Cairo International Cinema and Arts Festival for Children

Cairo International Cinema and Arts Festival for Children, Egypt
http://cicafc.com
https://www.facebook.com/cicafc
Festival Creation : 1993
Festival Dates : March
Public attendance : No information about visitors
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : No Information

Festival Description : Cairo International Cinema and Arts Festival for Children inaugurates an international new platform for children´s cinema and arts in pursuit of sustaining interactivity between artists, as well as, promotes valuable and prosperous production for children up to the age of 14.

BUFF

BUFF, International Children and Young People’s Film Festival, Sueden
http://www.buff.se
https://www.facebook.com/interfilminternational
Festival Creation : 1984
Festival Dates : March
Public attendance : 20,000 visitors.
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Best Children's Film

Festival Description : The aim of the festival is to screen good films for children and young people as well as adults. A meeting place for people working with children, young people and film. BUFF strives to open the possibilities for more influences from Europe and the rest of the world by showing films that might never be screened otherwise. In the cinema we get to meet different cultures, hear foreign languages and tag along on endless adventures. BUFF considers children and young people to be the most exciting resource we´ve got, our future.

MiCe

MiCi, Mostra International Cinema Educatiu, Spain
http://www.micevalencia.com
https://www.facebook.com/MICEbyJordiElMussol
Festival Creation : 2013
Festival Dates : March
Public attendance : 10,000 visitors
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Best short Animation, Made for kids, Made by kids
2015 on Award-Winning Animated Films of International Children's Film Festivals Database.

Festival Description : MICE is a children's films festival with a part dedicated to education.
Josep Arbiol, festival's director, 2015 catalog :
"The teaching of media has evolved and today it is considered an important part of education due to its immediate relevance to contemporary society. Communication is no longer restricted to spoken and written language. It also encompasses the reading of images and writing of audiovisual documents. Reading and writing visual messages should be a very relevant skill in the lives of students, as relevant in fact as reading and writing verbal language. As the media is present wherever we are,its teaching must also be applied to all fields of education. This implies the teachers’ and students´ need for media literacy, as audiovisual education is not limited to one area but it´s a common factor in all subjects. We need media education and new tecnologies because they are a privilege in our society, and also a similar revolution to the printer at thetime. Audiovisual education will create future critical readers and consumers of media. Thanks to media literacy media professionals will have a well-informed demanding audience with ample technical knowledge."

New York International Children's Film Festival

New York International Children's Film Festival, gkids, USA
http://nyicff.org
https://www.facebook.com/nyicff
Festival Creation : 1997
Festival Dates : February-March
Public attendance : 30,000 visitors
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Grand Prize Feature, Grand Prize Short, Special Jury Awards
2014, 2015, 2016 on Award-Winning Animated Films of International Children's Film Festivals Database.

Festival Description : New York International Children's Film Festival was founded to support the creation and dissemination of thoughtful, provocative, and intelligent film for children and teens ages 3-18. The Festival experience cultivates an appreciation for the arts, encourages active, discerning viewing, and stimulates lively discussion among peers, families, and the film community.
In addition to presenting the annual event, New York International Children's Film Festival is a multifaceted arts organization that offers year-round engagement, including special event premieres and pre-release screenings, film production workshops for kids, satellite festivals in Boston, Miami, and Philadelphia, and touring programs that screen in theaters nationwide.
Winners of the Festival's juried prizes are eligible for consideration at the annual Academy Awards®.

Youngabout

Youngabout, Italia
http://www.youngabout.com
Festival Creation : 1995
Festival Dates : March
Public attendance : 10,000 visitors
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Best Feature Film, Best Short Film

Festival Description : A true beehive of new ideas, a virtual trip around the world through very varied films and using many disciplines which unite visual arts, new technology, and television productions. The jury is made up of 50 students from high schools and Universities.