Selections and Winners

California International Children’s Film Festival

CICFF

2026

CICFF 2026

Audience Award

TBD

Best Of Festival

TBD

Honorable Mentions & Selections

“ Adventures Of Makunaima ” Dir. by Chico Faganello

“ Clap Song (Earth is Home) ” Dir. by Livia Beasley, Corey Beasley

“ Connecting Flights ” Dir. by Erin Elizabeth

“ Down In The Dumps ” Dir. by Vera van Wolferen

“ Going For Home ” Dir. by Eric Simonson

“ Guillermo & Will: Slide / Tobogan ” Dir. by Donna Kimball

“ I Belong ” Dir. by Sherry Qianyu Ma

“ Leah’s List ” Dir. by Lilly Ireland Gainey

“ Martin Krpan - The Mountain Hero ” Dir. by Izak Kovačič

“ Our Last Night On Earth ” Dir. by Aikaterini Niniou

“ Steal The Naughty List ” Dir. by Nathan VonMinden

“ Stolen Wishes ” Dir. by Angela Lavelle

“ The Curious Incident of Everett Wilder ” Dir. by Ben Tobin

“ The Heartbeat Of The Sea ” Dir. by Kateri Esposito

“ The Secret Floor ” Dir. by Norbert Lechner

“ The Taste Of Tea ” Dir. by PHILIP WENHAN SHIH

“ The Weasy Family - Mission New Pet ” Dir. by Victor Moulin

“ The Weatherman ” Dir. by Jennifer Laiwint

“ Tiehu ” Dir. by Chakme Rinpoche

“ Genies Bow ” Dir. by Dora Zheng

“ The Diary of Paulina P. ” by Neven Hitrec

“ The Super Detective ” by Liz Karungi

“ Doppelgänger ” by Kohei Ohashi

“ I Am Always Here ” by Danna Cai

“ Fara confronts an injustice ” by Andrew Bigosinski

Best Script

“ The Adventures of Willow & Oliver ” by Rain Story

Script Finalist

“ A Pirate and a Princess ” by Mark Kelly

“ Carlsbad ” by Eleanor Christina Cain

“ Counting On Clark ” by Erin Copen Howard

“ Cowboy Cooper and the Ghost Town ” by Ben St. James

“ Dance ” by Mark Thomas Kelly

“ Imagination Daily Pilot ” by Harry Lahn-Schroeder

“ Never Tell ” by Haley Poole, Jordan Benston

“ Spencer, 1928 ” by Veronica R. Tabares

“ The Drill ” by Vee (Vijaya) G. Kumari

“ The Goblin’s Child ” by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

“ Wish Seeds ” by Erin Copen Howard

Official Selections

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