Cinemira Budapest International Children's Film Festival 2025

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).

2025 Call for Entries

Eligibility criteria:

• Only works with a release date after January 1, 2023, 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 YOUTH: short films of a maximum of 20 minutes in length can participate in the competitions in the YOUTH section. Films made by high school students category: films of a maximum of 7 minutes in length can participate in this category.

Competition sections

a. International Competition of Short Animated films for Children (separately for 4-6,7-9, 10-14 years old)
b.International Competition of Short Live-Action films for Children (separately for 7-9, 10-14 years old)
c, International Competition of Short Animated Films for Teens (14-19 years old)
d, International Competition of Short Live-Action Films for Teens (14-19 years old)
e, National Competition of best Screenplay for Children (Cinemira Pitch Forum)
f, National Competition of best Series Script for Children and Youth (Cinemira Pitch Forum)
g, National competition of Films Made by High School Children

• Festival Regulations and submission via FilmFreeway
• Deadline: 15 March 2025 (early bird), 1 May 2025 (regular), 20 June 2025 (last-minute deadline)
• Fees: required