The festival will take place from Thursday 7th to Sunday 10th May 2026 in the spaces of the MIC – Museo del Cinema and of the Teatro del Buratto, in Milan. The first three days of the festival are dedicated to the screenings of the films in competition, on Sunday morning the awards ceremony will take place.
You can find us at: Cineteca Milano MIC | Viale Fulvio Testi, 121, Milan
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome and Festival Opening
10:00 – 10:45 – KIDS BLOCK Selection of national and international short films (ages 8–13), followed by Q&A with the authors
Leo, lei e l’AI | IC Margherita Hack | Cernusco S.N. (MI), Italy
Green Call | Luka Martin Kavšek, Vito Bremec, Aleks Buljan, Ameli Štefanič, Urška Žalec, Neža Badjuk, Sofija Despotović, Pia Lovrenčič, Nuša Lamut | Črnomelj, Slovenia
Midsummer’s Eve | Tina Predovič, Tanja Nakonechna, Brina Žnidaršič, Hana Pašič, Izabela Banfi, Taja Malešič, Žiga Vraničar, Nina Škof, Filip Zupan | Slovenia
Circus of Horrors | Miguel Filmes | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Oltre i confini | Scuola Primaria Collodi Primary | Bovezzo (BS), Italy
10:45 – 11:00 Presentation of the short film I tre desideri, created by Istmi with class 5A | IC Marcello Candia, Milan, during the 2024/25 school year
11:00 – 12:00 TEEN BLOCK Selection of national and international short films (ages 13–20), followed by Q&A with the authors
No Words | IIS Carlo d’Arco – Isabella d’Este | Mantua, Italy
A Train Passes By | Yiting Li | Jiangxi, China
A Little Girl’s Heart | Inês Ferraz Sequeira | Aveiro, Portugal
Flowers Blooming Under the Moonlight | Lee Yae-won | Seoul, South Korea
Forget Me Not | Kaya Melüh | Halstenbek, Germany
12:00 – 13:00
Presentation of the short film Il diario resistente, created by class 1E, Scuola Secondaria di I° grado Puecher | IC Rinnovata Pizzigoni, Milan
Presentation of Ya we ciao – Voices from the Resistance, created by Prof. Emilio Sala (Università Statale di Milano) with Master’s students in Music, Cultures, Media, Performance (MCMP) and the children’s choir I Musici Cantori di Milano. A project developed in collaboration with the National Film Archive of the Italian Resistance (ANCR), Turin
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:15 – KIDS BLOCK Selection of national and international short films (ages 8–13), followed by Q&A with the authors
Il nostro Bacchiglione | Falcone Borsellino Primary School – IC Albignasego | Albignasego (PD), Italy
Molly’s Treasure | Arkas BILSEM Animation Team | Turkey
Pioneering Women in Cinema | Taller Telekids | Seville, Spain
Grandmother’s Forest | Taller Telekids | Seville, Spain
Once Upon a Time There Was a War | Taller Telekids | Seville, Spain
Mia | Ciak si gira / Cineteca Sarda | Cagliari, Italy
15:15 – 15:30 – YCN Focus
Presentation of the Media Backpack project by Robert Hinterleitner
15:30 – 16:30 TEEN BLOCK Selection of national and international short films (ages 13–20), followed by Q&A with the authors
Le cicale | IIS Federico Patetta | Cairo Montenotte (SV), Italy
Un istante di felicità | Liceo Archimede | Messina, Italy
A Song for a Gun | Zartosht Chavoshi | Iran
Red Sweater | Qazvin Girls’ Fine Arts Conservatory | Qazvin, Iran
Rotation | Kian Ranjbar | Shiraz, Iran
16:30 – 17:15 KIDS BLOCK Selection of national and international short films (ages 8–13), followed by Q&A with the authors
Che ne sai | ISC Nord | San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), Italy
Xena | IC Avegno Camogli Recco Uscio | Recco (GE), Italy
Carte Blanche | AE Vale d’Este – EB de Viatodos | Barcelos, Portugal
The Boy Who Loved the Stars | E.M.E.I.E.F. José Romão de Jesus | Serra Branca (PB), Brazil
17:30 – 19:30
Round table: Media Education in Italy – a discussion among national organizations involved in film and media education, focusing on best practices for building a national network.
Live connection with the Ministry of Culture (MIC): Dr. Bruno Zambardino. Moderated by Fabio Martina.
You can find us at: Cineteca Milano MIC | Viale Fulvio Testi, 121, Milan
10:00 – 10:45 KIDS BLOCK Selection of national and international short films (ages 8–13), followed by Q&A with the authors
Mai Sola | I.C. De Amicis | Bergamo, Italy
The Great Seagull Conspiracy | Osnovna škola Maria Martinloića | Šipan, Croatia
The Prettiest Star | Osnovna škola Maria Martinloića | Šipan, Croatia
Maksym & Milana | C.E.I.P. Serrería | Valencia, Spain
10:45 – 11:00 YCN Award 2025, Workshop Category (Dis)connected – award collected by Corrie Bezuijen
11:00 – 12:00 TEEN BLOCK Selection of national and international short films (ages 13–20), followed by Q&A with the authors
Abisso | Liceo Laura Bassi | Bologna, Italy
Fili invisibili | I.T.I. Copernico | Catania, Italy
Long Live Procrastination! | Orinka Olencka | Warsaw, Poland
Fox | Astrid Trifunović | Cres, Croatia
In Another Life | Renee Shii | Virginia, USA
12:00 – 13:00 – Focus: Green is Our Future
Screening of the short film Il loop sostenibile, created by class 2F Scuola Secondaria di I° grado Maffucci | IC Olmi, Milan
Screening of the short film La nostra terra by CinemAmbiente Junior, presented by Stefania Sandrone
Presentation of the documentary ARS – Art and Sustainability, produced by Circonvalla Film for Assorestauro
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:15 KIDS BLOCK Selection of national and international short films (ages 8–13), followed by Q&A with the authors
The Big World | Hainaut Cinema | Hainaut, Belgium
Pink Christmas | Hainaut Cinema | Hainaut, Belgium
La montagna magica | Cravagliana Primary School | Cravagliana (VC), Italy
Il fantasma della scuola | Vintola 18 | Bolzano, Italy
15:15 – 15:45 Focus: Green is Our Future
Screening of the short film The Voice of Water, created by Kea Junior High School | Greece
15:45 – 16:40 TEEN BLOCK Selection of national and international short films (ages 13–20), followed by Q&A with the authors
Non è solo un gioco | UniArte | Naples, Italy
Their War | Aleksandra Radaeva | Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Clown | Axadjon Abdug’ani Oxunov | Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Joao’s Birthday 01 11 1996 | Cia. Radiophônica | Mogi das Cruzes – São Paulo, Brazil
16:40 – 17:20 KIDS BLOCK Selection of national and international short films (ages 8–13), followed by Q&A with the authors
An Adventure Through Cinema | Poeira Animation Workshop | Belo Horizonte, Brazil
The Lesson of the Old Armadillo | Poeira Animation Workshop | Belo Horizonte, Brazil
V per VHS | IC Paino Gravitelli | Messina, Italy
Rai-Make | IC San Francesco di Paola | Messina, Italy
You can find us at: Cineteca Milano MIC | Viale Fulvio Testi, 121, Milan
10:15 – 10:45 KIDS BLOCK Selection of national and international short films (ages 8–13), followed by Q&A with the authors
La conchiglia brillante | Caterina Pallini | Rome, Italy
Quel giorno del 13 maggio | IV IC D. Costa | Augusta (SR), Italy
Lena’s Big Whim | Cámara, ¡Acción! | Coronel Vidal, Argentina
10:45 – 11:45 TEEN BLOCK Selection of national and international short films (ages 13–20), followed by Q&A with the authors
Onde di memoria | Associazione CombinAzioni | Montebelluna (TV), Italy
La bicicletta | Associazione CombinAzioni | Montebelluna (TV), Italy
The Art of Crime | Alfa Steiner School | Co. Clare, Ireland
18 | Riley Sollerud | Stockholm, Sweden
Silent Scars | Gobinda Prasad Dhakal | Kathmandu, Nepal
Strings | Neha Ganesh Kumbhar | Mumbai, India
11:45 – 12:15 Focus: Cinema and Theatre
Screening of the short film La borraccia scomparsa and performance of an excerpt from the theatre production based on the same text, created by class 4A of Scuola Primaria Italo Calvino | IC Testori, Novate Milanese, in collaboration with Teatro del Buratto
12:15 – 13:15 TEEN BLOCK Selection of national and international short films (ages 13–20), followed by Q&A with the authors
Acqua | I.T.I.S. Enrico Medi | San Giorgio a Cremano (NA), Italy
Famil-IA | Escola Cooperativa Nou Patufet | Barcelona, Spain
2050 | Karen Kloetzli | Zurich, Switzerland
Lamb | Kuzey Şire | Adana, Turkey
Save As | DRF Community | Tajikistan
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch Break
14:15 – 14:45 Focus: Green is Our Future
Screening of the animated short film Plastic Island: un’avventura indimenticabile, created by class 4B of Scuola Primaria Italo Calvino | IC Testori, Novate Milanese, in collaboration with Istmi
14:45 – 16:15 Special Screening
Arco, un’amicizia per salvare il futuro by Ugo Bienvenu | Iwonder Pictures
You can find us at: Teatro Bruno Munari – Teatro del Buratto | via Giovanni Bovio 5, 20259 Milan
10:00 – 11:15 Screening of out-of-competition short films
Screening of the short film Il diario resistente, created by class 1E of Scuola Secondaria di I° grado Puecher | IC Pizzigoni, Milan
Screening of the short film Il loop sostenibile, created by class 2F of Scuola Secondaria di I° grado Maffucci | IC Olmi
Presentation of Ya we ciao – Voices from the Resistance, created by Prof. Emilio Sala (Università Statale di Milano) with Master’s students in Music, Cultures, Media, Performance (MCMP) and the children’s choir I Musici Cantori di Milano. A project developed in collaboration with the National Film Archive of the Italian Resistance (ANCR), Turin
Screening of the short film created by Liceo Classico Manzoni at Palazzo Morando for the Young Art project by Circonvalla Film
Screening of the short film about the Certosa di Garegnano, created by Liceo Artistico Gastel for the Young Art project by Circonvalla Film
Presentation of the animation workshop led by Hana Repše with Scuola Primaria Rinnovata | IC Rinnovata Pizzigoni
Presentation of the dubbing workshop for Mavka and the Enchanted Forest | Notorious Pictures, carried out by Medicinema with children from the Padua Hospice.
11:15 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 13:30 Awards Ceremony
KIDS Category: Best Short Film, Jury Prize
TEEN Category: Best Short Film, Jury Prize
KIDS & TEEN Categories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Medicinema Award, Children’s Rights Award, Audience Award, Green is Our Future Award