15. KIKI – MEĐUNARODNI FESTIVAL DJEČJEG FILMA
15th KIKI – INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN
Nismo ni trepnuli, a prošlo je već petnaest punih godina druženja s najmlađom filmskom publikom!
Festivalska obljetnica uvijek je razlog za slavlje, ali i za samopropitivanje ili evaluaciju, kako se to danas uvriježeno naziva. Tako i mi, organizatori ovog festivala, postavljamo sebi pitanja u kojem smjeru dalje, jesmo li rekli, pokazali i učinili sve što smo željeli ili imamo još nekih ideja koje bismo mogli ostvariti, a za koje nam treba još barem petnaest godina…
Jubilarni 15. KIKI – međunarodni festival dječjeg filma održat će se od 28. rujna do 2. listopada 2026. godine u kinima diljem Zagorja – u Zaboku, Klanjcu, Velikom Trgovišću, Krapini, Mariji Bistrici i Zlataru u organizaciji Društva „Naša djeca“ Zabok i Građanske organizacije za kulturu – GOKUL.
Na festivalu se prikazuju profesionalni igrani, dokumentarni, animirani i eksperimentalni kratkometražni filmovi namijenjeni djeci i mladima, a program je prema uzrastu publike podijeljen na filmove za predškolsku dob (4 – 6 godina starosti) i školsku dob (7 – 16 godina starosti). S ciljem poticanja filmske pismenosti u dječjoj dobi i razvoja aktivne filmske publike, za djecu su nakon projekcija organizirani vođeni razgovori s filmskim edukatorima.
Ove ćemo godine u pet natjecateljskih programa prikazati 21 film iz 19 zemalja, a o pobjedniku festivala, kojemu se uz novčanu nagradu dodjeljuje i trofej, odlučit će dječji žiri sastavljen od članova u dobi do 15 godina.
U sklopu popratnog programa Osjećam se KIKI, prikazat ćemo retrospektivu našega međunarodno priznatog autora Dalibora Barića.
Uz središnji i glavni dio festivala – program projekcija u rujnu i listopadu, 15. KIKI i ove je godine nudio niz predfestivalskih događanja. Tako je radionica dokumentarnoga i eksperimentalnoga filma „Oslobođeni film: Filmske pustolovine za djecu i mlade“ uz vodstvo Tome Zidića i Ane Marije Marinov održana još u travnju i tada su snimljena tri kratka filma. Početkom svibnja uz vodstvo Jasminke Bijelić Ljubić održana je radionica animiranog filma „Inkluzivni Kiki“. U vrijeme ljetnih praznika održane su radionice „Kako gledati film“ pod vodstvom filmske kritičarke Višnje Pentić te radionica „Filmska igraonica“pod vodstvom novomedijskog umjetnika Vanje Babića. Tijekom rujna i listopada još nas očekuju predavanja Željka Luketića na temu filmske glazbe, zatim već spomenutoga Dalibora Barića o korištenju umjetne inteligencije u produkciji animiranog filma i scenaristička radionica pod vodstvom Dore Šustić.
Misija našeg festivala jest promocija kulture gledanja filmova u ranoj dječjoj dobi i daljnji razvoj vizualne pismenosti djece, s posebnim naglaskom na edukativne filmove koji djecu potiču na razmišljanje te njeguju vrijednosti tolerancije, empatije, jednakosti i društvenoga angažmana.
I ove smo godine iz recentne svjetske produkcije odabrali najzanimljivije i najkvalitetnije filmove za djecu i mlade, pa vas s veseljem pozivamo da petnaesti put zajedno uživamo u svim čarima koje nam pruža sedma umjetnost!
Vaš KIKI tim!
And so fifteen full years flew by, almost in the blink of an eye, in the company of the youngest film audience.
Festival anniversaries are always a good cause for celebration – they are also the perfect time for introspection and self-evaluation. We, too, as the festival organizers are inspired to question ourselves, to see where we are headed, if we feel like we have told, shown or done everything we might have wanted, and if there are any more ideas to give life to, ideas that would guide us through at least another fifteen years…
The jubilee 15th KIKI International Film Festival for Children will be held in cinemas throughout Zagorje – in Zabok, Klanjec, Veliko Trgovišće, Krapina, Marija Bistrica and Zlatar, from 28th September until 2nd October 2026, organized by the association “Naša djeca” (Our Children Zabok)and Citizens’ Association for Culture − GOKUL.
The KIKI programme brings together professional feature films, documentaries, animated and experimental shorts for children and youth. The programme is divided with respect to age, into films for pre-school children (4 – 6 years of age) and school-age children (7 – 16 years of age). To encourage film literacy in children and develop an active film audience, guided discussions with film educators were organised for children after the screenings.
This year, we will screen 21 films from 19 countries across five competition programmes, and the festival winner, who will receive a trophy as well as a cash prize, will be chosen by a children’s jury composed of members up to the age of 15.
As part of the accompanying programme I FEEL LIKE KIKI, we will present a retrospective of our internationally renowned author Dalibor Barić.
In addition to the main part of the festival – the screening programme in September and October – the 15th KIKI also offered a series of pre-festival events this year. For example, the documentary and experimental film workshop “Liberated Movie: Film Adventures for Children and Youth”, led by Toma Zidić and Ana Marija Marinov, was held in April, and three short films were shot there. At the beginning of May, a workshop on animated film, “Inclusive Kiki”, was held under the leadership of Jasminka Bijelić Ljubić. During the summer holidays, the workshop “Was of Watching Films” took place under the leadership of film critic Višnja Pentić, and the workshop “Film Playroom” under the leadership of new media artist Vanja Babić. In September and October, we can also expect lectures by Željko Luketić on film music, by Dalibor Barić on the use of artificial intelligence in the production of animated films, and a screenwriting workshop led by Dora Šustić.
The mission of our festival is to promote film-watching culture in early childhood and further develop children’s visual literacy, with a special emphasis on educational films that encourage children to think and foster the values of tolerance, empathy, equality and social engagement.
We are excited to bring you the most interesting works, only the best of the best from children and youth cinema, for the tenth time. You are cordially invited to make our anniversary extra special and enjoy all the wonders cinema has to offer! Yours,
KIKI team!