The 45th Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival will take place from 7 to 15 November 2026
The new programme is now published!
Oulu is the European Capital of Culture for the year 2026. The 45th Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival is part of the official Oulu2026 cultural programme and the cultural climate change.
Accreditation
Film industry professional, industry student, partner or media representative, you can get accredited for the festival!
Accreditation is free and there’s no deadline.
Stay at the festival hotel at a special rate.
Frozen Nights is an international film event for children and young people, organized in connection with
the Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival.
Youth Exhance: Oulu-Berlin
For the first time young people from Germany and Oulu will form together the festival’s Youth Jury and jointly award the Global Future Prize for the best film in the Youth Film Competition. This youth exhange is a collaboration project between Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival and the Federal Association for Youth and Film (BJF) and Finnland-Institut from Gemany.
Child's Day Award to Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival
Minister of Science and Culture Mari-Leena Talvitie has presented the Child's Day award to RanKids association in Joensuu and the Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival.
Photo: OKM/ Elviira Säkkinen
PROGRAMME