Comparteix l'amor pel cinema, fes que els aficionats al cinema vulguin veure pel·lícules de qualitat, aprendre el llenguatge del 7è Art, fomentar la creació artística.
Els festivals de cinema només tenen lloc durant uns quants dies i, malauradament, no hi tenen accés prou nens, però són una fabulosa font d'informació per trobar una pel·lícula infantil, de la mateixa manera que el empreses de producció audiovisual, escoles d'animació i el directors que ofereixen la possibilitat de veure les seves pel·lícules de forma gratuïta a Internet.
Molts festivals de cinema estan dedicats als nens, festivals de llargmetratges, festivals de curtmetratges, festivals de cinema d'animació, competitius o no competitius.

© Christophe Defaye. Festival Internacional de Cinema Infantil i Juvenil de Busan.
Alguns són molt grans com Chicago o Nova York amb més de 30.000 espectadors a l'any, d'altres són molt més petits amb només uns pocs centenars d'espectadors, però tots comparteixen la mateixa vocació formidable: mostrar pel·lícules de qualitat als nens.
Descobriu i compartiu noves obres mestres
Per tal d'estar al dia dels festivals internacionals Films pour enfants, hem creat una base de dades sobre els festivals Films pour enfants.una base de dades sobre festivals Films pour enfants
Molt pràctic per a directors, directors de festivals amb qui estem en contacte. Això permet entendre la línia editorial de cada festival i, per descomptat, descobrir noves obres mestres.
Aquí teniu una llista no exhaustiva de festivals de cinema en francès.
Llista per ordre alfabètic.
Lloc i data: Haute-Savoie department, June
Creació: 1960.
Visitants: 120,000
Preu: Crystal for feature film, short film and graduation film. Jury prize, audience award and many special prizes. Since 2017, young audience prize and junior jury prize.
Descripció: A world reference for animation cinema, the Annecy festival grew out of a meeting between a Haute-Savoie film club and the JICA (International Animation Film Days), which had taken place since 1956 alongside the Cannes Film Festival. The JICA moved to Annecy in 1960 and eventually became the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The MIFA (International Animation Film Market), created in 1986, takes place during festival week.
Lloc i data: Alpes-Maritimes department, October
Creació: 2018
Descripció: The Cabrioles festival in Alpes-Maritimes, organised by the Ciné-Cabris association, offers children aged 3 to 10 animated films for young audiences, workshops, exhibitions and cinema snack sessions.
Lloc i data: Aisne department, March–April
Creació: 1983
Visitants: 40 000
Preu: Grand Prix Ciné Junior, Prix CICAE, Prix du Grain à démoudre, Prix des Collégiens, Prix du public.
Descripció: The Ciné-Jeune festival of Aisne, the first young-audience film festival created in France, takes place in Saint-Quentin and 25 other venues across the Aisne department. The Cine-Jeune association, whose aim is to promote quality cinema for children, organises media education activities in schools and other institutions serving young people.
Lloc i data: Val-de-Marne department, February
Creació: 1990
Visitants: 25 000
Preu: Grand Prix Ciné Junior, Prix CICAE, Prix du Grain à démoudre, Prix des Collégiens, Prix du public.
Descripció: The Cine Junior festival, organised by the Cinéma Public association, allows children and teenagers in Val-de-Marne to discover quality French and foreign films, with the aim of awakening the artistic sensibilities of young audiences. The festival publishes educational dossiers offering teachers topics for reflection.
Creació: 1979. A children's section was created in 2015.
Lloc i data: February
Visitants: 100,000 including 35,000 children
Descripció: The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is the world's largest cinema festival dedicated to short films. In terms of audience and professional attendance, it is the second-largest French film festival after Cannes. In 2015, a Young Audience competition was held for the first time. Cannes Film Festival.
Lloc i data: Normandy, November
Creació: 2000
Descripció: The association's main mission is media education for young audiences. The Du Grain à démoudre cinema festival, whose programming is entrusted to 30 young volunteers aged 12 to 25, takes place in Gonfreville l'Orcher, Le Havre and Harfleur.
Lloc i data: Lans-en-Vercors, December
Creació: 1987
Descripció: Jeunes Bobines is a young-audience cinema event offering a selection of films featuring characters played by children.
Lloc i data: Seine-et-Marne, January to May
Creació: 1993
Visitants: 30 000
Descripció: L'enfant et le 7e art is an itinerant festival spread across 18 towns in Seine-et-Marne. Organised by the Aux 4 coins de l'enfance association, the festival initiates cinema events to give young viewers a taste for cinema that is lively, creative, sometimes demanding and often different, inviting them to open up to the world, its cultures and its differences. Targeting schoolchildren, middle-school and high-school students, it offers a selection of animated films, fiction and documentaries, along with educational dossiers.
Lloc i data: Paris, October
Creació: 2002
Visitants: 16 000
Preu: Prix des Classes Jury, Prix du Jury Professionnel, Prix du Public, Special Mention.
Descripció: Initiated by the Paris city council and produced by the Enfances au Cinéma association, Mon Premier festival takes place every year in Paris during the All Saints' school holidays. Dedicated to young audiences from age 2, its aim is to awaken the youngest children's curiosity for the 7th art through a playful and educational approach to cinema.
Lloc i data: La Bourboule, June
Creació: 2002
Visitants: 16 000
Descripció: The Plein la bobine association's goal — both during the festival and throughout the school year — is to promote quality films in order to awaken the artistic curiosity of children and young adults. During the festival, educational materials for teachers allow for playful work with children after screenings.
Lloc i data: Biarritz, October
Creació: 2013
Descripció: The festival's commitment, in the spirit of an educational platform, is to guide children in the production and reception of images, teaching them to speak and read this specific yet universal language.
Lloc i data: Online, March–June
Creació: 2020
Visitants: 350,000
Preu: Children's Award.
Descripció: The Films pour enfants association created the Takorama festival under the patronage of the French National Commission for UNESCO during the 2020 lockdown, enabling children to stay in touch with teachers and discover cultural diversity through universal messages such as humanism, ecology and poetry. The high participation in 2020 led this one-off event to become annual. The festival, aimed at teachers and their students, is entirely free. Each teacher enrols their class and offers students educational activities following the film screenings. In a positive spirit, each child votes for their favourite film, shares their opinion and connects with others.