Selections and Winners

California International Children’s Film Festival

CICFF

2026

CICFF 2026

Audience Award

TBD

Best Of Festival

TBD

Honorable Mentions & Selections

“ A Place Called Home ” Dir. by Steve Fischer

“ As You Are (Frog & Fish) ” Dir. by Halim Lee

“ Aivazovsky's Home ” Dir. by Artem Ugarov

“ Baddie Saturday ” Dir. by Marco Lui

“ Blinky’s Revenge ” Dir. by Vickie Rose Sampson

“ BRIDGE -My Little Friends ” Dir. by Kazuyuki Ishihara

“ Canine Royale ” Dir. by Brian Neil Hoff

“ Champies ” Dir. by Alexander Lutkevich

“ Chosen Memory ” Dir. by Seung-bin Wi, Gyeong-jun Moon

“ Flushed To The Grave ” Dir. by Kunal Ashok

“ Forgotten Magic ” Dir. by Lee Reilly

“ Funky Feathered ” Dir. by VITIS

“ Generosity’s Adventures ” Dir. by Jacques Dequeker

“ Hop, Skip, And A Jump ” Dir. by Alyssa Copealnd, Julia Smith

“ I Love Being Me ” Dir. by Shawn Descarie

“ Legendary ” Dir. by Lucas Victor Silberman

“ MASNÀ eng ” Dir. by Marco Ottavio Graziano

“ Mick The Tick ” Dir. by Kara Perrin

“ One Rupee Sky ” Dir. by Aruna Arya Gupta

“ Parental Control ” Dir. by Andrey Kozlov

“ Play Nice ” Dir. by Lars Kristian Mikkelsen

“ Red Thread ” Dir. by Ella Jin Eckert

“ Skyward: The Sport Rocketry Revolution ”

Dir. by Matthew Middendorf, Kaitlyn Krikorian

“ Sticky Hand Standoff ” Dir. by Addie Atwell

“ Sunny ” Dir. by Kasha Fauscett

“ The Great Adventures at Park Clinic ” Dir. by Charles M. West

“ The Scarecrow ” Dir. by James Vasanthan

“ The Seashell ” Dir. by Akira Golz

“ Walk With Us Papa ” Dir. by Ritham Aayan Janardhan

“ Walter ” Dir. by Julie Restivo

“ Xanderiel ” Dir. by Kor Wren, Eloísa De Jesús

“ Ly-Ta-Lekh ” Dir. by Dmitry Medvedev

Best Script

“ A Pirate and a Princess ” by Mark Kelly

Script Finalist

“ Dance ” by Mark Thomas Kelly

“ Seer ” by Ashland Menshouse

“ The Invention of Cats & Dogs ” by Matthew J Senn

“ Tryp: AI, Robots, Cyborgs & Bullies ” by Brian C. Hailes

“ Wander ” by Hank Isaac

Official Selections

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2026

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Winners