Festivals Sorted by Date
- 01/09/2026 - Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden
- 26/06/2026 - Filmfest München - CineKindl, Munich
- 22/06/2026 - Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival , Aosta
- 12/06/2026 - Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Mures
- 08/06/2026 - Animafest - World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb
- 07/06/2026 - Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera, Erfurt & Gera
- 03/06/2026 - Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney, Emden Aurich Norderney
- 02/06/2026 - Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Hamburg
- 29/05/2026 - Prix Jeunesse International - Kinder- und Jugendfernsehfestival: Online this Year!, München
- 28/05/2026 - Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
- 12/05/2026 - Festival International du Film de Cannes, Cannes
- 05/05/2026 - International Festival of Animated Films (ITFS), Section "Tricks for Kids" , Stuttgart
- 04/05/2026 - Corti a Ponte International Short Film festival – BY 3.20 section, Ponte San Nicolò (Padova)
- 30/04/2026 - IndieJunior, Lisboa
- 28/04/2026 - International Short Film Festival Oberhausen , Oberhausen
- 21/04/2026 - Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Cologne & Dortmund & online
- 20/04/2026 - Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- 14/04/2026 - Filmfest Dresden - International Festival for Animation and Short Films, Dresden
- 28/03/2026 - Taiwan International Children's Film Festival (TICFF), Taipei
- 23/03/2026 - Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Stockholm
- 20/03/2026 - Festival de Cinéma d'Alès Itinerances, Alès
- 16/03/2026 - 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)
- 13/03/2026 - Cine-Jeune – Festival International de Cinéma, Braine, Saint Quentin & Department of Aisne
- 08/03/2026 - SehPferdchen - Kinderfilmfest Hannover, Hannover & Burgdorf & Wunstorf
- 07/03/2026 - BUFF Filmfestival, Malmö
- 05/03/2026 - Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg
- 05/03/2026 - Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival, Thessaloniki
- 03/03/2026 - Cartoon Movie, Bordeaux, France
- 28/02/2026 - Montreal International Children's Film Festival (FIFEM), Montréal (Québec)
- 27/02/2026 - New York International Children's Film Festival, New York
- 27/02/2026 - PLAY - Lisbon's International Children's Film Festival, Lisboa
- 20/02/2026 - Anima – Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Brussels
- 13/02/2026 - Providence Children's Film Festival, Providence, Rhode Island - USA
- 12/02/2026 - International Filmfestival Berlin, Generation, Berlin
- 03/02/2026 - Docpoint / Dokkino, 21 cities all over Finland
- 02/02/2026 - JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever
- 30/01/2026 - Festival Internacional du Premier Film, Annonay
- 29/01/2026 - Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg, Würzburg
- 28/01/2026 - Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- 27/01/2026 - Stuttgarter Kinderfilmtage, Stuttgart
- 26/01/2026 - IndieJunior Allianz, Porto
- 23/01/2026 - FIPADOC International Documentary Festival, Biarritz
- 01/12/2025 - Animateka International Animation Film Festival, Ljubljana * Maribor
- 29/11/2025 - Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos and Amaliada
- 26/11/2025 - Festival du Cinema Jeune Public, Lausanne
- 23/11/2025 - International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznan
- 21/11/2025 - Torino Film Festival, Torino
- 17/11/2025 - Abloom Filmfestival, Oslo
- 17/11/2025 - Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Oulu
- 16/11/2025 - Animex – International Festival of Animation & Computer Games, Middlesbrough
- 15/11/2025 - Castellinaria Festival del cinema giovane, Bellinzona
- 15/11/2025 - Vienna International Children's Film Festival, Wien/Vienna
- 14/11/2025 - Festival international de Cinéma du grain à démoudre, Gonfreville l'Orcher (Normandie)
- 14/11/2025 - Gijón Int. Film Festival, Gijón, Asturias
- 13/11/2025 - Filmkorte, Flensburg
- 13/11/2025 - KinderKinoFest Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf
- 12/11/2025 - Int. Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam IDFA, Amsterdam
- 10/11/2025 - Athens International Children's Film Festival, Athens
- 10/11/2025 - Zagreb Film Festival, Zagreb
- 08/11/2025 - My First Festival – El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelona and Madrid
- 08/11/2025 - Piccolo Grande Cinema, Milano
- 07/11/2025 - Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, Tallinn
- 07/11/2025 - Cinanima – International Animated Film Festival of Espinho, Espinho
- 07/11/2025 - Sevilla International Film Festival, Sevilla
- 06/11/2025 - International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Mannheim & Heidelberg
- 05/11/2025 - JuniorFest - International Festival for Children and Youth, Plzen, Dobrany, Horsovsky Tyn, Prestice, Domazlice, Czech Republic
- 05/11/2025 - Nordic Filmdays Luebeck/ Section Films for Children & Young People, Luebeck
- 04/11/2025 - Festival Augenblick, Strasbourg
- 04/11/2025 - FilmFestival Cottbus (Festival des Osteuropäischen Films), Cottbus
- 03/11/2025 - Doxs! - Documentaries for Children and Young People / Duisburger Filmwoche, Duisburg
- 02/11/2025 - Interfilm Short Film Festival: KuKi & Teen Screen - Short Films for Children and Young People, Berlin
- 31/10/2025 - KINEKO International Film Festival, Tokyo
- 30/10/2025 - Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Thessaloniki
- 27/10/2025 - DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film , Leipzig
- 27/10/2025 - Doxs Ruhr, Bochum, Bottrop, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Moers
- 25/10/2025 - Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- 25/10/2025 - Discovery – Scotland's International Film Festival for Young Audiences, Dundee
- 25/10/2025 - Molodist Film Festival, Kyiv
- 22/10/2025 - Chania Film Festival Edu, Chania, Crete
- 22/10/2025 - Culmea Festival: Film & Environment Education, Brasov
- 22/10/2025 - Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- 22/10/2025 - Mon Premier Festival, Paris
- 20/10/2025 - Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala
- 20/10/2025 - Zoomz – Festival für Kinder- und Jugendfilm, Luzern
- 19/10/2025 - KinderFilmFest Münster, Münster
- 16/10/2025 - Dubrovnik Film Festival – European Childrens Film Festival, Dubrovnik
- 16/10/2025 - International Film Festival Kinotrip – By the Youth, for the Youth, Ljubljana
- 16/10/2025 - Riga International Film Festival, Riga
- 12/10/2025 - Bielefelder Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest, Bielefeld
- 12/10/2025 - China International Children's Film Festival, Guangzhou City
- 11/10/2025 - Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- 10/10/2025 - Children's Cinema Festival of Florianópolis, Florianópolis
- 08/10/2025 - London International Film Festival, London
- 07/10/2025 - Unabhängiges FilmFest / Independent FilmFest, Osnabrück
- 06/10/2025 - Monstrale, Halle/Saale
- 04/10/2025 - Dresdner Kinderfilmfest Kinolino, Dresden
- 04/10/2025 - Junges Filmfestival Köln Cinepaenz, Cologne
- 03/10/2025 - KinderDocs – International Documentary Festival for Children and Young People, Athens and Thessaloniki
- 03/10/2025 - MICE - Mostra International Cinema Educatu Madrid, Madrid
- 01/10/2025 - Cinemagic - International Film & Television Festival for Children and Young People, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- 01/10/2025 - Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil de Valencia, Valencia
- 27/09/2025 - Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- 26/09/2025 - Filmfest Hamburg, Children's and Youth Film Festival "Michel", Hamburg
- 26/09/2025 - Glasgow Youth Film Festival, Glasgow
- 26/09/2025 - Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- 25/09/2025 - Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- 25/09/2025 - Reykjavik International Film Festival, Reykjavik
- 25/09/2025 - Zurich Film Festival, Zürich, Switzerland
- 22/09/2025 - AniFest ROZAFA– International Film Festival for Children, for Teenagers and from Students, Shkoder
- 22/09/2025 - Cinedu – IFF For Children and Youth, Nove mesto nad Vahom and Bratislava
- 20/09/2025 - Buster - Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Copenhagen
- 08/09/2025 - ANIMOK, Viborg International Animation Festival for Children and Youth, Viborg
- 03/09/2025 - TIFF Junior – Tromsø Children's Film Festival, Tromsø
- 26/08/2025 - Espoo Ciné Junior Film Festival, Espoo
- 26/08/2025 - International Film Festival for Children and Youth Ojo de Pescado, Valparaíso
- 25/08/2025 - Odense International Film Festival, Odense
- 25/08/2025 - Salam – International Children and Youth Film Festival, Baku
- 22/08/2025 - San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- 16/08/2025 - The Norwegian International Filmfestival / "Cinemagi", Haugesund
- 15/08/2025 - IFI Family Festival, Dublin
- 15/08/2025 - Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajewo
- 14/08/2025 - Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh
- 06/08/2025 - Locarno Film Festival: Locarno Kids, Locarno
- 05/08/2025 - La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
- 23/07/2025 - Children's Film Festival Seattle, Seattle
- 17/07/2025 - Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
- 17/07/2025 - New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw
- 14/07/2025 - Anibar Animation Festival, Peja
- 14/07/2025 - Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Rimini
- 10/07/2025 - Pula Film Festival, Children's and Youth Film Programms, Pula
- 08/07/2025 - BIKY – Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, Busan
- 08/07/2025 - Galway Film Fleadh / Junior Film Fleadh, Galway
- 27/06/2025 - Festival International du Film de La Rochelle, La Rochelle
- 21/06/2025 - Fest – New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho
- 16/06/2025 - Kinofest Lünen, Lünen
- 16/06/2025 - Nelson Mandela Children’s Film Festival, Johannesburg
- 04/06/2025 - Plein la Bobine – Sancy Film Festival for Young People, Issoire & La Bourboule
- 03/06/2025 - Milano Film Fest, Milano
- 01/06/2025 - Kinolub Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Rzeszow and other cities in Southern Poland
- 30/05/2025 - Children Kinofest, 20 cities in Ukraine
- 26/05/2025 - VAFI & RAFI – International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival, Varaždin and Rijeka
- 19/05/2025 - Cannes Cinema: Ecrans Juniors, Cannes
- 07/05/2025 - International Documentary Film Festival Munich, DOK.education, München
- 26/04/2025 - Ennesimo FilmFestival, Fiorano Modenese
- 08/04/2025 - Leeds Young Film Festival , Leeds
- 31/03/2025 - KiKiFe Kinderkinofest Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwaebisch Gmuend
- 09/03/2025 - Freeze Frame – International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7
- 29/01/2025 - Children Film Festival - Cine Junior, Val-de-Marne and Île-de-France
- 18/01/2025 - Belmont World Film: Family Film Festival, Cambridge, Belmont, and Arlington
- 12/12/2024 - Sottodiciotto Filmfestival (Under 18), Torino
- 22/11/2024 - Uelzener Filmtage, Niedersächsisches Schüler- und Jugendfilmfestival, Uelzen
- 08/11/2024 - Kidz Cinema, Mumbai and online
- 06/11/2024 - Free Zone Film Festival, Beograd, Nis, Novii Sad, Kragujevac
- 05/11/2024 - International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Yerevan, Armenia
- 24/10/2024 - Universal Kids Film Festival, Tuzla / Istanbul
- 13/10/2024 - MICE - Mostra International Cinema Educatu, Valencia
- 22/09/2024 - Kinderfilmtage im Ruhrgebiet; Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen, Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen
- 12/12/2023 - Tel Aviv International Children's Film Festival (TAICFF), Tel Aviv
- 27/11/2023 - Youngabout - International Film Festival for Young People, Bologna
- 25/09/2023 - Taoba International Youth Film Festival, Tbilisi
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