The 36th International Film Festival for Children and Youth will take place from October 5th to 10th, 2024 in the historical city of Isfahan with the participation of Cinema Organization, Farabi Cinema Foundation, and Isfahan Municipality. It is intended to promote peace and tolerance, realize moral values, raise awareness and hope among children and young adults, and to discover young talents in both competitive and non-competitive sections.
This year, the festival will have a special look at family films with family values.
A) Competition of long-length films and animations
The running time of the long-length films should be at least 75 minutes. The following prizes will be awarded by the jury:
1) Golden Butterfly for the Best Film
2) Golden Butterfly for the Best Animation
3) Golden Butterfly for the Best Director of Feature Film
4) Golden Butterfly for the Best Director of Animation
5) Golden Butterfly for the Best Screenplay
6) Golden Butterfly for the Best Actor/Actress
7) Golden Butterfly for the Best Artistic Contribution
The Children and Youth Jury also present an award to the director of their selected film.
B) Competition of Short Films and Animation
The Running time of the short films should be a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 20 minutes.
The jury will dedicate the following prizes to the winners:
1) Golden Butterfly for the Best Short Film
2) Golden Butterfly for the Best Director of Short Film
3) Golden Butterfly for the Best Director of Short Animation
4) Special Jury Award
C) Non-Competitive Section
Retrospective of the prominent Iranian or non-Iranian films
Rules & Regulations
1) Films will be selected by the Festival director.
2) Films which were not accepted in the previous editions are not eligible.
3) Films which had been already released in Iran (theatrical, TV, VOD, etc.) are not eligible.
4) All films will be classified into 2 age groups: children (5 – 9 years) and youth (10 -17 years).
5) The production date of the applied films must be after January 2023.
Film Submission
1) Applicants must first register the film on the festival website, portal.icff.ir, and then send an MP4 previewing link with English subtitles to the secretariat along with the director’s photo, biography, filmography, film poster, brochure, and at least 3 film stills.
2) The registration will be open from July 10th to August 22nd, 2024.
3) The deadline for submitting the original version of the selected film is September 21st, 2024. If the final version is not presented on the scheduled date, the festival secretariat reserves the right to withdraw the film from all the announced programs.
4) The festival secretariat is responsible for scheduling the screening of selected films.
5) By submitting the film to the festival the applicant agrees to all the Rules and Regulations of the festival. It is worth mentioning that, after the official announcement of the festival and receiving the approval from the producer or the legal distributor of the films, there is no possibility for cancelling the screenings.
6) Taking the final decisions about unforeseen cases is at the sole and absolute discretion of the festival director.
Address of the Festival Secretariat:
Farabi Cinema Foundation /Building No. 3
2454, Corner of Lankaran St., Vali-Asr Ave., Tehran 1434843631 Iran
Phone: 021- 88194257, 021- 88880328
E-mail: intl@icff.ir
Website: https://en.icff.ir