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International CHINH INDIA KIDS FILM FESTIVAL (20)

Deadlines

16 Nov 2025
Call for entries

15 Mar 2026
Early deadline

19 Jul 2026
Standard deadline

18 Aug 2026
Late deadline

20 Sep 2026
Extended deadline

8
mths

09 Nov 2026
Notification date

09 Nov 2026
09 Nov 2026

Address

WZ 131A MEENAKSHI GARDEN, 110018, NEW DELHI, DELHI, India

Festival description

Children Films

Short film festival >1' 30'<

Feature film festival 120'<

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Genres

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

April 2021

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films >1' 30'<

Feature Films 120'<

AI Tools

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: 20)

Festival start: 09 November 2026 Festival end: 09 November 2026

20th International Chinh India Kids Film Festival

Initiated in the backdrop of 60th year of India's Independence, CHINH INDIA KIDS FILM FESTIVAL and FORUM is an initiative to celebrate knowledge,ideas and perspectives on culture, development and education in context of children programming.

The objective of the CHINH INDIA KIDS FILM FESTIVAL is to inculcate taste for quality children programme and to generate awareness about new genre, innovations, and formats linking education with culture & development issues among children.

The highlight of CHINH INDIA KIDS FILM FESTIVAL is intelligence exchange sessions of children with experts to share, voice and express their views.

In CHINH INDIA KIDS FILM FESTIVAL, childrens' opinion matters and they decide the winners.

The video clippings of the children jury and judgement process is uploaded on https://www.chinh.in/cikff

Test your children programmes with INDIAN CHILDREN JURY.

CIKFF JURY 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V99SC565XLg

CIKFF KIDS for KIDS JURY 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFN6Y_D2Omk

CIKFF JURY 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDswTPGoX7w

CIKFF JURY 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wqQlK2K5j4

ANIMATION JURY 2015
https://youtu.be/728R2vqN9tU

TEEN JURY 2015
https://youtu.be/3K2U75RXCws

KIDS FOR KIDS JURY 2015
https://youtu.be/cRYh5DRD-AQ

EARLY EDUCATION JURY 2015
https://youtu.be/XmgXMT3vMDc

PRE SCHOOL JURY 2015
https://youtu.be/p4y4quripa8

Prizes and qualifications

20 Awards in various categories:

-CHINH GOLD

-CHINH SILVER

-CHINH BRONZE

-CHINH SPECIAL JURY

Rules

1. Films of all genre are welcome in CIKFF.

2. Films are judged only by KIDS JURY.

3. Selection of the films would entirely be on discretion of Children Advisory Board of CHINH EARLY EDUCATION WEB CHANNEL.

4. The music tracks used in the film should be original or be cleared of copyright by the filmmaker or producer. The festival would not be responsible for any copyright violation vis-a-vis music rights for screening the film.

Fims made by School Students

Short Films (2021+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 33%

Early 28$ 25.76$ 18.76$ 15 Mar 26

Standard 32$ 29.44$ 21.44$ 19 Jul 26

Late 35$ 32.2$ 23.45$ 18 Aug 26

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 26.8$ 20 Sep 26

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Submissions deadline
20 Sep 26

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Films made by School Students. ( Any Format. Any Duration)

Films Upto 120 Minutes

Short Films >1' 120'< (2021+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 33%

Early 28$ 25.76$ 18.76$ 15 Mar 26

Standard 32$ 29.44$ 21.44$ 19 Jul 26

Late 35$ 32.2$ 23.45$ 18 Aug 26

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 26.8$ 20 Sep 26

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Films suitable for children in any format - animation, documentary, fiction, experimental, music video Maximum Duration 120 Minutes

Films Upto 30 Minutes

Short Films >1' 30'< (2021+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 33%

Early 28$ 25.76$ 18.76$ 15 Mar 26

Standard 32$ 29.44$ 21.44$ 19 Jul 26

Late 35$ 32.2$ 23.45$ 18 Aug 26

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 26.8$ 20 Sep 26

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Films suitable for children in any format - animation, documentary, fiction, experimental, music video Maximum Duration 30 Minutes

Films Upto 10 Minutes

Short Films >1' 10'< (2021+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 33%

Early 28$ 25.76$ 18.76$ 15 Mar 26

Standard 32$ 29.44$ 21.44$ 19 Jul 26

Late 35$ 32.2$ 23.45$ 18 Aug 26

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 26.8$ 20 Sep 26

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Films suitable for children in any format - animation, documentary, fiction, experimental, music video. Maximum Duration 10 Minutes

Films Upto 5 Minutes

Short Films >1' 5'< (2021+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 33%

Early 28$ 25.76$ 18.76$ 15 Mar 26

Standard 32$ 29.44$ 21.44$ 19 Jul 26

Late 35$ 32.2$ 23.45$ 18 Aug 26

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 26.8$ 20 Sep 26

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Films suitable for children in any format - animation, documentary, fiction, experimental, music video . Maximum Duration 5 Minutes

Films Upto 60 Minutes

Short and Feature Films >1' 60'< (2021+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 33%

Early 28$ 25.76$ 18.76$ 15 Mar 26

Standard 32$ 29.44$ 21.44$ 19 Jul 26

Late 35$ 32.2$ 23.45$ 18 Aug 26

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 26.8$ 20 Sep 26

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Films suitable for children in any format - animation, documentary, fiction, experimental, music video Maximum Duration 60 Minutes

AI Generated films

Short and Feature Films (2021+)

Fee

-8%

PRO 33%

Early 28$ 25.76$ 18.76$ 15 Mar 26

Standard 32$ 29.44$ 21.44$ 19 Jul 26

Late 35$ 32.2$ 23.45$ 18 Aug 26

Extended 40$ 36.8$ 26.8$ 20 Sep 26

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Al Generated Films of any duration

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