Next Deadlines for Your Films
- DL: 24.06.2026 - Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Kassel
- DL: 25.06.2026 - Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- DL: 29.06.2026 - Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, Tallinn
- DL: 30.06.2026 - San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- DL: 30.06.2026 - Zurich Film Festival, Zürich, Switzerland
- DL: 04.07.2026 - Reykjavik International Film Festival, Reykjavik
- DL: 10.07.2026 - DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film , Leipzig
- DL: 15.07.2026 - My First Festival – El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelona and Madrid
- DL: 30.07.2026 - Filmfest Hamburg, Children's and Youth Film Festival "Michel", Hamburg
- DL: 14.08.2026 - Abloom Filmfestival, Oslo
- DL: 31.08.2026 - JuniorFest - International Festival for Children and Youth, Plzen, Dobrany, Horsovsky Tyn, Prestice, Domazlice, Czech Republic
- DL: 01.10.2026 - JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever
- DL: 15.10.2026 - New York International Children's Film Festival, New York
- DL: 01.12.2026 - Filmfest Dresden - International Festival for Animation and Short Films, Dresden
- DL: 01.03.2027 - Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
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