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Submit your film to the One World 2020
Are you in the process of finishing your new documentary film? Sumbit it to the One World Festival until the 1st September 2019! The 22nd edition...

The Award for the Best Film of the One World in Brussels goes to Está Todo Bien
13th edition of the One World Festival in Brussels knows it’s best film. The festival jury composed of human rights organizations representatives...

One World in Brussels will show 11 films to international audience
Eleven films covering various current human rights topics will be screened by People in Need in cooperation with the Czech Center in Brussels and the...

Gods of Molenbeek to open One World in Brussels
The film Gods of Molenbeek will open the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival on 23 April in BOZAR. The 13th edition of this...

Heart of Stone Takes Top Honors at One World 2019
The winners of this year’s One World Festival have been announced. A total of seven prizes were awarded by juries in the categories of International...

Leave your kids with us, we’ll make them into film fans!
Want to go to a movie, but don’t have a babysitter on hand? Not to worry. One World festival is ready to entertain even the youngest visitors. We...

We are adding screenings of the festival’s most popular films
Although there are still four festival days remaining, many of the screenings are already hopelessly sold out. In order to give those who didn’t...

Hungary: A Hijacked Democracy?
The enfant terrible of the European Union – that is how many see the Hungary of today. The direction the country is taking towards becoming an “illiberal...

People’s Republic of Desire
In China, the Internet works on the basis of complex ecosystems connecting the online and offline entertainment, e-commerce, gaming, and gambling. During...

On Open and Closed Societies
Filip Remunda’s documentary, The Okamura Brothers, which will be screened in its world premiere at One World, exceeds the genre of a traditional...

One World presents its next jury. Here are our cineastes from outside Prague
Careful readers of our website will surely have noticed that this year’s 21st One World festival features a new jury – a regional jury consisting...

Can we be in safe proximity to one another? One World starts today
The 21st annual One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival starts tonight. Under the motto, “Safe Proximity,” the festival...

You’ll See Them Here First: Premieres at This Year’s One World
At One World, we can’t offer you red carpets and opulent evenings with Hollywood stars, but we do have the pleasure of presenting twenty major...

Films That Will Hit You Hard
Are you mulling over which of the 117 documentaries at One World 2019 to see? The festival’s programme director, Ondřej Moravec, programmers Julie...

Films that are changing the world: What can you do?
Films don't always end when the credits roll. These are documentaries connected with a campaign that audiences can join, usually offering the opportunity...

Virtual reconstructions: What does a conversation with a hologram look like?
Virtual worlds continue to expand. The latest uses of VR in the field of art increasingly diverge from traditional reportage (although such projects still...

Who will grab the prizes this year?
This year’s festival program is divided into a total of 14 categories, out of which there are three competition categories – International...

One World in safe proximity! Check out the programme
Identity and the various forms it takes in the globalized world of the 21st century – this is the subject explored by this year’s...

What not to miss? The best of this year's One World
Complete programme of the One World festival will be announced on 19 February 2019, but this does not prevent us from sharing the best things of...

Homo Homini Award for 2018 to Nicaraguan farmer Francisca Ramírez
“It’s an honor for us, our families, and our country,” says Francisca Ramírez – leader of a Nicaraguan democratic movement...

Sikyong Lobsang Sangay comes to Prague as a guest of One World 2019
One of the world’s most important human rights activists, Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, the President of the Central Tibetan Administration and the successor...

Identity, certainty, security. What brings us together? asks One World 2019
Who am I and where do I belong? At a time of political crises, in a divided society and on the threshold of irreversible climate change, finding an...

Oscar nominees at the One World 2019
Two films about life in the United States that are being screened at this year’s One World, have been nominated for Oscar. The nominations...

A battle or a unity? One World's visuals show both certainties and doubts
What do they mean and how are they related to the topic of safe proximity? The colourful question marks and exclamation points throughout the festival’s...

Talal Derki's film Of Fathers and Sons in the Oscar nomination
Talal Derki was awarded the Best Director Award at the One World festival last year. This year, the Syrian director is vying for an even greater...

Explore Impact: A handbook for film festival organisers available for download
Thanks to the Visegrad Fund and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, we are now able to present this handbook focused on...