Cinemira Budapest International Children's Film Festival 2024

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Category
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS
Deadline | Event Dates (period)
31 May 2023
City
Budapest, Hungary
Email
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Edition
6
Final submission deadline
2024-06-20
Submission/Registration Fee
Yes

Event Description: Cinemira International Children's and Youth Film Festival is designed for professionals who are creating films for young audiences. It takes place in the center of the beautiful and exciting Budapest in the autumn. In 2024 Cinemira TEEN and Cinemira KIDS will take place in the fall. During the festival, we have a competition for short films (live-action and animation) from all over the world and a selection of the best feature films for children. We have 6 awards including prize awards. Cinemira organizes an Industry Forum day where we present a Pitch Forum for TV series and film projects for young audiences. Also, we invite internationally acclaimed professionals to give lectures on how to create relevant content for children. Cinemira is an interactive film festival, for that, there are animation, filmmaking, make-up, stunt, dance choreography, and casting workshops for children and their families. Cinemira launches a market where you can find the best books, comics, and posters related to children's films. Behind the festival, there is the team of the Hungarian Children's Film Academy that develops workshops for children aged 10-18 in the areas of film, television, and new media throughout the year and also produces films for children. Cinemira is a member of the European Children's Film Association (ECFA).

2024 Call for Entries

The 6th Cinemira International Children's and Youth Film Festival will take place from 16 to 20 October 2024 in Budapest, Hungary. Cinemira International Children's and Youth Film Festival is accepting short live-action, short animation for children and teens made by professionals.

Eligibility criteria:

  • Only works with a release date after January 1, 2022, will be allowed to participate in the competitive sections.
  • Cinemira KIDS: Short films of up to a maximum of 10 or 15 minutes in length can participate in the competitions in the KIDS section.
  • Cinemira TEEN: short films of a maximum of 20 minutes in length can participate in the competitions in the TEEN section. Films made by high school students category: films of a maximum of 7 minutes in length can participate in this category.

Competition sections:

  • International Competition of Short Animated Films for Children (separately for 4-6,7-9, 10-14 years old)
  • International Competition of Short Live-action Films for Children (separately for 7-9, 10-14 years old)
  • International Competition of Short Animated Films for Teens (14-19 years old)
  • International Competition of Short Live-Action Films for Teens (14-19 years old)
  • National competition of best screenplay for children
  • National competition of best series script for children and youth
  • National competition of films made by high school children

Panorama Sections:

  • Outstanding international Feature-length film for children (BY INVITATION ONLY)\
  • Retrospective Hungarian films

Awards:

Main Awards (Golden Squirrel)

Best short fiction for children (international)
Best short animation for children (international)
Children's Jury Award for best short Hungarian children's film (national)

Best short fiction for TEEN (international)
Best short animation for TEEN (international)
Youth Jury Award for best short Hungarian film for TEENS (national)

ECFA short film Award Cinemira KIDS (international)

The best film made by high school students (national)

Best Script - Cinemira Film Pitch Award (national)
Best Script - Cinemira Junior Film Pitch Award (national)

In 2023, the Festival awarded a total of nearly 4,000 euros in prize money in 3 competitions.

 

 
 

Event Dates

  • From 16 October 2024 to 20 October 2024

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