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 Ruhr, Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Moers, Mülheim, Witten
- 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
Doxs Ruhr
Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Moers, Mülheim, Witten, Germany
07/10/2026 - 18/10/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): autumn 2027
Competitive
Director/s: Sommer, Gudrun
Prizes: DOCracy Award, ECFA Doc Award etc.
Deadline for film entries: 07/06/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Documentaries
Age of audience: 4 - 18
Festival's recognition: national
Media coverage: national
This festival is a member of 
Contact:
Freund*innen der Realität e.V. / Doxs Ruhr
Große Beckstraße 25
44787 Bochum
Germany
Phone: ++49 234 96642423
Internet: www.doxs-ruhr.de/