The PRIX JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAL 2026 Finalists have been Announced!
After a challenging preselection process, the programmes that will compete for the coveted prizes in the main categories at PRIX JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAL 2026 (May 29 – June 3 at Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich) have now been determined.
These are the finalists in the six main categories:
| UP TO 6 YEARS FICTION | | |
| Title in English | Entering Organisation | Country |
| Jyrki and Neponen’s Leaps of Emotion | Finnish Broadcasting company YLE | Finland |
| Maddie + Triggs | RTÉ | Ireland |
| Alice’s Diary | RTP | Portugal |
| Little J & Big Cuz – Series 4 | National Indigenous Television and Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Australia |
| Nikhil & Jay | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Count on the animals at Petsy – Time machine | UR, Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company | Sweden |
| Microterrestrials: The Fantastic explorers | NTV Chile (Señal 2 Televisión Nacional de Chile) | Chile |
| Rainy days make me sad | Fubon Cultural and Educational Foundation | Taiwan |
| Mixmups – Hurry Up Sandwich – with Ultra Access | Mackinnon and Saunders | United Kingdom |
| Lena’s Farm | Studio FILM BILDER GmbH | Germany |
| Wow Lisa | Punkrobot Studio | Chile |
| Boobsy’s journey | COOPAS | Brazil |
| YaYa’s Band | Dottodot LTD | Taiwan |
| Carl The Collector | Fuzzytown Productions, Spiffy Pictures, Yowza! Animation | United States |
| Flying to the Moon (The Websters) | Fool Moon | Slovakia |
| UP TO 6 YEARS NON-FICTION | | |
| Title in English | Entering Organisation | Country |
| The Show With The Elephant – Where Do Feelings Hide? | Westdeutscher Rundfunk | Germany |
| Guardians of math – One and Two go | UR, Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company | Sweden |
| Old and new friends | Spark | Norway |
| Time for School: Solomon’s Exciting Day | Sixth Sense Media Ltd | United Kingdom |
| Adventurous Noah | Fabelaktiv | Norway |
| The Doctor Is In | Ad Astra Media, Inc. | United States |
| Hey Duggee’s Squirrel Club | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Funny Fanto and the Numbers | Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) | Norway |
| 7-10 YEARS FICTION | | |
| Title in English | Entering Organisation | Country |
| Escape from Albatros | NL Film | Netherlands |
| Ninja Art of Heart, Popomaru! | NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) | Japan |
| Becoming Kaiser | Danish Broadcasting Corporation | Denmark |
| Ela’s Top Secret Diary | Czech Television | Czech Republic |
| Teddy Bear Hot Choco | EBS | South Korea |
| Crongton | BBC | United Kingdom |
| Potty Mouth | NTV Chile (Señal 2 Televisión Nacional de Chile) | Chile |
| The brave swing | MyVideo | Taiwan |
| Yore Gramps And The Whale | Dois Irmãos Produção Artística Ltda | Brazil |
| Where We Sit Together | Taipei National University of the Arts | Taiwan |
| Two Peas in a Pod | Channel X Hopscotch Ltd | United Kingdom |
| Sanne Doesn’t Exist – Stop It Now! | Every Media | Netherlands |
| Tales From Outer Suburbia | Highly Spirited and Flying Bark Productions | Australia |
| Tiny Time Travel | Easy As Pie Productions / Marobru Productions | United States |
| Wordsville | Sinking Ship Entertainment | Canada |
| 7-10 YEARS NON-FICTION | | |
| Title in English | Entering Organisation | Country |
| Bollox | VPRO | Netherlands |
| Mho khao Mho Gang | Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS) | Thailand |
| The Show With The Mouse – Felix Nussbaum | Westdeutscher Rundfunk | Germany |
| Motioncrafts | U-NEXT | Japan |
| Online sexual abuse | NRK | Norway |
| Animal city | Canal Capital | Colombia |
| Game on Grandparents | Electric Robin | United Kingdom |
| Go Get Arty | Ranga Bee | United Kingdom |
| Call me wild child, eps. 2: Hunting | Lumian Production House | Taiwan |
| Once Upon an Artwork: The Dream of the Magical Rose | MoMA | United States |
| Bro’s In Control | BBC Studios Kids & Family | United Kingdom |
| My Class in Greenland | Danish Broadcasting Corporation | Denmark |
| 11-15 YEARS FICTION | | |
| Title in English | Entering Organisation | Country |
| Bottled up! | NTR | Netherlands |
| Boy In The Secret Forest | Fubon Cultural and Educational Foundation | Taiwan |
| Goat Girl | KiKA – Der Kinderkanal von ARD und ZDF | Germany |
| Hidden motives | NRK – Norsk rikskringkasting | Norway |
| Hairy problem | eureka | Colombia |
| Hein | Juliet at Pupkin | Netherlands |
| Shut Up | Alfredfilm | Norway |
| Crush – The Story of Matilde | RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana | Italy |
| Title in English | Entering Organisation | Country |
| Octopus News: Discussing My Parent-Child Communication Trouble with AI | Hakka TV | Taiwan |
| Scooter Boys | Danish Broadcasting Corporation | Denmark |
| Techbitch | VPRO | Netherlands |
| JobChallenge: Repair the pothole! | Bayerischer Rundfunk | Germany |
| Returning to Ulukhaktok (CBC Kids News) | CBC Kids | Canada |
| My Life: Me, My Horse & My Spear | Salt Street Productions Ltd | United Kingdom |
| Agatha and love | Vientos Culturales | Mexico |
| Media Stamped | Sinking Ship Entertainment | Canada |
