These baby monkeys have had enough of... monkeying around. It's time for them to go on a great journey around the world. This is the main idea of the visual theme of this year's 59th Zlín Film Festival, which will be held in the spirit of travel. The basis of the visual theme, which was presented by the organizers of the festival today in the Congress Center in Zlín, is again the playful drawings of monkeys by the artist Petr Nikl. This year's festival will take place from May 24 to June 1.

World premiere at the Berlinale festival, participation in foreign film Competitions, and important nominations for prestigious film awards. These are the achievements of the student film projects supported by the FILMTALENT ZLÍN Foundation from the proceeds of the auction of artistically rendered film clapperboards.

On Monday, December 10, 2018, the 4th International Film Festival for Children and Youth (SIFFCY) was launched in Delhi, featuring several dozen films from over 30 countries – including the Czech Republic.

Explore and Discover. This is the main challenge and primary central theme of the upcoming 59th Zlín Film Festival. The selected travel theme of the festival is linked to the approaching 100th birthday of the famous traveler, adventurer and writer Miroslav Zikmund. The Zlín Film Festival will be held from May 24 until June 1, 2019. Filmmakers can already submit their films now.

What films was awarded?

Zlín Film Festival, the 58th edition of the International Festival of Films for Children and Youth, has reached its final stage. A total of 169 films were screened in its competition sections, the most successful being Supa Modo, The Third Wish or Los Bando. Apart from film screenings, festival visitors enjoyed a large number of supporting events organized at various locations throughout the town. They could meet film celebrities for both home and abroad, including the actors Jaromír Hanzlík, Ivana Andrlová and Maroš Kramár, Anna Geislerová, Simona Stašová, Ivana Chýlková, Josef Trojan, Zdeněk Piškula, the Irish actor Art Parkinson, the American actor Josh Wiggins, the Slovak actress living in Italy Barbora Bobuľová, the Italian composer and conductor Andrea Morricone, or members of 71 delegations who brought their films to the festival.

An unconventional hobby was introduced to the viewers by the Finnish film Revolutionary Hobby, directed by Selma Vilhunen, which was personally introduced by Alisa Aarniomäki, one of the girls practicing hobbyhorsing. She gave us a very exciting interview.

Even when they were young, best friends Axel and Grim dreamed of making musical history with their band ‘Los Bando Immortale’. One day they receive an invitation to take part in the Norwegian Rock Championship – and suddenly it seems that anything is possible. The only problem is, Axel can’t sing. And because Grim can’t bring himself to tell the truth, they end up on a musical road trip to the far north – along with Thilda, a 9-year-old cellist, and Martin, a rally driver. When they find themselves caught up in a hair-raising car chase, it becomes clear that the journey symbolizes an escape for each of them. With every passing kilometre the group of youngsters grows closer, heading triumphantly for the grand finale.

The feature film "Backstage" will hit Czech cinemas on June 7, 2018. It was directed by Andrea Sedláčková, author of the award-winning drama Fair Play. Backstage will introduce an entirely new genre of dance film to Czech film. In addition to the actors and the story, rhythm, music and dance choreography play a big role in it.