Awards and Juries

See the profiles of the jury members in the sections on the left.

Grand Jury

This jury decides who receives the Best Film Award and the Best Director Award in the Main Competition. It is composed of important film directors and producers.

Rudolf Vrba Jury

This jury awards the prize for the best film in the Right to Know category, and it is composed of important human rights advocates, international exponents of the non-profit sector and donors. The jury is named after the war hero Rudolf Vrba, who escaped from the Auschwitz concentration camp and subsequently fought as a partisan against the Nazis until the end of the Second World War.

New Media Jury

This jury selects the best campaign from the New Media Changes Society category. 

Václav Havel Jury

Under the honorary chairmanship of Václav Havel, this jury awards a special prize to a film that makes an exceptional contribution to the defence of human rights.

Czech Radio Jury

This jury presents the Czech Radio Award for the creative use of music and sound in a documentary film.

Student Jury

This jury awards a prize for the best movie in the festival’s collection of films for students. It is predominantly composed of secondary school students from who are organisers of One World in Schools student film clubs.

VŠEM Audience Award

As is now traditional, festival-goers will decide on the Audience Award.