Atlanta Children's Film Festival
June 7 - 23, 2024

Kids Video Connection (KVC) is excited to celebrate 17 years of service to children and their families through the Atlanta Children's Film Festival.

The Atlanta Children's Film Festival promotes positive, educational, and entertaining children's and family-oriented films. The next festival is scheduled June 7 – 23, 2024. This educational and fun film festival is two weeks of eye-opening and exciting activities which include film screenings, media literacy and video production workshops for children, teens and independent producers. The Atlanta Children's Film Festival kicks-off on June 7, 2024. Check on KVC's website for more details about all the workshops and screenings in March 2024.

Many thanks for funding and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Georgia Council for the Arts, the Tyler Perry Foundation, Emory University Department of Film and Media, South Arts and DeKalb Entertainment Commission.

This festival is produced and presented by KVC, a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational media arts organization that specializes in teaching youth media literacy, video production and communication skills. Our mission is to use video production as a teaching tool to educate and empower today's youth with media literacy, communication and critical thinking skills that will help them become independent thinkers and creators for tomorrow. KVC Inspires Youth to Think-Dream-Create!

Since we started the festival, it has been a great success! Through this annual summer festival, we have reached over 10,000 youth. Our audience consists of children of diverse ethnic groups. We are reaching and teaching more children each year. In 2008, KVC was awarded DeKalb County Arts Visionary Award for starting the festival and creating an innovative art programs to teach children.

KVC will partner with iPitch.tv to help connect independent children producers to Studio Executive and Hollywood Producers to pitch their creative work. To find out more go to iPitch.tv Also, independent producers (adults only) will get the following prizes:
Winner(s) – 6 months subscription to iPitch.tv

To sustain the growth and future of the festival, we are pleased to offer sponsorship opportunities. Our intent is to identify sponsors who align with our core values and develop a partnership that ensures engagement with your target consumer base.

Kids Video Connection can help your business with:

• Brand recognition
• Community outreach
• Tax credit
• Lead generation
• Becoming an advocate for media education and cyber safety.

If you want to reach more families and children, be one of the Awesome sponsors of the Atlanta Children's Film Festival. For more information, please contact the film festival director, Alesia Johnson, at (404) 993-5696 or by email ajohnson@kidsvideoconnection.org.

Up to 6 category winners will be awarded a cash prize, free entry to a future festival, award laurel, and a 1 year subscription to iPitch.tv.

We are seeking positive educational and entertaining programs for children, teens and family-oriented programs . Also, we are seeking shorts produced by students (children and teens).

Make sure to include the following information:
1. Film Title
2. Film Duration
3. Name of Director
4. Name of Writer/Producer
5. Name of student's school (if applicable)
6. Month & Year of completion

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  • Nongolo Muteto

    We were so honored to attend this wonderful festival! The Director and the team were so hospitable and hands on. Communication was fantastic . We were so humbled to have our film “ Splash! The duckling who was afraid of water” win best animation in the age 2 to 5 category. A Big Thankyou to the Directors and team for putting together such a fun and informative film festival!!

    July 2023
  • Joey Johnson

    My family and I REALLY enjoyed the Atlanta Children’s Film Festival. The staff was extremely supportive and resourceful. From the director to the interns everybody was hospitable! The films and filmmakers were inspiring. ❤️

    July 2023
  • Linda Kudzmas

    Wonderful organization. Communication was easy. I was honored to win an award for my animated short, 'Misfortune'. A good time was had by all.

    July 2023
  • We were very honored to have our short documentary selected for the Atlanta Children's Film Festival. Communication was great and the organizers were very nice. The festival was well organized and they had a reception for film makers. We could not attend due to some circumstances, but I wish we could have.

    July 2023
  • Patricia Seely

    Thank you for a lovely festival experience!

    July 2023