Film submission form

BARNEFILMFESTIVALEN 2027

Film entry BFF 2027

Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival (BFF) is Norway’s largest film festival aimed at children and youth (aged 3-19).

The festival takes place in the towns of Kristiansand, Arendal and Farsund, located in the beautiful Southern part of Norway.

The 30th edition of BFF will take place from the 18th to the 23rd of April 2027.

Deadlines

We accept entries of short films, feature films and documentaries – both live action and animation, from all over the world. Note that we only accept films with first official screening date after January 1st, 2026.

  • Main entry deadline: January 1st, 2027.
  • Deadline for Norwegian short films: 1st of February 2027. Films completed in 2026/2027.

Please note that we will only be in touch if your film is chosen for BFF 2027.

Questions?

Please contact us if you have any questions:

festival@bff.no

Our main competitions for the next festival edition are:

  • Best Inernational Feature Film
  • Best Norwegian Short Film
  • Best Norwegian Pitch (TV series or feature film idea)
  • Best European Feature Film
  • Best European Documantary Film
  • Best International Feature Film for Children
  • Best International Short Film for Children
  • Best International Feature Film for Youth
  • Best International Short Film for Youth
  • Audience Award

Basics

(English title)
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Classification

(note: multiple options allowed!)

Production details

Month completed
Year completed

About the film

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(preferably with english subtitles)
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Images and other files

(up to 5 stills)
Maximum file size: 5 MB, allowed extensions: jpg or png.
(festival catalogue print quality)
Maximum file size: 10 MB, allowed file types: jpg, pdf, png, psd or tiff.
(optional)
Up to 5 files, maximum 5 MB per file, various file types allowed.

Screening

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Director

Producer

Production company

Sales agent

Other credits


We ask you to send us a screener first. The screener is a copy of the film we will be using during the selection process. The screener must be subtitled in English.

When your film is selected for the festival we will ask you to send us a master. The master is the copy we will use for projecting your film on the big screen.

Screener submission

(English subtitles required)
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