Kino for Kids 2026

Film Festival|Films for children and teenagers as part of the HSBC German Film Festivals

  • Palace Cinemas, Australia wide

  • Language German film with English subtitles

A classroom scene with several students standing or sitting among wooden desks covered with books, papers, and school supplies. The School of Magical Animals 4 © HSBC German Film Festival 2026 / Goethe-Institut

A classroom scene with several students standing or sitting among wooden desks covered with books, papers, and school supplies. The School of Magical Animals 4 © HSBC German Film Festival 2026 / Goethe-Institut

Kino for Kids is back!

Join us for another year of some of the most celebrated German films for children and teens - available at Palace Cinema in Adelaide, Ballarat, Ballina/Byron Bay, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney.

The festival will be showing in cinemas nationally from 6 – 27 May, with school sessions available Monday to Friday from 28 April - 5 June with flexible morning and afternoon session times upon request.

Tomorrow I'll be brave

Director: Bernd Sahling | Recommended: Ages 10-14
Drama | 80 min | German with English subtitles

School of Magical Animals 4

Directors: Maggie Peren, Bernhard Jasper | Recommended: Ages 10+
Adventure, Fantasy | 102 min | German with English subtitles
(Note this trailer doesn’t have English subtitles, but the film will have English subtitles)

Pumuckl's Big Mix-Up

Director: Marcus H. Rosenmüller | Recommended: All Ages 
Adventure, Family | 97 min | German with English subtitles
(Note this trailer doesn’t have English subtitles, but the film will have English subtitles)

Barry & Me

Director: Markus Welter | Recommended: Ages 10+
Adventure, Drama | 97 min | Swiss German with English subtitles
(Note this trailer doesn’t have English subtitles, but the film will have English subtitles)

The Secret Floor

Director: Norbert Lechner | Recommended: Ages 10+
Adventure, Drama, Mystery | 91 Min | German with English subtitels

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