Awards allocatedCompetitive
- "Zero Plus" International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Tyumen & Tobolsk Cities (Siberia)
- Abloom Filmfestival, Oslo
- Anibar Animation Festival, Peja
- AniFest ROZAFA– International Film Festival for Children, for Teenagers and from Students, Shkoder
- Anima – Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Brussels
- Animafest - World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb
- Animateka International Animation Film Festival, Ljubljana * Maribor
- Animex – International Festival of Animation & Computer Games, Middlesbrough
- ANIMOK, Viborg International Animation Festival for Children and Youth, Viborg
- Athens International Children's Film Festival, Athens
- Bielefelder Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest, Bielefeld
- BIKY – Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, Busan
- BUFF Filmfestival, Malmö
- Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival, Aosta
- Cannes Cinema: Ecrans Juniors, Cannes
- Carrousel International du Film – Festival international de cinéma jeunesse de Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada
- Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Rimini
- Castellinaria Festival del cinema giovane, Bellinzona
- Chania Film Festival Edu, Chania, Crete
- Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Chicago
- Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, Tallinn
- Children Film Festival - Cine Junior, Val-de-Marne and Île-de-France
- Children Kinofest, 20 cities in Ukraine
- Children's Cinema Festival of Florianópolis, Florianópolis
- Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- Children's Film Festival Seattle, Seattle
- Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- Cinemagic - International Film & Television Festival for Children and Young People, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Corti a Ponte International Short Film festival – BY 3.20 section, Ponte San Nicolò (Padova)
- Docpoint / Dokkino, 21 cities all over Finland
- Doxs! - Documentaries for Children and Young People / Duisburger Filmwoche, Duisburg
- Dubrovnik Film Festival – European Childrens Film Festival, Dubrovnik
- Dytiatko - Int. Children's Media Festival, Kharkiv
- Espinho International Animated Film Festival Cinanima, Espinho
- Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden
- Fest – New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho
- Festival Augenblick, Strasbourg
- Festival de Cinéma d'Alès Itinerances, Alès
- Festival du Cinema Jeune Public, Lausanne
- Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil de Valencia, Valencia
- Festival international de Cinéma du grain à démoudre, Gonfreville l'Orcher (Normandie)
- Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- Filmfest Dresden - International Festival for Animation and Short Films, Dresden
- Filmfest München - CineKindl, Munich
- Filmkorte, Flensburg
- Free Zone Film Festival, Beograd, Nis, Novii Sad, Kragujevac
- Freeze Frame – International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7
- Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
- Gijón Int. Film Festival, Gijón, Asturias
- Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera, Erfurt & Gera
- IndieJunior, Lisboa
- IndieJunior Allianz, Porto
- Int. Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam IDFA, Amsterdam
- Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Hamburg
- Interfilm Short Film Festival: KuKi & Teen Screen - Short Films for Children and Young People, Berlin
- International Festival of Animated Films (ITFS), Section "Tricks for Kids", Stuttgart
- International Festival of Animated Films for Children, Bratislava
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Yerevan, Armenia
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth Ojo de Pescado, Valparaíso
- International Filmfestival Berlin, Generation, Berlin
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen
- International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznan
- Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney, Emden Aurich Norderney
- Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg, Würzburg
- Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Cologne & Dortmund & online
- JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever
- Junges Filmfestival Köln Cinepaenz, Cologne
- JuniorFest - International Festival for Children and Youth, Plzen, Dobrany, Horsovsky Tyn, Prestice, Domazlice, Czech Republic
- Kidz Cinema, Mumbai and online
- KiKiFe Kinderkinofest Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwaebisch Gmuend
- KinderFilmFest Münster, Münster
- Kinderfilmtage im Ruhrgebiet; Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen, Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen
- Kineko International Children's Film Festival Tokyo, Tokyo
- Kinolub Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Rzeszow and other cities in Southern Poland
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
- Leeds Young Film Festival, Leeds
- Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg
- MICE - Mostra International Cinema Educatu, Valencia
- Milano Film Fest, Milano
- Molodist Film Festival, Kyiv
- Monstrale, Halle/Saale
- Montreal International Children's Film Festival (FIFEM), Montréal (Québec)
- My First Festival – El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelona and Madrid
- New York International Children's Film Festival, New York
- Nordic Filmdays Luebeck/ Section Films for Children & Young People, Luebeck
- Odense International Film Festival, Odense
- Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos and Amaliada
- Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Oulu
- Piccolo Grande Cinema, Milano
- Plein la Bobine – Sancy Film Festival for Young People, Issoire & La Bourboule
- Prix Jeunesse International - Kinder- und Jugendfernsehfestival: Online this Year!, München
- Providence Children's Film Festival, Providence, Rhode Island - USA
- Reel 2 Real – International Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver, Canada
- Salam – International Children and Youth Film Festival, Baku
- San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- Sevilla International Film Festival, Sevilla
- Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- Stuttgarter Kinderfilmtage, Stuttgart
- Taiwan International Children's Film Festival (TICFF), Taipei
- Taoba International Youth Film Festival, Tbilisi
- Tel Aviv International Children's Film Festival (TAICFF), Tel Aviv
- Torino Film Festival, Torino
- Uelzener Filmtage, Niedersächsisches Schüler- und Jugendfilmfestival, Uelzen
- Unabhängiges FilmFest / Independent FilmFest, Osnabrück
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala
- VAFI & RAFI – International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival, Varaždin and Rijeka
- Vienna International Children's Film Festival, Wien/Vienna
- Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- Youngabout - International Film Festival for Young People, Bologna
- Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
Fest – New Directors | New Films Festival
Espinho, Portugal
21/06/2025 - 29/06/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): June 2026
Competitive Children's Film Section
Director/s: Pereira, Filipe
Prizes: Several categories, furthermore the Silver Castle competition for Feature films from Directors on its first or second work.
Deadline for film entries: 09/02/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Features, Workshop for Young Filmmakers, Films made by Young Filmmakers, Shorts, Animations, Documentaries, TV Programs
Number of films (app.): 200
Festival's recognition: national
Media coverage: national
Notes/description: The event is divided in three departments: Youth Film Festival, Moving Image Students Encounter, and FEST Sound.
FEST - International Youth Film Festival, is now one of the most important cultural events in Portugal, with all year TV Coverage, and the first Portuguese Film Festival with the capacity to show some works on the Portuguese television regularly.
The International Film Students Encounter, which is a parallel activity of the festival, has received in Portugal students from all over the world in its previous edition, and is set to guarantee a very good environment for the festival, as well as all the condition for all people interested in following the event.
Contact:
Fest - Associação Cultural
Apartado 234
4501-910 Espinho
Portugal
Phone: ++351-256330900
Internet: www.fest.pt