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

News

 

Director Alon Marom about 17 SECONDS

“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...

Program tips for Friday 31. 5.

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...

Director Safdar Rahman about CHIPPA: “Everyone knows that life is not fair”

When Chippa is handed a letter addressed to him, from his father whom he does not remember, the little boy decides to leave his pavement abode and find out more. At the stroke of midnight, on his tenth birthday, Chippa heads out to discover the city and...

The best stories are often with outsiders

Director Steven Wouterlood about MY EXTRAORDINAY SUMMER WITH TESS

Sam – who is often called “weird” – is spending the holidays on a small coastal island in the north of Holland. With his big brother, his parents and plenty tourists around, he...

George Pistereanu:The moment that marked the start of my career as an actor

The day that IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE had its international premier at the prestigious Berlinale Festival in 2010 was special. The grim weather outside somehow fitted the atmosphere of the film, and inside the theatre was an uncomfortable silence,...