Tricks for Kids
Films to laugh, marvel and learn
Immerse yourself in the exciting world of animation: with film programmes for children and young people, the Tricks for Kids short film competition or as a member of the kids jury.
Where cinema becomes a rollercoaster!
Tricks for Kids short film competition
Short films from all over the world that enchant and touch, entertain and make you think – that’s what Tricks for Kids is all about. Foreign-language films are spoken live in German. If the filmmakers are guests at the festival, they join the young audience at the cinema and answer their questions.
The Tricks for Kids short film competition also includes an award ceremony: On the large open-air stage, the kids jury presents the Tricks for Kids Award to the strongest short film for children. And what happens when children make their own animated films? We’ll show you!
Magical short films to discover, laugh and marvel at – for all animated film fans from Kindergarten and primary school to teenage years.
For young film professionals
Kids Jury
Children themselves become active in the Tricks for Kids short film competition: film enthusiasts between the ages of ten and twelve have the opportunity to take part in the festival as kids jurors. You can apply from January onwards.
The kids jury acts like a professional film jury at the Festival: watch exciting animated short films and discuss them together as well as award a real prize to the winning film on the big open-air stage at the Tricks for Kids award ceremony on Sunday! All this is possible as a kids juror at the ITFS.
In addition, the jury members will be named on the homepage like the adult competition juries and will receive free accreditation for the festival. The jury work will be professionally supervised by an experienced media educator during the festival week.
