*IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT*
Kineko International Children’s Film Festival has made an official decision to cancel this year’s festival. It was a very hard and heavy decision for us to make. However, with the concerns about the spreading COVID-19 worldwide, and the potential effect on festival events, we have made this decision together.
We plan on holding the next festival tentatively in November, 2021. KICFF team will keep working on the preparation for the festival during this time period. We will keep in close contact with other children’s film festivals worldwide, and will not stop dedicating our efforts for a better future of children’s films.
If you are making films or made films that you think you would like to submit to our film festival, please save them until our next submission open date, which is estimated to be in April, 2021. We will accept films that were made from January, 2019 or later.
Thank you for your kind understanding. Please stay healthy and safe, we promise we will be back in 2021!
Sincerely,
Kineko International Children’s Film Festival Team
May, 2020.
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Kineko International Children's Film Festival was funded in 1992 with its original name "Tokyo Kinder Film Festival" in partnership with the director of Generation section at Berlinale.
KICFF is a non-profit film festival and has become the largest film festival for children in Japan. Every summer, the Festival welcomes over 10,000 children, adults to the screenings, and media professionals, international guests and celebrities attend the Festival to lead interactive workshops with children.
The festival introduces opportunities for Japanese children to experience cinemas around the world, animations, international cultural exchange programs and one of the most unique features, Live Japanese Voice Over performed by professional actors.
KICFF is a competitive festival and the decision is made by children.
This Festival also features year-round screenings and media literacy workshops for children around the cities of Japan.
The Best Short Film
Selected by Children Jury. No cash prize.
The Best Feature Film
Selected by Children Jury. No cash prize. The awarded film will be screening at Tokyo International Film Festival.