14th Seoul International Children’s Film Festival – Call for Entry 2026

By Asian Film Festival on March 4, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

The Seoul International Children’s Film Festival (Korea) is accepting films made by professionals until April 20, and short films made by young filmmakers until May 26, 2026.

About the festival:
The principal objective of the Seoul International Children’s Film Festival (SICFF) is to present the most outstanding films for children, youth, and families produced from all over the world. Established in 2013, SICFF strives to encourage the youth who will lead the film industry and support them to get various opportunities. SICFF realizes the importance of culture that all the family members can share and cherish. SICFF attempts to introduce a variety of genres from domestic and foreign dealing with different and necessary themes regarding children.

Eligibility:
– The festival accepts films that deal with ‘children, youth & family’ issues and themes regardless of genre.
– The festival accepts shorts (under 40 minutes) and feature films (over 40 minutes).
– The Feature Competition, Short Competition, and Animation Competition accepts films completed after January 1, 2024.
– The Children Competition (directors must be 15 years old or younger) accepts films completed after January 1, 2025.
– The festival doesn’t accepts previously submitted.
– If the dialogue is not English, the film needs to be subtitled in English. Additionally, all entrants must provide the festival with a script (including the exact time code for each dialogue) either in English or Korean.
– International Films should submit via FilmFreeway and Korean Films should submit via the festival’s website.
– Submission Fee: FREE
– Deadlines:
* Feature, Short, and Animation Competition – April 20, 2026
* Children Competition – May 26, 2026
– Notification Date: August 3, 2026