SCHLiNGEL International Film Festival

Up to 25.000 German pupils and film enthusiasts as well as 600 experts of the international industry saw productions from all over the world at the last editions of IFF SCHLiNGEL. Be a part of it with your short, animated or feature film for children and young audience in 2021! SCHLiNGEL is one of the largest platforms for international children’s and youth films in Europe. Every year in autumn, the SCHLiNGEL festival collects an overview of current productions from all over the world. The extraordinary, brand-new and diverse productions are accompanied with podium discussions, talks, workshops and the IFF SCHLiNGEL Industry Forum. There is a particular emphasis on educational sessions on film and media for kindergartens and schools through practical activities. Beyond the festival week, SCHLiNGEL acquires licenses and supports dubbing versions in order to motivate distributors and broadcasting companies in Germany to integrate festival films in their programmes. In addition to the annual staging of the SCHLiNGEL International Film Festival, matinee tours have been established across Saxony. Selected productions are brought to a larger international audience outside the festival as well. This is the aim behind diverse international film presentations, for example in China, Israel, Canada and Russia. Opening Date for Short Films is February 1, Feature Films can be submitted from March 1. IFF SCHLiNGEL is co-organized by Sächsische Landesanstalt für privaten Rundfunk und neue Medien (SLM)