 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
- DL: 04.07.2026 - Reykjavik International Film Festival, Reykjavik
Filmfest Hamburg, Children's and Youth Film Festival "Michel"
Hamburg, Germany
25/09/2026 - 01/10/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): September/October 2027
Non-Competitive Children's Film Section
Director/s: N.N. Luca Gerdes (Children's Film Section)
Prizes: Award donated by Universal Pictures Germany: 2.500 Euros
Deadline for film entries: 30/07/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Animations, Documentaries, Features
Number of films (app.): 10 (for children)
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Distributors
Festival's recognition: national
Media coverage: national
Notes/description: Filmfest Hamburg opened Children's and Youth Film section in 2003.
Main festival's website:
www.filmfesthamburg.de
This festival is a member of 
Contact:
Mönckebergstraße 18
D-20095 Hamburg
Germany
Phone: ++49-40-369 052 126
Fax: ++49-40-399190010
Internet: www.filmfesthamburg.de/michel/