This year again, the programme of the 66th edition of the International Film Festival for Children and Youth Zlín Film Festival (28 May – 3 June 2026) will include several Slovak co-produced films for children and young audiences.
The International Competition of Feature Films in the Children’s Category will host the world premiere of The Crystal Planet, directed by Arsen Anton Ostojić and produced as a Czech-Croatian-Slovak co-production. The International Competition of Feature Films in the Youth Category will present the drama Flood by Martin Gonda, the title that received the highest number of awards at the national film awards Sun in a Net.
The non-competitive section World Panorama of Children’s Film will include Extraordinary by directing duo Marina Andree Škop and Vanda Raýmanová, which had its world premiere at Sweden’s BUFF Malmö festival. The strongest presence of Slovak co-productions will be found in the section New Czech Films and TV Programmes, where festival audiences will see the fairy tale Princess Stella (dir. Miloslav Šmídmajer), the biographical documentary The Invisible Jan Gogola (dir. Marek Janičík), the award-winning drama Promise, I’ll Be Fine (dir. Katarína Gramatová), and the drama Summer School, 2001 by Dužan Duong. Finally, the Top Teen Seven section will present #AnnaIsMissing directed by Pavel Soukup.
More information can be found on the website of the Zlín Film Festival.
