Festival's Type:
Original Children’s / Young People’s Film Festivals
Film Festivals with section for Children’s / Young People’s Films
Country:
Original Children’s / Young People’s Film Festival
- "Zero Plus" International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Tyumen & Tobolsk Cities (Siberia)
- AL-JANA International Film Festival for Youth & Children ( J.I.F.F.Y.C), Beirut and other cities
- AniFest ROZAFA– International Film Festival for Children, for Teenagers and from Students, Shkoder
- Animateka International Animation Film Festival, Ljubljana * Maribor
- Athens International Children's Film Festival, Athens
- Belmont World Film: Family Film Festival, Cambridge, Belmont, and Arlington
- Best of the World – Tromsø Children's Film Festival, Tromsø
- Bielefelder Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest, Bielefeld
- BUFF Filmfestival, Malmö
- Castellinaria Festival internazionale del cinema giovane Bellinzona, Bellinzona
- Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Chicago
- Children Film Festival - Cine Junior, Val-de-Marne
- Children Kinofest, 18 cities in Ukraine
- Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- Children's Film Festival Seattle, Seattle
- Cine-Jeune – Festival International de Cinéma, Braine, Saint Quentin & Department of Aisne
- Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- Cinema in Sneakers / Kino w Trampkach, Warsaw
- Dresdner Kinderfilmfest Kinolino, Dresden
- Dubrovnik Film Festival – European Childrens Film Festival, Dubrovnik
- Dytiatko - Int. Children's Media Festival, Kharkiv
- Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil de Valencia, Valencia
- Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- Film Festival for Children and Youth "Kinolub", Krakow and other cities in Southern Poland
- Freeze Frame – International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7
- Galway Film Fleadh / Junior Film Fleadh, Galway
- Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
- Golden Elephant International Children’s Film Festival India (ICFFI), Hyderabad
- Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera, Erfurt & Gera
- IFI Family Festival, Dublin
- IndieJunior Allianz, Porto
- International Children's Film Festival, Istanbul (and other places in Turkey
- International Children's Film Festival, Lucknow
- International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh, Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1205
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Yerevan, Armenia
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Isfahan
- International Film Festival Kinotrip – By the Youth, for the Youth, Ljubljana
- International Vilnius Film Festival for Children and Youth, Vilnius, Kaunas, Siauliai, Klaipeda, Penevezys, Varena
- International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznan
- International Youth Film Festival, Rotterdam & Den Haag
- JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever
- Juniorfest - International Festival for Children and Youth, Pilsen, Dobrany, Horsovsky Tyn, Prestice, Domazlice, Czech Republic
- Kasseler Kinder- & Jugendfilmfest, Kassel
- Kids Kino International Film Festival, Wroclaw
- KiKiFe Kinderkinofest Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwaebisch Gmuend
- KinderDocs – International Documentary Festival for Children and Young People, Athens and Thessaloniki
- Kinderfilmfest Hof, Hof
- Kinderfilmfest Muenster, Münster
- Kinderfilmtage im Ruhrgebiet; Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen, Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen
- KinderKinoFest Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf
- Kineko International Children's Film Festival Tokyo, Tokyo
- KINOdiseea – International Children's Film Festival, Bucharest
- KinoKino - International Film Festival for Children, Zagreb
- Kodomo International Film Festival in Okinawa, Okinawa
- Kölner Kinderfilmfest Cinepaenz, Cologne
- Kratka Forma – International Short Film Festival, Gornji Milanovac
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
- Leeds Young Film Festival, Leeds
- Louisville Children's Film Festival, Louisville
- Lucas – Int. Festival für junge Filmfans, Frankfurt/M.
- Monstronale, Halle/Saale
- Montreal International Children's Film Festival (FIFEM), Montréal (Québec)
- My First Festival – El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelona
- New York International Children's Film Festival, New York
- Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos
- Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Oulu
- Plein la Bobine – Sancy Film Festival for Young People, Massif du Sancy, La Bourboule & Le Mont-Dore
- Prix Jeunesse International - Kinder- und Jugendfernsehfestival, München
- Providence Children's Film Festival, Providence, Rhode Island - USA
- Reel 2 Real – International Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver, Canada
- San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- SehPferdchen - Kinderfilmfest Hannover, Hannover & Burgdorf & Wunstorf
- Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi
- Sottodiciotto Filmfestival (Under 18), Torino
- Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Stockholm
- Stuttgarter Kinderfilmtage, Stuttgart
- Taartrovers Film Festival, Groningen, Amsterdam, Eindhoven and others
- Tel Aviv International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Tel Aviv
- Uelzener Filmtage, Niedersächsisches Schüler- und Jugendfilmfestival, Uelzen
- Vienna International Children's Film Festival, Wien/Vienna
- Vittorio Veneto Film Festival – Festival di cinema per ragazzi - Kids and Teens Film Festival, Vittorio Veneto (TV)
- Youngabout - International Film Festival for Young People, Bologna
- Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
- Zoomz-Festival für K & J-Filme, Luzern
Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth
Zlín, Czech Republic
29/05/2020 - 06/06/2020 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): May/June 2021
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Pášmová, Markéta (artistic director)
Prizes: diverse
Deadline for film entries: 10/03/2020 (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
CZ-76179 Zlín
Czech Republic
Phone: ++420 577 592 275
Internet: www.zlinfest.cz