The Next 20 Festivals
- Your Cinema - International Competition Program for children and youth audience, as part of International Festival of Cinematographic Debuts "Spirit Of Fire", Khanty-Mansiysk and other cities in the district of UGRA (Siberia)
- Cine-Jeune – Festival International de Cinéma, Braine, Saint Quentin & Department of Aisne
- Festival de Cinéma d'Alès Itinerances, Alès
- Let's Dok Festival of Documentary Films for a Young Audience, Warsaw
- Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Stockholm
- Taiwan International Children's Film Festival (TICFF), Taipei
- Filmfest Dresden - International Festival for Animation and Short Films, Dresden
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Cologne & Dortmund & online
- Ennesimo FilmFestival, Fiorano Modenese
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen
- IndieJunior, Lisboa
- Corti a Ponte International Short Film festival – BY 3.20 section, Ponte San Nicolò (Padova)
- International Festival of Animated Films (ITFS), Section "Tricks for Kids", Stuttgart
- International Documentary Film Festival Munich, DOK.education, München
- Cannes Cinema: Ecrans Juniors, Cannes
- Festival International du Film de Cannes, Cannes
- Plein la Bobine – Sancy Film Festival for Young People, Issoire & La Bourboule
- Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
- Prix Jeunesse International - Kinder- und Jugendfernsehfestival: Online this Year!, München
Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth
Zlín, Czech Republic
28/05/2026 - 03/06/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): May/June, 2027
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Pášmová, Markéta (artistic director)
Prizes: diverse, 
Award
Deadline for film entries: 01/03/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Shorts, Animations, Features, Documentaries
Number of films (app.): 350
Age of audience: 3-99
Number of spectators (app.): 120.000
Average number of journalists: 50
Festival's guests: Directors, Producers, Actors, Distributors, Others
Festival's recognition: international, national
Media coverage: international, national
Special Events: Interview with Marketa Pasmova & Jaroslava Hynstova about the Zlin Film Festival: https://www.ecfaweb.org/marketa-pasmova-jaroslava-hynstova-about-the-zlin-film-festival/
Notes/description: Zlin Film Festival – International Film Festival for Children and Youth is the largest and oldest festival of its kind in the world. It was founded in 1961 within the environs of the Zlín Film Studio, which at the time was one of the biggest European producers of films targeted at children and youth. The festival´s competition is focused on live-action films for children and youth, animated shorts for children, European first films and student films. The festival is a member of ECFA.
This festival is a member of
Contact:
Filmfest, s.r.o.
Filmová 174
76001 Zlín
Czech Republic
Phone: ++420 577 592 275
Internet: www.zlinfest.cz