The Next 20 Festivals
- Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Stockholm
- Reel 2 Real – International Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver, Canada
- Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi
- Filmfest Dresden - International Festival for Animation and Short Films, Dresden
- Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Cologne & Dortmund & online
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen
- IndieJunior, Lisboa
- International Documentary Film Festival Munich, DOK.education, München
- Corti a Ponte International Short Film festival – BY 3.20 section, Ponte San Nicolò (Padova)
- Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival, Aosta
- Festival International du Film de Cannes, Cannes
- Cinema in Sneakers Film Festival for Kids and Youth / Kino w Trampkach, Warsaw
- International Festival of Animated Films (ITFS), Section "Tricks for Kids", Stuttgart
- Kinolub Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Krakow and other cities in Southern Poland
- Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
- Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera, Erfurt & Gera
- Animafest - World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb
- Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Online, Hamburg
- Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney, Emden Aurich Norderney
Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth
Zlín, Czech Republic
01/06/2023 - 07/06/2023 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): May/June, 2024
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Pášmová, Markéta (artistic director)
Prizes: diverse, Award
Deadline for film entries: 01/03/2023 (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: In 2020 Zlín Film Festival will celebrate its 60th anniversary!
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.
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Contact:
Filmfest, s.r.o.
Filmová 174
76001 Zlín
Czech Republic
Phone: ++420 577 592 275
Internet: www.zlinfest.cz