Awards and juries of 2026
During the festival, there are different competitions, prizes and juries. Discover here soon the jury of 2026.
Awards
Best film - international jury
- cash prize of €2,500 (offered by TENTOO) for the director to support a new project.
- will be 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
- festival award
- nomination for the Felix Vanginderhuysen distribution award
Best film - Ketnet-award
festival award
Best short film - international jury
- cash prize of €1,250 for the director (offered by JEF) to support a new project.
- festival award
Best short film - children’s jury
- festival award
Best short film - Film in hospital jury
- festival award
Best Ket & Doc - international jury
- festival award
Medialab award - children's jury
- cash prize of €1,250 (offered by Jimmy's) for the artist to support a new project.
- festival award
International ECFA jury
The international ECFA jury awards three prizes: Best Film, Best Short Film and Best Ket & Doc.
Children's jury
The children's jury will award four prizes in Antwerp: Best film, Best short film and the Medialab award.
Ketnet-jury
You are the largest children's jury in Flanders! The film with the most votes wins the Ketnet jury's Best Film 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.
Palmares 2025
The winners of the 37th edition of Youth Film Festival Antwerp have been announced.
JEF makes it easy to find or offer quality youth films and games. To broaden the horizons of children and young people. To encourage experimentation and creation.