Children’s Film Festival Seattle 2025 (CFFS 2025) will be an exciting and vibrant celebration of youth-driven filmmaking and creativity. As a cornerstone event for the Seattle community, CFFS 2025 will showcase a diverse range of films created by and for young audiences. This year’s festival will be a lot smaller as we transition into a more sustainable future in an evolving landscape, but it will continue to emphasize social justice, youth leadership, and community empowerment. With a focus on inclusivity and storytelling, the festival will provide a platform for emerging voices to share their unique perspectives. Join us from July 23–27, 2025, for a festival filled with exciting films and special events designed for young audiences and families.
Events:
Lights, Camera, Adventure! – Lace up your best hiking boots (or ice skates!) and pack your bags, because this program of short films is taking you around the world, and to worlds beyond our own! Explore distant planets, atmospheric forests, and even your own memories as you venture out into the vast and exciting unknown. Just watch out for strange new creatures, they might be your best new companion – July. 23 at 3 p.m. and July 27 at 3:15 p.m.
Strength & Resilience – Throughout life we are presented with challenges that at times make things feel particularly difficult, and even hopeless. However, remaining resilient and strong through these moments often makes for some of the most important moments of growth in our lives.
The films in this program feature a mix of stories featuring difficult moments and the people who stick it out and come out on the other end completely changed, as well as some stories that teach you to slow down in order to figure out solutions to difficult problems. While it might not always be sunshine and rainbows, there’s always a light at the end of the tunnel. – July. 23 at 5:30 p.m. and July 27 at noon
Friends & Family – Through good times and bad, everyone’s got someone by their side, whether they know it or not, to make things as good as possible! These films celebrate those we hold closest and the adventures we all go on together in search of special moments that make life more fun. – July 24 at 3 p.m. and July 25 at 5:30 p.m.
Learning While Living – One of the most important traits someone can have is being a lifelong learner. After all, even if you’re not in school, life’s got plenty of things to throw your way that will make you grow and learn as a person. And who doesn’t love being a smarty pants?
This program features one feature-length film and a collection of short films that all highlight the ways that we learn from ourselves and each other, and shows how those relationships remain the most important in our lives, no matter where we are in the world. – July 24 at 5:30 p.m. and July 26 at noon
What We're Made Of – What makes you YOU? In this shorts program, you’ll discover not only what makes each of us unique on the outside and inside. Whether that means we’re brave, a little unsure of ourselves, or still figuring all that out, this program will guide you on a path of self-discovery and change. – July 25 3 at 3p.m. and July 26 at 2:30 p.m.
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