The 35rd edition of the Festival Ciné Junior will be held from 29 January to 11 February 2025.

From 29 January to 11 February 2025, Ciné Junior, the largest international film festival for young audiences in France, will celebrate its 35th edition in over 65 different partner locations in Val-de-Marne and Île-de-France.

Cinemas, theatres, media libraries, cultural centres, community centres… In all, 45 venues in 26 towns in Val-de-Marne, plus 20 towns elsewhere in Île-de-France, will participate in this cinema festival.

Organised by Cinéma Public Val-de-Marne with the support of the Val-de-Marne Departmental Council, DRAC Île-de-France, and the Île-de-France Region since 1991, Ciné Junior has become an essential rendezvous for educational films and outreach to the world for young audiences.

Ciné Junior also provides an often-essential showcase for the films selected in its international feature and short film competition.

These award-winning films receive financial and material support for their release.

PRODUCTION SUPPORT & ACCOMPANYING THE MOVIEGOERS OF TOMORROW

With more than 50,000 spectators, 130 films, and 750 screenings spread over 15 days and more, Ciné Junior remains the largest Film festival for Young Audiences in France. The festival encourages the very young to have fun discovering, exchanging, learning, and sharing, through encounters, workshops, concert films, magic lantern films… inspired by a programme designed for and adapted to children from 2 to 13 years of age.

The international short and feature film competition showcases films that are not necessarily created with “young audiences” in mind, but that should be shared with young viewers, the moviegoers of tomorrow, to sharpen their critical sense and feed their budding appetite for cinema. The festival is also an opportunity to introduce the public to some noteworthy films that have no French distributor.

Ciné Junior thus allows film professionals to discover these films on the days specially reserved for them. They are invited to support, programme, and even distribute these films.