ICFFCY

International Children’s Film Festival of Cyprus (ICFFCY), Cyprus
http://www.icffcy.org
https://www.facebook.com/ChildrenandYouthFilmFestival
Festival Creation : 2005
Festival Dates : April
Public attendance :  No information about visitors
Festival Type : Competitive

Festival Description : ICFFCY is aimed at giving children the opportunity to explore and use media in all it’s different forms, view and discuss films, starting at an early age and encouraging a lifelong interest. The activities are selected according to the following criteria: educational aspects, relationships among children, youth and adults, non violence, respect for each other’s culture and backgrounds, respect for the environment and broadening the perspective of future citizens of the world.

CIFF

CIFF, Children's International Film Festival, Dubai, UAE
http://ciff.ae
https://www.facebook.com/iloveciff
Festival Creation : 2014
Festival Dates : April
Public attendance : 150,000 attendees at CIFF 2014
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Audience Choice Award : International Short Film, International Feature Film.
2015 on Award-Winning Animated Films of International Children's Film Festivals Database.

Festival Description : The aim of the festival is to encourage meaningful through provoking films for children and showcase amazing works of Filmmakers from around the world. CIFF was created by Deepak and Jyoti Jain, a couple who both have backgrounds in film and the arts who noticed that despite a plethora of film content, not enough of it was being made available to young cinema enthusiasts in the region.

Cine-Jeune

Cine-Jeune, France
https://cinejeune02.wordpress.com
https://www.facebook.com/cinejeunefestival
Festival Creation : 1982
Festival Type : Competitive
Festival Dates : April
Public attendance : 40,000 visitors
Animated film Awards : Best short films for children from 3 to 6 years, Best short films for children from 7 to 11 years, Youth Jury, best short film, ECFA Award

Festival Description : The festival Cine-Jeune (Ciné-Jeune de l’Aisne) take place in Saint-Quentin and 25 other places in the Aisne departement, France with more than 40,000 visitors.

CMS International Children’s Film Festival

CMS International Children’s Film Festival, Lucknow, India
http://www.cmsfilms.org
Festival Creation : 2007
Festival Type : Competitive
Festival Dates : April
Public attendance : 10,000 visitors
Animated Film Awards : Best Animation Film, Best Short Animation Film, Sh Jagdish Gandhi Special Jury, Special mention

Festival Description : CFF (City Montessori School)is a non-commercial, non profit-earning organization, working Purely for the promotion of educational films and the art of filmmaking. The sole purpose of this festival is to promote entertaining, educative cinema among young audiences and to explore the possibilities of using the visual medium as a tool for better entertaining, educational, material, human and spiritual upliftment.

Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival

Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Norway
http://barnefilmfestivalen.no
https://www.facebook.com/barnefilmfestivalen
Festival Creation : 1997
Festival Dates : April
Public attendance :15,000 visitors
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Film&Kino Children's Film Award, Audience Award

Festival Description : Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival is one of the largest and most important cultural event for children in Europe. One of the main goals of the festival is to present quality films to Norwegian buyers, in order to obtain distribution of more foreign films for children and young people in Norway. Animated films made by children, animated films made for children, workshops.

Taiwan International Children's TV and Film Festival

Taiwan International Children's TV and Film Festival, TICFF, Taiwan
http://www.ticff.org.tw
https://www.facebook.com/TICFF.tw
Festival Creation : 2004
Festival Dates : April, bi-annual, next : 2016
Public attendance : 20,000 visitors.
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Best Animation

Festival Description : Taiwan International Children’s Film Festival (TICFF) was founded by Public Television Service (PTS) in 2004 and it is the biggest children’s film festival in Asia. In addition to feature, documentary, animation and TV programs, TICFF holds an international competition with large-sum prizes for aspiring filmmakers to create works with original, interesting and multicultural perspectives.

TIFF Kids (non competitive)

TIFF Kids : Toronto International Film Festival, Canada
http://tiff.net/kids-family
https://www.facebook.com/TIFF
Festival Creation : 1998
Festival Dates : April
Public attendance : 25,000 visitors
Festival Type : Non competitive (Special prizes)
Animated Film Awards : Best Short Film, Young People's Jury Award

Festival Description : TIFF Kids is one of the largest children’s film festivals in the world. TIFF Kids offers a diverse slate of films from Canada and around the globe — films that take children and parents out of the everyday, and use the power of film to foster thought and encourage discussion about the complex and challenging issues facing young people today, and have lots of fun doing it.

VAFI

VAFI, International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival Varaždin, Croatia
http://www.vafi.hr
https://www.facebook.com/VAFI
Festival Creation : 2010
Festival Dates : April
Public attendance : 10,000 visitors
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Senior Mini, Senior Midi, Senior Maxi, Special mention

Festival Description : VAFI, International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival was founded in desire to make Varaždin and Croatia a place where children and youth, professionals, our guests and all animation lovers will be able to exchange their experience and make new friendships beyond their own states; a place where children and young people will enjoy films; where they will learn and associate at the same time. Animated films made by children and animated films made for children.

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