Awards and juries of 2024

During the festival, there are different competitions, different prizes and different juries. Discover the jury of 2024.

Kinderjury festival 2023
Daria Miasoedova

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Awards

Best film - international jury

Chicken for Linda! by directors Sébastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta (France, 2023, 6+)

  • cash prize of €2,500 (offered by TENTOO) for the director to support a new project.
  • is eligible for the ECFA award for best feature film of the year. This prize will be awarded at the Berlin International Film Festival.
  • nomination for the Felix Vanginderhuysen distribution prize
  • festival award

Best film - children's jury

Thabo and the rhino case by director Mara Eibl-Eibesfeldt (Germany, 2023, 6+)

  • festival award
  • nomination for the Felix Vanginderhuysen distribution award

Best short film - international jury

Crab by director Piotr Chmielewski (Poland, 2022, 9+)

  • cash prize of €1,250 for the director (offered by JEF) to support a new project.
  • festival award

Best short film - children’s jury

Litlle fan by director Sveta Yuferova (Germany, 2023, 6+)

  • festival award

Best short film - Film in hospital jury

Princess Eggplant by director Dina Velikovskaya (Germany, 2023, 6+)

  • festival award

Best short documentary - international jury

Us, boys by directors Charlotte Coeman and Arne Brown (Belgium, 2024, 9+)

  • cash prize of €500 for the director to support a new project.
  • festival award

Best short documentary - children’s jury

Hannah & The Crocodile by director Lore Mechelaere (Belgium, 2024, 9+)

  • festival award

Medialab award - children's jury

The imaginary friend by Steye Hellema (Belgium, Netherlands, 2023)

  • festival award

Audience award

Nina and the hedgehog's secret by directors Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli (France, Luxembourg, 2023, 6+)

  • festival award
  • nomination for the Felix Vanginderhuysen distribution award

International ECFA jury

The international ECFA jury awards three prizes: Best Film, Best Short Film and Best Short Documentary.

Get to know the international jury

Children's jury

The children's jury will award four prizes in Antwerp: Best film, Best short film, Best short documentary and the Medialab award.

Meet the children's jury

Audience jury

The audience jury in Antwerp will decide which nominated feature film in competition will go home with the award.

Film in hospital jury

Through the online Film in Hospital platform, children with reduced mobility can watch all short films in competition, and then vote for their favourite. Their favourite short film will receive a festival award.