On Friday, November 1, Markéta Pášmová, Artistic Director of the Zlín Film Festival, received a special award in Tokyo, Japan at the KINEKO International Children's Film Festival.

At the beginning of October, the organizers of the Zlín festival opened the registration for films for the upcoming 60th anniversary. This celebratory year will be in the spirit of the theme 2020: BACK TO THE FUTURE. The Zlín Film Festival will take place from May 29 to June 6, 2020.

EMU RUNNER tells the story of nine-year-old Indigenous girl, Gem Daniels, who lives in a remote Australian town. As she copes with her mother’s death, Gem finds solace in the company of a wild emu. This heart-warming story plays out against the challenges that come from living in a small and isolated community. “It was a privilege to be there, and to share these people’s lives and their world and this incredible country. I think that is a gift for all of us,” says director Imogen Thomas. That’s probably why it feels like a privilege to welcome this wonderful film to the Zlin Film Festival. You can be sure it will take you to places you’ve never seen before, like… Brewarrina.

Results and motivations of each festival jury. Read more in this article.

Complete result list of the 59th Zlín Film Festival.

The last day of the Zlín Film Festival traditionally belongs to sport. On Saturday afternoon, the fourth year of the Festival Half-Marathon will take place; it will be preceded by a family run and the Černí Koně children's hand bike race. In total, over two thousand runners, both big and small, will run the course. The last four screenings will take place at the cinema, presenting the winning films from the competition for children, for youth, the winner of the audience award, and the best European debut. The Outdoor Cinema will screen the Oscar-winning film The Green Book. A program has been prepared in the Theater and Chateau Zones; the Festival Chateau invites you to come for a visit and to see the exhibitions of the supporting festival program.

The jury of the 59th Zlin Film Festival have watched all the films which were entered into this year’s competition and they have chosen the winners. As all the competition films have already been screened and the winners have been announced, the Zlin Film Festival is heading to its finale.

The most successful film of the festival was the German feature Rocca Changes the World, receiving awards from both the jury and the audience. Aside from the competition films, visitors have enjoyed screenings of non-competition films devoted to nature, people and countries reflecting the central theme of this year’s festival “Discover and Explore” and also a rich programme of supporting events, including travel talks and events centered around the explorer, Miroslav Zikmund.

“I’m a fan of one of the greatest losers in the history of Israeli football”

Four adolescents, outstanding athletes, live and train at Israel's national Sports Academy. They are facing a system that pushes them to their limits while they question whether their youth isn´t being spent in vain. The story shifts between exhausting training routines and painful injuries to sporting peaks only a few are blessed to experience. But once they might give up, then what is left? Director Alon Marom will be a guest at the Zlin Festival to answer all your questions. We wanted to know how he selected the athletes (one team athlete and three individual sportsmen) for this documentary.

The competition program ends on the penultimate day of the ZFF. The best films for children and youth will be awarded Golden Slippers and other festival awards at the gala evening in the presence of Czech Television cameras. A Golden Slipper for outstanding interpretation of songs in Czech films will also be awarded to singer Karel Gott. Today's discussion in the series of travel discussions, will be presented by the Manťáci ("handymen"), a group who crossed India by rickshaw. There is a program on Náměstí Míru Square with the Černí Koně ("Black Horse") organization, which helps disabled people move about independently. The Outdoor Cinema will screen the film Bohemian Rhapsody.