Festival Description: IndieJúnior - International Children’s and Youth Film Festival of Porto is an annual event that shows the best Portuguese and international films made by, for, or about children and youth. Aiming at education as well as entertainment, the film festival promotes the culture of film watching, media literacy, and alternative learning among children and youth. Each year the festival organizes screenings for schools and families, workshops, talks, and debates around cinema, and special screenings such as film concerts or screenings for babies and their parents. The festival integrates an international competition for a feature and short films watched by three juries (official, schools, and audience). Several films competing for the awards are selected by students from preschool to high school, which are part of the educational activity “I program a film festival!”.

2027 IndieJúnior - International Children’s and Youth Film Festival of Porto Call for Entries

Eligibility criteria

To apply to IndieJúnior´s International Competition, films must fulfill all the following criteria:

• Fiction, animation, documentary, or experimental short (up to 45 minutes)
• Completed in either 2025, 2026 or 2027; 
• The festival may, in exceptional circumstances, decide to select films that do not fulfill one or more of these criteria. Such selection is at the discretion of the festival organizers.

Juries and Awards

IndieJúnior official awards are:
a) jury composed of adults and young people who will attribute the Award for Impact Film (1000 Euros);
b) an audience jury that will give the Audience Award (300 Euros);

Juries will be able to assign honorable mentions when deemed necessary;

• Submissions via FilmFreeway
• Deadline: Early bird 8 July 2026 Regular deadline 10 September 2026 Extended Deadline 30 September 2026