Kidscreen

Kidscreen
http://kidscreen.com
https://www.facebook.com/Kidscreen
Awards Creation : 2010
Awards Dates : February
Animated Film Awards : Kidscreen Awards
2015 on Children's Film Festivals Database.

Festival Description : KidScreen is the leading international trade publication serving the informational needs and interests of kids entertainment professionals. Published eight times a year, the magazine’s editorial content provides comprehensive analysis of the news, issues, trends, market shifts and opportunities having an impact on all sectors of the business, including TV production, distribution &programming, licensing &retail, marketing &promotions, gaming &digital media, feature films, home entertainment and publishing. KidScreen’s cross-disciplinary approach to coverage mirrors the way the kids entertainment operates, and makes it unique in the trade publishing space serving this audience.
KidScreen Award is an annual children's programming and broadcasting awards.

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.

Singapour International Children's Film Festival

Singapour International Children's Film Festival (Big Eyes, Big Minds) Singapore
http://www.bigeyesbigminds.com
Festival Creation : 2010
Festival Dates : June
Public attendance : 3000 visitors
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Best Film For Kids Under 5,  Best Animated Film Award, The Audience Choice Award
2015 on Award-Winning Animated Films of International Children's Film Festivals Database.

Festival Description : Dedicated to kids aged 2 to 18 years old, Big Eyes, Big Minds - Singapore International Children's Film Festival showcases the best, new films for young people from around the world. We screen age-appropriate films that are always about kids, with stories from the perspective of the child or youth. Our quest is to show culturally-diverse, thought-provoking and value-affirming films that kids will connect with. It is our mission to educate, enrich and inspire!

KidzFlicks

KidzFlicks, The Sydney International Festival of Films by Children, Autralia
http://www.bardicstudio.com.au
https://www.facebook.com/BardicStudio
Festival Creation : 2011
Public attendance : No information about visitors
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Only for films made by children.

Festival Description : KidzFlicks focus on films made made by children 12 years of age and younger. The festival is a project of the Bardic Studio, a charity that supports the production, distribution and exhibition of child produced films.

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.

SICAF (children's section)

SICAF, Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival, South Korea
http://sicaf.org
https://www.facebook.com/hello.sicaf
Festival Creation : 1995
Festival Dates : May
Public attendance : 393,910 visitors (2015 information)
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Special Distinction, Special Prize, Audience's Choice (for SICAF KID in competition)

Festival Description : SICAF is Korea’s largest cartoon and animation festival, and is a venue for cultural exchanges, bringing together cartoons and animated works from all around the world in one spot. The festival has a kids's section : SICAT KID.

Testimonial about the children's film festivals database :
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Kaye Lee, Programmer / Manager, SICAF.

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (Children's section)

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (Children's section), France
http://www.clermont-filmfest.com
https://www.facebook.com/Clermontferrandshortfilmfestival
Festival Creation : 1979. Children's section : 2015
Festival Dates : February
Public attendance : 100 000 visitors (35 000 children) .
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Best short film, youth audience category.
No information about Award-Winning animated children films.

Festival Description : The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is the world's leading film festival dedicated to short films and is the second largest film festival in France, after Cannes, in terms of audience and professional attendance, boasting over 100,000 attendees annually.
For the first time, in 2015, a competition will be held in the youth audience category. The best short film will be rewarded by pupils and a member of Canal + Family.

Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival

Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival, Kenya
http://www.lolakenyascreen.org
https://www.facebook.com/LolaKenyaScreen
Festival Creation : 2005
Public attendance : No information about visitors
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Golden Mboni Award for the best children’s film, 14-Plus Award for the best youth film. Other prizes include the Most Creative Project, Children’s Rights, Best Animation.

Festival Description : Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival exhibits the best possible films, both local and international, for children, youth and family. It showcases films in all kinds of formats, categories and genres. The festival focuses on films by children, films for children and films involving children and youth. During the festival, children and youth serve on the film selection committee and on the film jury. The festival is a part of Lola Kenya Screen film.

Boston International Kids Film Festival

Boston International Kids Film Festival, USA
http://bikff.org
https://www.facebook.com/BostonInternationalKidsFilmFest
Festival Creation : 1997
Festival Dates : November
Public attendance : 25,000 visitors
Festival Type : Competitive (most of the selected films are live-action films and not animated films)
Animated Film Awards : Best Feature, Best Short, Audience Choice
No awards for Animated Children's films in 2014 and 2015.

Festival Description : The Boston International Kids Film Festival, geared towards teens and their families, is a three-day festival of juried films for, about, and by kids, along with workshops and lots of mentoring opportunities. The BIKFF is presented by Filmmakers Collaborative, which encourages and supports the making of great films and media projects by people of all ages and experience levels.

Adelaide Kids Film Festival

Adelaide Kids Film Festival, Australia
http://akff.com.au
Festival Creation : 2012
Festival Dates : November
Public attendance : 10,000 visitors or less
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Best Junior and Best Senior Animation for films made by kids
2013, 2014, 2015 on Award-Winning Animated Films of International Children's Film Festivals Database.

Festival Description : Adelaide Kids Film Festival (AKFF) is an annual film festival for kids by kids. AKFF is dedicated to increasing access and participation for Deaf and hard of hearing young people in South Australia and encourages all young people to make and view films.

Auburn Film Festival

Auburn, International Film Festival for Children and Young Adult, Australia
http://cinewest.org
https://www.facebook.com/CINEWEST
Festival Creation : 1997
Festival Dates : September
Public attendance : 10,000 visitors or less
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Best short film by children, Best short film by adults about/for children
2013, 2014, 2015 on Children's Film Festivals Database.

Festival Description : Since 2003, Cinewest has been subsidized by Sydney Olympic Park Authority to deliver a series of projects annually such as; ‘Media Literacy and Digital Filmmaking Workshop‘, ‘Short Soup International Short Film Festival‘, ‘Cinewest Cinémathèque‘ and ‘Kids In The Park Film Festival‘ : Auburn Film Festival for Children and Young Adult.

Testimonial about the children's film festivals database :
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Bradley Barnden, Festival Registrar of Auburn Film Festival.

USA Film Festival (children's section)

USA Film Festival, KidFilm, USA
http://usafilmfestival.com
https://www.facebook.com/USAFilmFestival
Festival Creation : 1970. Children's Section Creation (KidFilm) : 1978
Festival Dates : January
Public attendance : 8,000 visitors
Festival Type : Non competitive

Festival Description : KidFilm is an annual outreach program of the USA Film Festival/Dallas, a 501c3 nonprofitorganization dedicated to the recognition and promotion of excellence in the film and video arts. Through its year-round multicultural programs and special events, the USA Film Festival provides an opportunity for the public to discover films not scheduled for commercial distribution and sheds new light on familiar films by facilitating discussion and encounters with filmmakers and lecturers.

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.

Buster

Buster, Denmark
http://www.buster.dk
https://www.facebook.com/busterfilmfestival
Festival Creation : 2000
Festival Dates : September
Public attendance : 35,000 visitors
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Best Film For Children
2014, 2015 on Children's Film Festivals Database.

Festival Description : As Denmark's largest film festival for children and youth, BUSTER directs its attention towards both schools and families. Films on BUSTER are entertaining, funny, heartbreaking, educational, scary and so much more. A range of well over 130 feature films, shorts and documentaries are each year selected to be part of BUSTER Film Festival for Children and Youth, which runs in September. More than 300 events are planned to take place during BUSTER's mere 17 days festival ranging from film screenings in cinemas and other cultural institutions to workshops and Q&A's with directors and actors visiting the festival.

Carrousel

Carrousel International du Film, Festival international de cinéma jeunesse de Rimouski, Canada
http://www.carrousel.qc.ca
https://www.facebook.com/carrousel.rimouski
Festival Creation : 1983
Festival Dates : September
Public attendance : 15,000 visitors
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Prix Camério, Best short film 12 and under, Best feature Film 12 and under
2014, 2015 on Children's Film Festivals Database.

Festival Description : Carrousel international du film de Rimouski is a children's film festival taking place each year in Rimouski, Quebec. The jury is composed of children from various countries.

Chicago International Children's Film Festival

Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Facets Children's Programs, USA
http://www.cicff.org
http://www.facets.org/children+youth/festival
Festival Creation : 1983
Festival Dates : October
Public attendance : 25,000 visitors
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Best of the Fest, Special Prizes, Children's Jury Prizes, Youth Jury Prizes, Adult Jury Prizes
2013, 2014, 2015 on Award-Winning Animated Films of International Children's Film Festivals Database.

Festival Description : Actually one of the largest festival of films for children in the world, Facets was the first competitive festival of films for children in the U S and the first Academy Award qualifying festival for children in the world.
The impetus for the Festival came from a need to introduce new, culturally diverse films for children to American children's audiences, and to recognize excellence in children's filmmaking. In addition, the Festival sought to empower children by involving them directly in the jurying process. From its inception, the Festival has had independent juries of children and adult media professionals awarding prizes in multiple categories.
Films that win 1st prize from the Adult Jury in the category Animated Short may become eligible to enter the Academy Awards® competition.
For more information, http://www.cicff.org and http://www.facets.org/children+youth/festival

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.

FICAIJ

FICAIJ, Festival International de Cine y Audiovisual Infantil y Juvenil, Venezuela
http://ficaij.blogspot.jp
Festival Creation : 2010
Festival Dates : May
Public attendance : 10,000 visitors or less
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Best Children’s Animation, Special mention category: Best Children and/or Young People’s Production.

Festival Description : FICAIJ's mission is to discover and promote children's film in Venezuela. A four-day festival with workshops. TheFestival allows registration of films “Made for children and/or young people”, as well as “Made by children and/or young people”.

Filem'On

Filem'On, Brussels International Children’s Film Festival,  BegiumFilemon Kinderfilmfestival
http://filemon.be
https://www.facebook.com/filemonfestival
Festival Creation : 2002
Festival Dates : October
Public attendance : No information about visitors
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards : Best Short Film, Special Mention
2014, 2015 on Award-Winning Animated Films of International Children's Film Festivals Database.

Festival Description : The Mission of Filem’On is audiovisual formation by the programming of films that children see, little or not: short movies, documentaries, previews. Most of the time this program is set in a larger theme that covers social, educational, ecological, anthropological and of course artistic elements. The audiovisual formation is a crucial aspect for the development of children, because it enables them to expand their self image and their view on their surrounding world and it gives them the occasion to express their inner feelings. Filem’On aims at all children from 3 to 15 years and want to focus attention specifically on children who get less access to audiovisual formation. Filem’On brings filmmakers, musicians and visual artists together to stimulate and to produce interesting cross-overs.

Golden Kuker

Golden Kuker, Bulgaria
http://2015.animationfest-bg.eu
https://www.facebook.com/goldenkukerfest
Festival Creation : 2010
Festival Dates : May
Public attendance : No information visitors
Festival Type : Competitive
Animated Film Awards (children's section) : Best Short Film made for kids

Festival Description : The mission of the IAFF Golden Kuker-Sofia is to contribute to the development of Bulgarian art, to help Bulgarian and foreign animators get in touch and to support young professionals and students. The animation festival attracts not only children but large audience from different generations. IAFF Golden Kuker-Sofia has achieved high-level of professional performance, large number of international appearances, and variety of great animation works. Throughout the whole year people have the opportunity to attend master classes led by world known directors and animators, visit contemporary art seminars and exhibitions, and join interactive lectures.