The festival celebrated its 20th anniversary with a new Updating the system logo, a new visual identity and new sections. A total of 128 documentaries were screened, including nine virtual reality projects.
The festival will now move to 36 other cities in the Czech Republic.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
Best Film:
The Deminer (Sweden)
Directed by Hogir Hirori and Shinwar Kamal
Best Director:
Talal Derki for Of Fathers and Sons (Germany, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria)
Special Mention:
Laura Bari for directing Primas (Canada, Argentina)
VÁCLAV HAVEL JURY :
Main Prize:
Watani- My Homeland (UK)
Directed by Marcel Mettelsiefen
Special Mention:
The Venerable W (France, Switzerland)
Directed by Barbet Schroeder
CZECH COMPETITION:
Main Award:
Non-Parent (Czech Republic)
Directed by Jana Počtová
Special Mention:
Klára Tasovská and Lukáš Kokeš for Nothing Like Before (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
STUDENT JURY:
Main Award:
Peace to You All (Slovakia)
Directed by Juraj Mravec
AVAST FOUNDATION AUDIENCE AWARD:
Audience Award:
City of Ghosts (USA)
EAST DOC PLATFORM:
East Doc Forum:
Best Project Award:
The Last Relic (Estonia, Poland)
Directed by Marianna Kaat
Czech TV Co-production Award:
Angels of Sinjar. Yazidis – 21st Century Genocide (Poland, Germany)
Directed by Hanna Polak
HBO Europe Award:
Angels of Sinjar. Yazidis – 21st Century Genocide (Poland, Germany)
Directed by Hanna Polak
Best Director Award Awarded by Current Time TV Jury Award:
Ksenia Gapchenko for Holy Culture! (Russia)
Liuba Ziamtsova for The Place of Love (Belarus)
Ex Oriente Film Workshop Awards:
Golden Funnel Award:
Amoosed! (Czech Republic)
Directed by Hana Nováková
Participation at IDFA Forum:
Journey to the End of the Night (Estonia, Russia)
Directed by Ksenia Elyan
Participation at Speed Meetings at DocsBarcelona:
Wishing on a Star (Slovakia)
Directed by Peter Kerekes
Participation at DOK Leipzig:
Lessons of Love (Poland)
Directed by Malgorzata Goliszewska, Katarzyna Mateja
Hacking Friendship (Ukraine)
Directed by Oleksiy Radynski, p. Lyuba Knorozok
Participation at Sheffield Doc/Fest for Best Czech Project:
In the Name of Allah (Czech Republic)
Directed by Francesco Montagner
Best Short Project Award:
Blackandwhite (Czech Republic, Germany, UK)
Directed by Zoe Eluned Aiano, Anna Benner
