Eight titles will compete for the Amnesty International Award.
Jan Tříska, Abel Ferrara and Peter Suschitzky will receive Kristian Awards for artistic contribution to world cinematography. The guest list of the festival includes Emir Kusturica, Agnieszka Holland and Ulrich Thomsen.
A total of 155 films from 55 countries will screen in Prague from 23 to 31 March 2017 and afterwards in thirteen Czech towns until the end of April 2017.
NEW EUROPE COMPETITION:
Filthy / Špina (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Tereza Nvotova
Produced by BFilm
Coproduced by Moloko Film
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and the Czech Cinematography Fund
Godless (Bulgaria, Denmark)
Directed by Raliza Petrova
Produced by Klas Film
Coproduced by Snow Glob
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, Danish Film Institute, Eurimages
Heartstone / Hjartasteinn (Denmark, Island)
Directed by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson
Home is Here / Doma je tady (Austria, Czech Republic)
Directed by Tereza Kotyk
Produced by KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production GmbH
Coproduced by Axman production
Supported by the Austrian Culturforum in Prague
Playground / Plac Zabaw (Poland)
Directed by Bartosz M. Kowalski
Produced by Film It
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Self-criticism of a Bourgeois Dog / Selbstkritik eines bürgerlichen Hundes (Germany)
Directed by Julian Radlmaier
The Childhood of a Leader (France, Hungary, United Kingdom)
Directed by Brady Corbet
The Giant / Jätten (Denmark, Sweden)
Directed by Johannes Nyholm
The Last Family (Poland)
Directed by Jan P. Matuszynski
Produced by Aurum Film
Coproduced by HBO Polska, Lightcraft, Universal Music Polska
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
The Parc / Le Parc (France)
Directed by Damien Manivel