30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

News

 

Martina Sakova on SUMMER REBELS: “A big head on a big screen”

The poster for SUMMER REBELS shows a young boy, Jonas, biting a watermelon. A perfect illustration for a film that is like a watermelon itself. In summary, sweet and in bright colours, but with a few feisty seeds to crack. After a Korean premiere and...

Tomas Polensky about THE PACK: “The Zlin arena has a unique atmosphere”

If there ever was a film that deserved to have its moment de gloire in the Zlin Film Festival, then it is definitely THE PACK, by Czech director Tomas Polensky. Imagine the lights going down in the Zlin cinema theatre, the film starts and ... guess what...

Everything is different, but the Zlín dog is still running!

This year, everything is truly different from what we are used to in the Zlín festival's well-established routine and life cycle. The festival has moved to September and the organizing team faces a big challenge on how to deal with the limitations that...

Animation. What else? At the Zlín Film Festivalu. Where else?

Argentina, Indonesia, Iran, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, the United States of America. These are not the only distant countries whose short animated films for children will be presented at the 60th Zlín Film Festival. More than 60 films from 25 countries...

The world premiere of the feature film The Pack at the Zlín Film Festival

The 60th Zlín Film Festival will feature the world premiere of the feature debut film by director Tomáš Polenský, The Pack (Smečka). The film was created in international co-production between the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Latvia and deals with...