Festivals where ECFA Awards are allocated
- BUFF Filmfestival, Malmö
- Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, Tallinn
- Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- Cine-Jeune – Festival International de Cinéma, Braine, Saint Quentin & Department of Aisne
- Doxs! - Documentaries for Children and Young People / Duisburger Filmwoche, Duisburg
- Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Hamburg
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen
- International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznan
- Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Cologne & Dortmund & online
- JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos and Amaliada
- Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Oulu
- Riga International Film Festival, Riga
- Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- 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)
- Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
Tauron Young Horizons International Film Festival
Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities, Poland
25/09/2026 - 04/10/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): September / October 2027
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Tomkiel-Skowronska, Kamila and Sinicka, Agnieszka
Prizes: Main Competition Prize, Discoveries Competition Prize, Discoveries Competition Young Jury Prize, Documentary Competition Prize, Young Horizons Main Competition Award and ZAiKS Authors’ Association Award for best Polish Production, Audience Award, Award
Deadline for film entries: 25/05/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Animations, Features, Shorts, Documentaries
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Actors, Distributors
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: national
Special Events: Young Horizons Industry, international co-production forum and series of programmes and projects aimed at supporting and promoting film and series development for young audiences.
Notes/description: Young Horizons IFF is one of the most prominent and largest film events for young audiences in Poland, aimed at both the youngest viewers (ages three and up) as well as teenagers . The programme includes over a dozen different film sections with over 170 titles. There are three competitive sections: the Main Competition, the Film Discoveries Competition and the Documentary Competition. The main locations are Warsaw and Wroc?aw, while selected titles from the program are screened simultaneously in 18 other cities. The Festival also invites audiences to numerous accompanying events – discussions, meetings with filmmakers and creative workshops. The Festival programme is also accompanied by Young Horizons Industry co-production forum and MediaLab - an interactive space of new technologies, combining both entertainment and education. Shortly after the on-site edition, the majority of the programme is available during an online edition on the festival’s platform.
This festival is a member of 
Contact:
New Horizons Association
Ul. Zamenhofa 1
00-153 Warszawa
Poland
Phone: ++48 608 429 924
Fax: ++48 22-831 06 63
Internet: festiwal.mlodehoryzonty.pl/en/