Non-Competitive
- Belmont World Film: Family Film Festival, Cambridge, Belmont, and Arlington
- Buster - Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Copenhagen
- Discovery – Scotland's International Film Festival for Young Audiences, Dundee
- DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Leipzig
- Dresdner Kinderfilmfest Kinolino, Dresden
- Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh
- Espoo Ciné International Film Festival, Espoo
- Festival Internacional du Premier Film, Annonay
- Festival International du Film de La Rochelle, La Rochelle
- Filmfest Hamburg, Children's and Youth Film Festival "Michel", Hamburg
- FilmFestival Cottbus (Festival des Osteuropäischen Films) 2020 Online, Cottbus
- Galway Film Fleadh / Junior Film Fleadh, Galway
- Glasgow Youth Film Festival, Glasgow
- IFI Family Festival, Dublin
- International Film Festival Kinotrip – By the Youth, for the Youth, Ljubljana
- International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Mannheim & Heidelberg
- Kasseler Kinder- & Jugendfilmfest, Kassel
- KinderKinoFest Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf
- Locarno Film Festival: Locarno Kids, Locarno
- Nelson Mandela Children’s Film Festival, Johannesburg
- Riga International Film Festival, Riga
- Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajewo
- SehPferdchen - Kinderfilmfest Hannover, Hannover & Burgdorf & Wunstorf
- Sottodiciotto Filmfestival (Under 18), Torino
- Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Stockholm
- The Norwegian International Filmfestival / "Cinemagi", Haugesund
- Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival, Thessaloniki
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Thessaloniki
- TIFF Junior – Tromsø Children's Film Festival, Tromsø
- Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Mures
- Universal Kids Film Festival, Tuzla / Istanbul
- Zagreb Film Festival, Zagreb
- Zoomz – Festival für Kinder- und Jugendfilm, Luzern
Nelson Mandela Children’s Film Festival
Johannesburg, South Africa
27/07/2023 - 02/08/2023 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): July 2024
Non-Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Firdoze Bulbulia, Faith Isiakpere
Deadline for film entries: 31/03/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Features, Shorts, Animations, Documentaries
Number of films (app.): 10
Festival's recognition: national
Media coverage: national
Special Events: Nelson Mandela Day 18 July, National Youth Month (June), Day of the African Child 16 June (Pan-African)
Notes/description: Artistically stimulating and thought-provoking, the film programme takes on bold narratives through a range of features, documentaries and shorts from across the world. These are accompanied by workshops hosted by an unparalleled guest list of celebrated film talent from around the world, providing a unique opportunity for young people to gain an insight into global film practices.
Father of South Africa, uTata Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, passionately supported children and youth nurturing them as the leaders of tomorrow. He stated, ‘our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation. They will be the leaders of our country, the creators of our national wealth who care for and protect our people’ (Nelson Mandela, 3 June 1995).
Festival Director, Firdoze Bulbulia, states, ‘we are delighted to be celebrating and commemorating Mandela‘s legacy and to continue to use his work to inspire the next generation. We believe that film is a unique medium that can entertain, educate and inform. The festival acts as a platform for empowering young South Africans to participate in the global dialogue on film and media’.
The festival will be open to children and youth from aged four onwards, and will take place both online through the Durban International Film Festival VoD portal and in select venues.
Contact:
AMANI Unit 2
72/ 106 Keurboom Road
Atholl, 2196
South Africa
Phone: ++27 833251857
Internet: www.facebook.com/NMCFF2018