Festival's Type:
Original Children’s / Young People’s Film Festivals
Film Festivals with section for Children’s / Young People’s Films
Awards allocatedCountry:
Original Children’s / Young People’s Film Festival
- "Zero Plus" International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Tyumen & Tobolsk Cities (Siberia)
- AniFest ROZAFA– International Film Festival for Children, for Teenagers and from Students, Shkoder
- Animateka International Animation Film Festival, Ljubljana * Maribor
- ANIMOK, Viborg International Animation Festival for Children and Youth, Viborg
- Athens International Children's Film Festival, Athens
- Belmont World Film: Family Film Festival, Cambridge, Belmont, and Arlington
- Bielefelder Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest, Bielefeld
- BIKY – Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, Busan
- BUFF Filmfestival, Malmö
- Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival, Aosta
- Cartoon Movie, Bordeaux, France
- Castellinaria Festival del cinema giovane, Bellinzona
- Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Chicago
- Children Film Festival - Cine Junior, Val-de-Marne and Île-de-France
- Children Kinofest, 20 cities in Ukraine
- Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- Children's Film Festival Seattle, Seattle
- Cine-Jeune – Festival International de Cinéma, Braine, Saint Quentin & Department of Aisne
- Cinedu – IFF For Children and Youth, Nove mesto nad Vahom and Bratislava
- Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- Doxs! - Documentaries for Children and Young People / Duisburger Filmwoche, Duisburg
- Dresdner Kinderfilmfest Kinolino, Dresden
- Dubrovnik Film Festival – European Childrens Film Festival, Dubrovnik
- Dytiatko - Int. Children's Media Festival, Kharkiv
- Festival du Cinema Jeune Public, Lausanne
- Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil de Valencia, Valencia
- Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- Freeze Frame – International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7
- Galway Film Fleadh / Junior Film Fleadh, Galway
- Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
- Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera, Erfurt & Gera
- IFI Family Festival, Dublin
- IndieJunior Allianz, Porto
- Int. Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam IDFA, Amsterdam
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Yerevan, Armenia
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth Ojo de Pescado, Valparaíso
- International Film Festival Kinotrip – By the Youth, for the Youth, Ljubljana
- International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznan
- 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
- KinderDocs – International Documentary Festival for Children and Young People, Athens and Thessaloniki
- KinderFilmFest Münster, Münster
- Kinderfilmtage im Ruhrgebiet; Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen, Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen
- KinderKinoFest Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf
- KINEKO International Film Festival, 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.
- Mon Premier Festival, Paris
- Monstrale, Halle/Saale
- Montreal International Children's Film Festival (FIFEM), Montréal (Québec)
- My First Festival – El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelona and Madrid
- Nelson Mandela Children’s Film Festival, Johannesburg
- New York International Children's Film Festival, New York
- 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
- SehPferdchen - Kinderfilmfest Hannover, Hannover & Burgdorf & Wunstorf
- Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- Sottodiciotto Filmfestival (Under 18), Torino
- Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Stockholm
- Stuttgarter Kinderfilmtage, Stuttgart
- Taartrovers Film Festival, Groningen, Amsterdam, Eindhoven and others
- Taiwan International Children's Film Festival (TICFF), Taipei
- Taoba International Youth Film Festival, Tbilisi
- Tel Aviv International Children's Film Festival (TAICFF), Tel Aviv
- TIFF Junior – Tromsø Children's Film Festival, Tromsø
- Torino Film Festival, Torino
- Uelzener Filmtage, Niedersächsisches Schüler- und Jugendfilmfestival, Uelzen
- Universal Kids Film Festival, Tuzla / Istanbul
- 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
- Zoomz – Festival für Kinder- und Jugendfilm, Luzern
Nelson Mandela Children’s Film Festival
Johannesburg, South Africa
16/06/2025 - 18/06/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): July 2026
Non-Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Firdoze Bulbulia, Faith Isiakpere
Deadline for film entries: 31/03/2025 (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