Over 100,000 visitors attended the festival's screenings both in Zlin and at satelite locations and on the festival's film train.
The anniversary edition, by far the most ambitious mounted by the festival and artistic director Petr Koliha, was praised for its especially vibrant sections presenting an overview of Czech and Slovak cinema for the past seven decades. In addtion, the festival mounted a tribute to Zlin legendary filmmaker Karel Zeman in honor of his centennial. Equally as popular for contemporary audiences was the festival's lifetime achievement award winner Zdenek Sverak.
Koliha, who serves on the board of the European Children's Film Association (ECFA, ), hosted a board meeting of the association -- the first such meeting in a Central/East European country, and a sign of the organization's new expansion into the territory as well as a tribute to the Czech Republic's exceedingly strong children's film industry.
While the festival programme was a remarkable celebration of the 50th anniversary, Koliha has demanding ambitions for the 2011 festival. He told FNE that the 50th anniversary is a good ending to one cycle of the festival. The next cycle will see Zlin pursuing more prestigious international films for its competition sections.
A complete list of festival winners follows:
International Expert Jury for Feature Films:
Golden Slipper - for Best Feature Film for Children:
MAGICZNE DRZEWO / MAGIC TREE (directed by Andrzej Maleszka, Poland, lunapark.pl )
Golden Slipper - for Best Feature Film for Youth:
SEBBE / SEBBE (directed by Babak Najafi, Sweden)
The City of Zlín Award - Special Recognition for Feature Film for Children:
VORSTADTKROKODILE / THE CROCODILES (directed by Christian Ditter, Germany)
The Miloš Macourek Award - Special Recognition for Feature Film for Youth:
DEAR LEMON LIMA / DEAR LEMON LIMA (directed by Suzi Yoonessi, USA)
International Jury for Animated Films:
Golden Slipper - for Best Animated Film:
LOST AND FOUND / LOST AND FOUND (directed by Philip Hunt, UK)
The Hermína Týrlová Award - Award for Young Artists up to the Age of 35:
EL EMPLEO / THE EMPLOYMENT (directed by Santiago Bou Grasso, Argentina)
International Expert Jury for the European Debuts Competition:
The Europe Award:
EU CÂND VREAU SĂ FLUIER, FLUIER / IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE (directed by Florin Serban, Romania, www.vreausafluier.ro )
Special Jury Award:
QU'UN SEUL TIENNE ET LES AUTRES SUIVRONT / SILENT VOICES (directed by Léa Fehner, France)
International Expert Jury for Feature Films of the Visegrad Countries:
The Czech Minister of Culture Award:
GALERIANKY / MALL GIRLS (directed by Katarzyna Roslaniec, Poland, www.wfdif.com.pl )
FICC Jury:
The Don Quixote Award:
KARLA OG JONAS / KARLA AND JONAS (directed by Charlotte Sachs Bostrup, Denmark)
Special FICC Jury Award:
DE INDIAAN / THE INDIAN (directed by Ineke Houtman, Netherlands)
Ecumenical Jury:
The Ecumenical Jury Award for Children:
DE INDIAAN / THE INDIAN (directed by Ineke Houtman, Netherlands)
The Ecumenical Jury Award for Youth:
SEBBE / SEBBE (directed by Babak Najafi, Sweden)
International Children's Jury for Feature Films for Children:
Main Prize of the Children's Jury - for Best Feature Film for Children:
ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW (directed by Alex Law, Hong Kong, China)
International Children's Jury for Feature Films for Youth:
Main Prize of the Children's Jury - for Best Feature Film for Youth:
VORSTADTKROKODILE / THE CROCODILES (directed by Christian Ditter, Germany)
Audience community:
The Golden Apple - for Most Successful Feature Film:
STORM / STORM (directed by Giacomo Campeotto, Denmark)
The Golden Apple - for Most Successful Animated Film:
HOPPELDIHOP / HIP.HOP.HIPPITYHOP. (directed by Ralf Kukula, Germany)
Recognition for Lifetime Achievement in Film-making for Children and Youth:
Zdeněk Svěrák
