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TOP TEEN TEN
In 2022 we introduced the new film section TOP TEEN TEN, 10 films you must see in your teens will continue this year! You can look forward for example to these films.
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CHECK THE CZECHS
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Břetislav Pojar, 63rd Zlín Film Festival 2023 will include a section dedicated to world-renowned Czech animation. We will cover the topic in a film, accompanying and professional program.

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12. 5. 2023
We Have Published the Film Program! Find "Your Own" and Come to the Cinema
In less than three weeks we will open the cinema halls to eager festival-goers. What awaits you behind their doors? Read on and get inspired by our film programme tips.

13. 5. 2023
The Zlín Festival as a Meeting Place for Film Professionals
Many film experts regularly gather in Zlín during the festival and this year, again, a rich professional program has been prepared for them. Under the name Zlín Industry Days 2023, it is offering interesting conferences, presentations, and opportunities for informal meetings and exchanges of views and experience. The professional program will run from Friday to Sunday and is focused on the development of audiovisual content for children and young people.

11. 5. 2023
At the press conference, with the participation of well-known faces from the world of television and film, we presented the main topics of the program
The largest and oldest film festival for children and youth in the world will present 295 films from 50 countries this year.

10. 5. 2023
Today we announced the names of the opening films - look forward to animation and a summer story about first love
The 63rd edition of the Zlín Film Festival starts in three weeks. Are you ready for an annual dose of quality films (not only) for children, (not only) about children, but about everything related to children's world? Then don't miss the opening films that kick off the festival!

10. 5. 2023
Zlín Film Festival Will Award Zlata Adamovská and Pavel Nový with the Golden Slipper This Year
The Golden Slipper will be awarded in Zlín to actor Pavel Nový at the start of the festival and to actress Zlata Adamovská at the end.

9. 5. 2023
CHILDREN'S SECTION: KIND STORIES OF COURAGE, FRIENDSHIP, NATURE, MUSIC, AND DREAMS COME TRUE
This year's competition of feature films for children under 10 is extremely varied. Two films will have their world premiere, and three feature-length animated films will be represented. The carefully selected collection of films for children from around the world will offer traditional, positive stories about friendship, courage, and the desire to help others. But it will also step in new directions. You can watch the trailer here.

2. 5. 2023
TEENS SECTION: Landscape of Adolescence in the Zlín Film Competition for Teenagers
The adolescent landscape is full of unknown corners as well as beautiful sights. Our film protagonists navigate it with courage, curiosity and hope for a safe return home. This year's competitive showcase of feature films for teens and young adults is packed with powerful and memorable stories that will give teens a sense of empathy, belonging, and identifying with their own lives. You can watch the trailer here.

28. 4. 2023
We Are Very Excited - Electra, a Film We Supported, Is Competing at the Prestigious Cannes Film Festival!
The new Czech student film Electra by Daria Kashcheeva has been a huge success. It was selected by the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival as one of the 16 films that will compete for the Best Student Short Film award this year. In addition, it will be presented in the same country at the Annecy International Animation Festival. Our joy is all the greater because we were able to financially support the production of the film thanks to the FILMTALENT ZLÍN Foundation. Congratulations!

26. 4. 2023
DOCUMENTARY SECTION: THE QUESTION OF THE FUTURE IS ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES OF THE YOUNG GENERATION
The European Feature Documentaries section for young audiences up to 15 years of age regularly presents a real insight into the lives of young people in different parts of the world. It has been an integral part of the festival's official competition programme for six years and is an annual challenge for the festival program organizers. You can watch the trailer here.
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Gert Hermans
As communication officer for ECFA he is chief editor of two leading news platforms for the children’s film industry: the ECFA Journal online magazine and the ECFA Update. He was involved in various surveys and publications on children’s film and media, and served in festival juries and panels in Belgium and abroad. Gert Hermans, has been working in children’s film distribution, content marketing, and publishing for Jekino, a company with a long tradition in children’s film for many years.
3. 6. 2022
Wednesday 1 / Thursday 2 – God is driving a Skoda
Let me guide you through some of today’s highlights in an overview…

2. 6. 2022
Tuesday 31 – Dog actors don’t improvise
Let me guide you through some of today’s highlights in an overview…

31. 5. 2022
Monday 30 - The Hunt for the Sprite Maniac
Let me guide you through some of today’s highlights in an overview…

29. 5. 2022
Sunday 29 – Zlin is dead
Let me guide you through some of today’s highlights in an overview…

28. 5. 2022
Saturday 28 – Bubbles is a chimpanzee
Let me guide you through some of today’s highlights in an overview…

27. 5. 2022
Friday 27 – Eat my Bata Salad
Let me guide you through some of today’s highlights in an overview…

16. 9. 2021
Interview with the Int’l Expert Jury for the Children’s Category – “Sneakers are better than high heels”
I think the Int’l Expert Jury for Children’s Films would not only get along during a festival, they even could grow old together. I can perfectly imagine directors Johanne Helgeland (THE CROSSING) and Vit Karas, and sales & distribution expert Claudia-Rudolph Hartman run their little bookshop together, as two distinguished ladies and one true gentleman. They would serve tea to the costumers in little cups with a flowery imprint.

16. 9. 2021
Interview with the ECFA Jury - “Underestimated and overpriced”
We present this year’s festival juries to you in a series of interviews, based on a collection of rather random questions. You might hear it about nuns in a nunnery, about girls in a band, about female students in a boarding school. When spending too much time together, a certain symbiosis might take place. Like When Julia Jarl (BUFF festival, Sweden) starts a sentence, Nicola Jones (Golden Sparrow Festival, German) will be able to complete it (and vice versa). Like identical twins. Or like two shining pearls on the ECFA crown. Third jury member Michal Sasek can’t be here due to health reasons.

16. 9. 2021
Interview with the Int’l Expert Jury for Short Animations – “A remarkable amount of badgers”
We present this year’s festival juries to you in a series of interviews, based on a collection of rather random questions. If the answers could be drawings, probably all this would have been easier, but now that it had to be words, it was all a matter of creating order in chaos. With the help of Barbora Prikaska (Czech Republic), Géza M. Toth (Hungary) and Eliza Plocieniak-Alvarez (Poland / Germany) aka the “Animation Jury”.
Interviews

6. 6. 2022
Interview with the Int’l Jury for Short Animated Films: “Usually there are dragons but not this time”
Interviewing the animation jury is usually fun - animators are often a bit weird by nature, and they talk easily about animals and princes and dragons. Arba Hatashi, Corinne Destombes and Filip Posivac are no exception to this rule. But they also come with an interesting plea; an advice for festival organisers around the world.

3. 6. 2022
Interview with the ECFA Int’l Jury for Documentary Films: “Wine suits my Portuguese personality”
Katerina Hager and Teresa Lima both look nervous and fancy - on a previous occasion Katerina didn’t expect cameras and spotlights and was therefore slightly embarrassed about her casual looks. Now she wears a beautiful necklace (“bought in Sarajevo”) and a dress… but there’s nowhere a camera to be seen.

2. 6. 2022
Interview with the Int’l Expert Jury in the Junior & Youth Category: “I hope the giraffe had a stunt double”
You thought festival juries were like a big mystery; a somewhat cultish bunch of erudite gurus? Or would they be more like simple human beings, doing simple human things? Like running marathons, collecting shoes and living joyless lives? You’ll find it all out through a list of questions we gave to the International Expert Jury in the Junior & Youth Category.

26. 5. 2022
Johannes Schmid about TALES OF FRANZ: “Roaming the neighbourhood alone…”
9-year-old Franz is the smallest kid in his class. On top of that, his voice often lets him down in exciting situations, and all that is left is a squeaky sound. He experiences many adventures, which often call for creative solutions to the everyday problems of growing up. And Franz finds them, often with the help of his two best friends, the self-confident and opinionated Gabi and the fiercely loyal Eberhard.

26. 5. 2022
Ham Tran about MAIKA: “Vietnamese audiences do not care for sci-fi”
Things could be better for 8-year-old Hung, who is grieving the loss of his mother. His relationship with his father is strained, his only friend is moving away, and to top it all off, a greedy landlord is bullying his father. Watching the night sky, suddenly he sees a falling star that lands in the nearby countryside. Investigating the scenery, instead of finding a fallen star, he meets a new friend… MAIKA will spur all your best mood swings, dragging you from lived through drama to hilarious comedy and back, with an extra treat for all Czech audiences...

25. 5. 2022
Frederik Norgaard about MY ROBOT BROTHER: “I wanted people to feel welcome in a warm future”
School life sucks for 12-year-old Alberte. Her old android Robbi is quite an embarrassment to her. With the perfect birthday present – the newest model of humanoids – everything seems to change. The new robot Konrad looks and acts completely as if he were human and suddenly Alberte’s popularity spikes as she is now the kid with the most advanced technology at school. But can the connection between Alberte and Konrad hold up to a real friendship?

25. 5. 2022
Camiel Schouwenaar and his BIGMAN
Dylan and Youssef are best friends, and football is all they dream about. When Dylan ends up in a wheelchair following an accident, he must come to terms with his new life. His dad – and former coach – wants him to accept his disability and keep football from his life, but Dylan is determined to play again. Will Youssef choose to ditch or support him?

24. 5. 2022
PETER BUDINSKY ABOUT JOURNEY TO YOURLAND: “Perfection in the imperfections”
The Slovak-Czech JOURNEY TO YOURLAND is a project ambitious in its storytelling and visual approach. Now the Zlin Film Festival is proud to have the animated feature premiering on its opening night. With warm congratulations to director Peter Budinsky and his team.

12. 9. 2021
Lee Ji Won on KIDS ARE FINE: “When the fence is broken, kids can grow up”
Da-yi’s mother is in the hospital. Why exactly? Da-yi doesn’t know, as his father hasn’t told him. In fact, he doesn’t tell him much at all. But when his mother is transferred to another hospital, Da-yi is determined to go and visit her, even if he has to head out on a trip to a far and unknown destination in the company of some new friends and classmates.
Tips for film programme
The Hullabaloos (2023)
World Children´s Film Panorama
The story of a rowdy family that sticks together no matter what. As the family sets out to the capital,...
Katak, the Brave Beluga (2023)
World Children´s Film Panorama
While his peers have all turned white, as expected at their age, young beluga Katak is still small and...
Detective Agency Henkka & Kivimutka (2022)
World Children´s Film Panorama
Henkka Virtanen stumbles upon a piece of evidence of a possible crime on his way to school. With the...
Juniors (2022)
International Competition of Feature Films in the Junior Category (over 11 years of age)
Fourteen-year-old boys Jordan and Patrick live in a small village in the south of France and are bored...
Patchwork Kingdom: The Mole's Work (2022)
Neighbourhood
Princess Bianca and Albert the Hamster play on a small sandy hill. Noticing they’re surrounded by more...
Dandelions (2022)
International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age), Neighbourhood
A tale of two lions, young and old, in a flower world not so different from ours – with the same crisis...
The Goose (2023)
International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age), Neighbourhood
A young boy living with his grandmother dreams of becoming a famous footballer. Their calm is unexpectedly...
Cats Are Liquid (2023)
International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age), Neighbourhood
A few short scenes that show that cats, contrary to popular belief, do not have a solid state, but a...
Tips for supporting programme
Hot galleries

1. 6. 2022
Thanks to our festival JURIES
This year, 122 films were included in the festival's competitions, which were viewed and evaluated by expert juries.

31. 5. 2022
Top moments of the 4th festival day
Sunday at the festival is very varied in the program and it was no different this year. See how many visitors, spectators, fans, children, teenagers, parents and grandparents enjoyed the program of each festival zone.

31. 5. 2022
Walk of Fame with two new stars
Today, two more stars were unveiled in Zlín on the Walk of Fame in front of the Grand Cinema. This year the names of actors Barbora Seidlová and Jan Šťastný appear on stone tiles.

31. 5. 2022
Monday red festival carpet
The fifth festival day also brought a bright red carpet. Arnošt Goldflam, Pavel Nový and Vladimír Polívka walked past it on Monday. Kristýna Podzimková came to Zlín to see her fans as well as a delegation for the film Hello World! and Beanie. See what the atmosphere was like in front of the Congress center in our gallery!

31. 5. 2022
Top moments of the 5th festival day
Great festival monday with great festival atmosphere!

28. 5. 2022
TOP MOMENTS OF THE 3RD FESTIVAL DAY
Our festival Saturday was pretty full and busy. In the evening, in the presence of Václav Neckář, we screened the digitally restored fairy tale The Sad Princess, the renewed premiere at the Congress center. ŠKODA AUTO day took care of the fun on náměstí Míru and the sunny weather came out for a concert of the band Buty. At Svoboda castle you could visit tents with the LanCraft game zone and you could talk about esports with streamers spajKK and RedgieBeard. Look at our photo gallery to see how the third day of the festival was like!

28. 5. 2022
Who walked the red carpet on Saturday?
Also today, a number of stars shone on the red carpet in front of the Congress center. The crowds were waiting not only for Václav Neckář, who came to Zlin to present digitally restored version of the film The Sad Princess, but also for Jitka Schneiderová, Jiří Dvořák, Ljuba Krbová or Aňa Geislerová, who also came to Zlín with her sister and daughter.

28. 5. 2022
Enjoy film screenings with the participation of film delegations
During the festival, you are able to meet many film celebrities at Golden Apple Cinema, who are accompaning the film screenings. The audience can hear the introductory word, many interesting things from the film world or even funny stories about the films or fuckups. Don’t miss the commented film screenings with participation of film delegation either.

27. 5. 2022
Top moments of the 2nd festival day
Festival Friday from the perspective of our photographers. Check out top photo selection.