October 15th – 18th 2025
The Children’s International Film Festival of Wales celebrates the best and brightest in International film programmes for children, students, and professional filmmakers from across the world. This includes short films, feature films, animations, and films that inspires younger generations.
Our festival showcases films made by youth and professionals in animation, live-action, and documentary, while local filmmakers have a special category to aid in supporting local talent. The festival will not only feature two days of amazing films, but a prestigious red carpet awards ceremony to celebrate the films that have been selected and nominated for the 2025 Festival.
The festival promotes visual storytelling for children of all ages. We welcome individuals, schools, media academies, colleges, and professional film makers to submit their films.
We welcome stories from all genres including: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Comedy Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Crime, and the absolute best in age-appropriate films. We also look for creative uniqueness, and the best in fiction and non-fiction. All films will be grouped according to age range (Awards & Prizes).
Festival Timeline
Regular Deadline July 11th 2025
Final Deadline for submissions will be: 1st August 2025.
Notification of selected films will be sent out by September 1st 2025.
The event will take place from Wednesday October 15th to Saturday October 18th 2025.
This year, the festival will be held at our new building, The Queen’s Ballroom.
Good luck & we hope to see you soon!