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At the International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience SCHLiNGEL in Chemnitz, you will see special films from all over the world off the Hollywood mainstream every year in the week before the autumn holidays. These films are meant to abduct, touch or even make you think about other countries. After all, films are a great way to discover the world from different angles.

The Sächsischer Kinder- und Jugendfilmdienst e.V. is behind all this. It is on the lookout all year round for exactly such productions. For this purpose we travel around the world to various festivals, exchange ideas with other experts in the industry and are in contact with many filmmakers and distributors. Over the year, more than 4,000 productions accumulate, which our screening commissions look at in order to select the best ones for our audience. Many of them are awarded prizes at the SCHLiNGEL or later at other festivals - often even by the main target group, as there are always children's or youth juries in addition to specialist juries. 

So it's a pity that you could only see many films here in Chemnitz during our festival week - BISHER! Because now you can watch many highlights of the latest SCHLiNGEL editions here on this platform throughout the year and use them for non-commercial educational purposes. In the three categories Child, Junior and Youth there is guaranteed to be something for everyone, no matter whether you prefer short or feature-length films. Each film receives an age recommendation from our film educators. So you are sure to find the right film for your needs and field of application in various categories and collections. 

Have fun browsing!