Next Deadlines for Your Films
- DL: 31.01.2026 - Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival , Aosta
- DL: 01.02.2026 - Animafest - World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb
- DL: 01.02.2026 - Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Mures
- DL: 02.02.2026 - Plein la Bobine – Sancy Film Festival for Young People, Issoire & La Bourboule
- DL: 07.02.2026 - Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Hamburg
- DL: 13.02.2026 - Freeze Frame – International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7
- DL: 13.02.2026 - Galway Film Fleadh / Junior Film Fleadh, Galway
- DL: 01.03.2026 - Milano Film Fest, Milano
- DL: 01.03.2026 - Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
- DL: 14.03.2026 - Festival International du Film de Cannes, Cannes
- DL: 15.03.2026 - Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney, Emden Aurich Norderney
- DL: 18.03.2026 - Odense International Film Festival, Odense
- DL: 30.03.2026 - Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Rimini
- DL: 31.03.2026 - La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
- DL: 01.04.2026 - Buster - Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Copenhagen
- DL: 09.04.2026 - Locarno Film Festival: Locarno Kids, Locarno
- DL: 17.04.2026 - Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh
- DL: 01.05.2026 - Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- DL: 11.05.2026 - Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden
- DL: 11.05.2026 - Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
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.
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Contact:
Filmfest, s.r.o.
Filmová 174
76001 Zlín
Czech Republic
Phone: ++420 577 592 275
Internet: www.zlinfest.cz