The Next 20 Festivals
- New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw
- Locarno Film Festival: Locarno Kids, Locarno
- La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
- Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh
- Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajewo
- Espoo Ciné Junior Film Festival, Espoo
- San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- The Norwegian International Filmfestival / "Cinemagi", Haugesund
- Odense International Film Festival, Odense
- Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden
- Buster - Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Copenhagen
- Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- Reykjavik International Film Festival, Reykjavik
- Zurich Film Festival, Zürich, Switzerland
- Filmfest Hamburg, Children's and Youth Film Festival "Michel", Hamburg
- Tauron Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- Doxs Ruhr, Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Moers, Mülheim, Witten
- London International Film Festival, London
- Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth
Zlín, Czech Republic
27/05/2027 - 02/06/2027 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): May/June, 2028
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Pášmová, Markéta (artistic director)
Prizes: diverse, 
Award
Deadline for film entries: 01/03/2027 (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