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About the Festival
Over the past decade, Children’s Film Festival Seattle has become the largest and most respected film festival on the West Coast dedicated to children and their families. Each year, Northwest Film Forum selects more than 165 international children’s films from 40 countries, reaching more than 10,000 people during festival screenings in Seattle and a subsequent festival tour of 15-20 U.S. cities.
All over the world, filmmakers are crafting works of exhilarating imagination and creativity just for kids; Northwest Film Forum curates the best of these films and presents them to Seattle families.The 12-day extravaganza celebrates the best and brightest in international cinema for children, featuring live performances, animation, features, shorts and hands-on education workshops, all crafted with care to appeal to the next generation of movie lovers.
By showcasing innovative, inspiring and fun films from around the globe, we promote delight, discussion and even debate while sparking interest in different languages and ways of life, as our young audience members leave with a better understanding of film as one of the greatest means of storytelling ever created.
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2017 Festival: Jan 26 - Feb 11Call For Entries
Children's Film Festival Seattle is now accepting submissions for the 2017 festival. The submission deadline is Oct 7, 2016. Filmmakers are strongly encouraged to submit films earlier.
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2016 Award WinnersOur 2016 festival wrapped on Jan. 31, after 11 joyous days of packed crowds, intensive workshops, enthusiastic juries, visiting filmmakers, VIPs from the all over the world, and 167 films from 47 countries!
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