Archive
1st BOO International Short Film Festival
Prague | November 3–9. 2025
BEST SHORT FILM IN EUROPEAN BOO COMPETITION
God Is Shy (dir. Jocelyn Charles, 2025, 16 min, France)
BEST SHORT FILM IN CZECH-GERMAN BOO COMPETITION
Hurikán (dir. Jan Saska, 2024, 13 min, Czechia, France, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE EUROPEAN BOO JURY
Dancing in the Corner (dir. Jan Bujnowski, 2024, 14 min, Poland)
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE CZECH-GERMAN BOO JURY
Ceasefire (dir. Jakob Krese, 2025, 30 min, Germany, Italy, Slovenia)
BEST SHORT FILM IN BOO FOR THE ELDER AND WISER COMPETITION
Notes from Planet Three (dir. Milorad Milatović, 2025, 14 min, Great Britain)
BEST SHORT FILM IN 15+BOO COMPETITION
God Is Shy (dir. Jocelyn Charles, 2025, 16 min, France)
BEST SHORT FILM IN 12+BOO COMPETITION
Volcelest (dir. Eric Briche, 2024, 15 min, France)
BEST SHORT FILM IN MINI BOO COMPETITION
The Legend of the Hummingbird (dir. Morgan Devos, 2025, 9 min, France)
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Nominated films for the European BOO
Nominated films for the Czech-German BOO
Nominated films for the BOO for the Elder and Wiser
Nominated films for the 15+BOO
Nominated films for the 12+BOO
Nominated films for the mini BOO
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Jury of the European BOO
Aleks Dimitrijevic, Daniel Lundquist, Pantelis Panteloglou
Jury of the Czech-German BOO
Julia Fleißig, Amrei Keul, Adéla Komrzý, Eva Váchová
18th annual Pavel Koutecký Award & 7th ELBE DOCK IFF
Ústí nad Labem | Dresden | September 4–8, 2024
PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH FIRST OR SECOND FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Bedwetter (dir. Jan Hušek, Czechia, 2023, 61 min)
PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH FIRST OR SECOND SHORT DOCUMENTARY
In the Dark (dir. Aneta J., Czechia, 2023, 11 min)
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH FIRST OR SECOND SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Doubt (dir. Adela Križovenská, Czechia, 2023, 6 min)
ELBE DOCK AWARD FOR THE BEST CENTRAL EUROPEAN SHORT FILM
Blood and Flowers (dir. Sabina, Poland, 2023, 18 min)
ELBE DOCK AWARD FOR THE BEST NORDIC SHORT FILM
A Study of Empathy (dir. Hilke Rönnfeldt, Denmark/Germany, 2023, 15 min)
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE ELBE DOCK AWARD
FOR THE BEST CENTRAL EUROPIAN SHORT FILM
A Good Mind Grows in Thorny Places (dir. Katarína Gramatová, Slovakia, 2023, 20 min)
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE ELBE DOCK FESTIVAL
Jan Špaček
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Nominated Czech first or second feature documentaries
Bedwetter (dir. Jan Hušek, Czechia, 2023, 61 min)
Blix Not Bombs (dir. Greta Stocklassa, Czechia/Germany/Sweden, 2023, 85 min)
Limits of Europe (dir. Apolena Rychlíková, Czechia/France/Slovakia, 2024, 98 min)
My Paradise Is Darker Than Your Hell (dir. Kateřina Dudová, Czechia, 2023, 76 min)
The World According to My Dad (dir. Marta Kovářová, Czechia/Slovakia, 2023, 77 min)
Nominated Czech first or second short documentaries
Doubt (dir. Adela Križovenská, Czechia, 2023, 6 min)
Homeward (dir. Olexi Chubun, Czechia, 2023, 11 min)
In Between (dir. Bao Long Lý, Czechia, 2023, 5 min)
In the Dark (dir. Aneta J., Czechia, 2023, 11 min)
Quarry (dir. Josef Švejda, Czechia, 2023, 8 min)
Rising Above (dir. Natálie Durchánková, Czechia, 2023, 4 min)
Nominated Central European short films
2720 (dir. Basil da Cunha, Switzerland/Portugal, 2023, 25 min)
3 MWh (dir. Marie-Magdalena Kochová, Czechia, 2024, 12 min)
A Cappella (dir. Marcin Kluczykowski, Poland, 2024, 30 min)
A Good Mind Grows in Thorny Places (dir. Katarína Gramatová, Slovakia, 2023, 20 min)
A Transient Taste (dir. Eva Neidlinger, Germany, 2023, 24 min)
As It Was (dir. Damian Kocur, Anastasiia Solonevych, Poland/Ukraine, 2023, 15 min)
Be Somebody (dir. Michał Toczek, Poland, 2023, 28 min)
Been There (dir. Corina Schwingruber Ilić, Switzerland, 2023, 10 min)
Blood and Flowers (dir. Sabina, Poland, 2023, 18 min)
Dede Is Dead (dir. Philippe Kastner, Czechia, 2023, 8 min)
Doomed to Placehold (dir. Matěj Martinec, Czechia, 2024, 9 min)
Exit Through the Cuckoo’s Nest (dir. Nikola Ilić, Switzerland, 2024, 20 min)
Falling (dir. Anna Gyimesi, Hungary, 2023, 16 min)
Land of Mountains (dir. Olga Kosanović, Austria/Germany, 2023, 28 min)
Matta & Matto (dir. Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp, Switzerland, 2023, 10 min)
Paradise Europe (dir. J Leandro Goddinho, Paulo Menezes, Germany/Brazil, 2023, 17 min)
Sea Salt (dir. Leila Basma, Czechia/Lebanon, 2023, 19 min)
Silent Chirping of Invisible Digits (dir. Vera Sebert, Austria, 2023, 10 min)
Sister of Mine (dir. Mariusz Rusinski, Poland, 2023, 30 min)
Stuck Together (dir. Anna Wowra, Czechia, 2023, 23 min)
Symphony (dir. Ondřej Nedvěd, Vojtěch Komárek, Czechia, 2023, 9 min)
Tako Tsubo (dir. Fanny Sorgo, Eva Pedroza, Austria/Germany, 2024, 6 min)
The Currency - Sensing 1 Agbogbloshie (dir. Elom 20ce, Musquiqui Chihying, Gregor Kasper, Germany/Tchaiwan/Togo, 2023, 16 min)
The Waiting (dir. Volker Schlecht, Germany, 2023, 15 min)
Winter (dir. Tomek Popakul, Kasumi Ozeki, Poland, 2023, 27 min)
Nominated Nordic short films
A Moment You Will Remember (dir. Polina Blag, Sweden, 2024, 15 min)
A Study of Empathy (dir. Hilke Rönnfeldt, Denmark/Germany, 2023, 15 min)
Complications (dir. Ivar Aase, Norway, 2023, 14 min)
Entropy (dir. Inuk Jørgensen, Greenland, 2024, 9 min)
Every Tom, Dick, and Urpo (dir. Karoliina Gröndahl, Finland, 2023, 15 min)
Hello (dir. Rasmus Lindkvist, Sweden, 2024, 1 min)
How to Please (dir. Elina Talvensaari, Finland, 2023, 28 min)
I Smell a Mouse (dir. Iiti Yli-Harja, Finland, 2024, 18 min)
In the Midst of Chaos There Was Shape (dir. Saarlotta Virri, Finlnd, 2023, 17 min)
Liv (dir. Annika Ivarsson, Sweden, 2023, 15 min)
Looped (dir. Thomas Costa Freté, Sweden, 2023, 8 min)
Now, I Also, Am Here (dir. Camilla Figenschou, Norway, 2023, 18 min)
Square the Circle (dir. Hanna Hovitie, Finland, 2023, 18 min)
The Last Straw (dir. Andrias Høgenni, Denmark/Faore Islands, 2023, 15 min)
The Swimmer (dir. Máté Boegi, Denmark, 2023, 17 min)
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Pavel Koutecký Award Jury
Barbora Příkaská, Michal Kučerák, Sara Polak, Dávid Štumpf, Daria Kashcheeva
ELBE DOCK Award for Central European short film Jury
Dagmar Sedláčková, Gudrun Sommer, Rebekka Garrido, Tereza Czesany Dvořáková
ELBE DOCK Award for Nordic short film Jury
Birgitte Weinberger, Hrönn Marinósdóttir, Liisa Nurmela
8th Young Film Fest
Prague | September 25–29, 2024
YOUNG FILM FEST AWARD (12–14 YEARS)
On the 8th Day (dir. Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois, France, 2023, 8 min)
YOUNG FILM FEST AWARD (15–19 YEARS)
Wander to Wonder (dir. Nina Gantz, the Netherlands/France/Belgium/GB, 2023, 14 min)
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE 12–14 YEARS JURY
My Name Is Edgar and I Have a Cow (dir. Filip Diviak, Czechia/Slovakia, 2023, 7 min)
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Nominated short films for the Young Film Fest Award (12–14 years)
Farah (dir. Alissa Jung, Germany, 2024, 23 min)
Midnight on MSN (dir. Elise Levy, France, 2023, 22 min)
My Name Is Edgar and I Have a Cow (dir. Filip Diviak, Czechia/Slovakia, 2023, 7 min)
On the 8th Day (dir. Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois, France, 2023, 8 min)
The Birthday Party (dir. Francesco Sossai, Germany/France/Italy, 2023, 17 min)
Midnight on MSN (dir. Elise Levy, France, 2023, 22 min)
Nominated short films for the Young Film Fest Award (15–19 years)
Good Boy (dir. Tom Stuart, Great Britain, 2023, 16 min)
It Takes Balls (dir. Vincent Dolinsek, Germany, 2024, 16 min)
Preoperational Model (dir. Philip Ullman, the Netherlands, 2024, 13 min)
Sea Salt (dir. Leila Basma, Czechia/Lebanon, 2023, 19 min)
There Are People In the Forest (dir. Szymon Ruczyński, Poland, 2023, 10 min)
Together Forever (dir. Barbara Medajska, Poland, 2024, 13 min)
Wander to Wonder (dir. Nina Gantz, the Netherlands/France/Belgium/Great Britain, 2023, 14 min)
17th annual Pavel Koutecký Award & 6th ELBE DOCK IFF
Ústí nad Labem | Dresden | September 6–10, 2023
PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH FIRST OR SECOND FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Pongo Calling (dir. Tomáš Kratochvíl, Czech Republic, 2022, 78 min)
PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH FIRST OR SECOND SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Serpentis (dir. Sarah Lomenová, Czech Republic, 2022, 18 min)
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH FIRST OR SECOND SHORT DOCUMENTARY
The Landscape of Ashes (dir. Eliška Plechatová, Czech Republic, 2022, 5 min)
ELBE DOCK AWARD
FOR THE BEST CENTRAL EUROPEAN SHORT DEBUT
Uncle Vakho's Dream (dir. Joanna Rój, Poland/Georgia, 2022, 22 min)
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Nominated Czech first or second feature documentaries
8th Day of the War (dir. Oksana Moiseniuk, Czech Republic, 2022, 93 min)
a-B-C-D-e-F-G-H-i-JONESTOWN (dir. Jan Bušta, Czech Republic, 2022, 77 min)
Pongo Calling (dir. Tomáš Kratochvíl, Czech Republic/Slovakia/UK, 2022, 78 min)
PSH Neverending Story (dir. Štěpán Vodrážka, Czech Republic, 2022, 70 min)
The Visitors (dir. Veronika Lišková, Czech Republic/Norway/Slovakia, 2022, 83 min)
Nominated Czech first or second short documentaries
Foxy Girls (dir. Maja Penčič, Czech Republic, 2021, 13 min)
I Want to Find Peace in Every Situation (dir. Alan Sýs, Czech Republic, 2022, 15 min)
The Landscape of Ashes (dir. Eliška Plechatová, Czech Republic, 2022, 5 min)
Vox populi (dir. Josef Švejda, Czech Republic, 2022, 20 min)
Serpentis (dir. Sarah Lomenová, Czech Republic, 2022, 18 min)
Nominated Central European short debuts
27 (dir. Flóra Anna Buda, Hungary/France, 2023, 12 min)
A Dead Marriage (dir. Michał Toczek, Poland, 2022, 18 min)
A Goat's Spell (dir. Gerhard Funk, Germany, 2022, 9 min)
Amok (dir. Balázs Turai, Hungary, 2022, 14 min)
At Spiral's End (dir. Eliška Kerbachová, Czech Republic, 2022, 5 min)
Backflip (dir. Nikita Diakur, Germany/France, 2022, 12 min)
Brandon Roi (dir. Romain Jaccoud, Switzerland, 2022, 15 min)
Electra (dir. Daria Kashcheeva, Czech Republic/France, 2023, 27 min)
Flowers from Another Garden (dir. Jorge Cadena, Switzerland/Colombia, 2022, 15 min)
Handjobs (dir. Andri Hinnen, Daniel Schneider, Switzerland, 2022, 5 min)
Hardly Working (dir. Total Refusal, Austria, 2022, 20 min)
Insight (dir. Emma Braun, Austria, 2022, 20 min)
Juice (dir. Mona Keil, Germany, 2022, 5 min)
Recordings of a Weather Camera (dir. Bernhard Wenger, Austria/Germany, 2023, 18 min)
Rites (dir. Damián Vondrášek, Czech Republic, 2022, 16 min)
Staging Death (dir. Jan Soldat, Austria/Germany, 2022, 8 min)
Strigov (dir. Barbora Berezňáková, Slovakia, 2022, 8 min)
Text Me When You Get Home xx (dir. Niklas Bauer, Germany, 2022, 11 min)
The Devil (dir. Jan Bujnowski, Poland, 2022, 19 min)
The Newt Congress (dir. Matthias Sahli, Immanuel Esser, Switzerland, 2022, 15 min)
The Other End of the Street (dir. Kálmán Nagy, Austria/Hungary, 2022, 22 min)
Uncle Vakho's Dream (dir. Joanna Rój, Poland, 2022, 22 min)
waking up in silence (dir. Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko, Germany/Ukraine, 2022, 18 min)
We Had a Thing (dir. Franz Quitt, Austria, 2022, 28 min)
When I'll Be… (dir. Tymoteusz Kałużewski, Poland, 2022, 21 min)
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Pavel Koutecký Award Jury
Barbora Námerová, Benjamin Tuček, Klára Vlasáková
ELBE DOCK Award Jury
Karolína Davidová, Monica Koshka-Stein, Johanna Süß, Kateřina Šafaříková
7th Young Film Fest
Prague | September 20–24, 2023
YOUNG FILM FEST AWARD (12–14 YEARS)
Pig (dir. Jorn Leeuwerink, the Netherlands, 2022, 9 min)
YOUNG FILM FEST AWARD (15–19 YEARS)
Love in a Loveless Time (dir. Veronica Nielsen, Sweden, 2022, 15 min)
YOUNG FILM FEST AWARD – special mention
Fairplay (dir. Zoel Aeschbacher, Switzerland, 2022, 17 min)
Nominated short films for the Young Film Fest Award (12–14 years)
Catching Birds (dir. Lea Marie Lembke & Simon Marie Kubiena, Germany/France/Austria, 2023, 19 min)
Crab (dir. Piotr Chmielewski, Poland, 2022, 8 min)
Dede Is Dead (dir. Philippe Kastner, Czechia, 2023, 8 min)
Ice Merchants (dir. João Gonzalez, Portugal/Great Britain/France, 2022, 14 min)
Outside (dir. Wouter Keijzer, the Netherlands, 2022, 13 min)
Pig (dir. Jorn Leeuwerink, the Netherlands, 2022, 9 min)
Regular Rabbit (dir. Eoin Duffy, Ireland, 2022, 7 min)
Nominated short films for the Young Film Fest Award (15–19 years)
Action (dir. Benoit Monney, Switzerland, 2022, 6 minut)
An Irish Goodbye (dir. Tom Berkeley & Ross White, Ireland/Great Britain, 2022, 23 min)
At Spiral's End (dir. Eliška Kerbachová, Czechia, 2022, 5 min)
Fairplay (dir. Zoel Aeschbacher, Switzerland, 2022, 17 min)
Love in a Loveless Time (dir. Veronica Nielsen, Sweden, 2022, 15 min)
Reality Check (dir. Simone Norberg, Sweden, 2022, 14 min)
The Authentic Self (dir. Simon Folger, Sweden, 2022, 7 min)
Tits (dir. Eivind Landsvik, Norway, 2023, 12 min)
16th annual Pavel Koutecký Award & 5th ELBE DOCK IFF
Prague | Ústí nad Labem | Dresden | May 12–21, 2022
PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH FIRST OR SECOND FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Intensive Life Unit (dir. Adéla Komrzý, Czech Republic, 2021, 76 min)
SPECIAL MENTION
FOR THE CZECH FIRST OR SECOND FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
How I Became a Partisan (dir. Vera Lacková, Czech Republic/Slovakia, 2021, 90 min)
PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH FIRST OR SECOND SHORT DOCUMENTARY
JANG (dir. Josef Švejda, Czech Republic, 2022, 28 min)
ELBE DOCK AWARD
FOR THE BEST CENTRAL EUROPEAN SHORT DEBUT
after a room (dir. Naomi Pacifique/Netherlands/United Kingdom/Switzerland, 2021, 21 min)
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Selected Czech first or second feature documentaries
Brotherhood (dir. Francesco Montagner, Czech Republic/Italy/France, 2021, 97 min)
Housing Against Everyone (dir. Tomáš Hlaváček, Czech Republic/Slovakia, 2021, 93 min)
How I Became a Partisan (dir. Vera Lacková, Czech Republic/Slovakia, 2021, 90 min)
Intensive Life Unit (dir. Adéla Komrzý, Czech Republic, 2021, 76 min)
Preparations for Film T (dir. Milan Klepikov, Czech Republic, 2021, 93 min)
Selected Czech first or second short documentaries
Love, Dad (dir. Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Czech Republic/Slovakia, 2021, 13 min)
JANG (dir. Josef Švejda, Czech Republic, 2022, 28 min)
The Land of the Raven from the Ark (dir. Květa Chaloupková, Czech Republic, 2021, 21 min)
Amplified Silence (dir. Marek Mrkvička, Czech Republic, 2021, 23 min)
Testing Sirens (dir. Hana Slaninová, Czech Republic, 2021, 11 min)
Selected Central Europan short debuts
Can You Still Feel the Butterflies? (dir. Radek Brousil, Kryštof Hlůže, Czech Republic, 2021, 13 min)
Wishaway (dir. Klara von Veegh, Austria, 2021, 21 min)
Mother's Day (dir. Patryk Kaflowski, Poland, 2021, 11 min)
Night (dir. Ahmad Saleh, Germany/Palestina/Qatar, 2021, 16 min)
Rheum (dir. Kateřina Hroníková, Slovakia, 2021, 28 min)
after a room (dir. Naomi Pacifique, Netherlands/United Kingdom/Switzerland, 2021, 21 min)
The Glory of Terrible Eliz (dir. Eliška Kováříková, Adam Struhala, Czech Republic, 2021, 28 min)
Handbook (dir. Pavel Mozhar, Germany/Belarus, 2021, 26 min)
Rondo (dir. Katharina Rivilis, Germany, 2022, 29 min)
Sisters (dir. Andrea Szelesová, Czech Republic, 2021, 11 min)
Sentinels (dir. Patrick Muroni, Switzerland, 2021, 15 min)
Once Upon a Time in Israel (dir. Weronika Szyma, Poland, 2021, 11 min)
In the Inner Circle (dir. Julia Reiter, Austria, 2021, 29 min)
In Shallow Water (dir. Marek Moučka, Slovakia, 2021, 11 min)
Thing (dir. Malte Stein, Germany, 2021, 5 min)
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Pavel Koutecký Award Jury
Alexandra Bryksa, Marharyta Golobrodska, Alexandr Kozlov, Olga Krykun
ELBE DOCK Award Jury
Malvína Balvínová, Julie Žáčková, Anne Gaschütz, Steffi Rostoski
6th Young Film Fest
Prague | April 21–24, 2022
YOUNG FILM FEST AWARD (9–11 YEARS)
The Glory of Terrible Eliz (dir. Adam Struhala & Eliška Kováříková, Czechia, 2021, 28 min)
YOUNG FILM FEST AWARD (12–14 YEARS)
Gabi, Between Ages 8 and 13 (dir. Engeli Bromberg, Sweden/Norway, 2021, 79 min)
YOUNG FILM FEST AWARD (15–18 YEARS)
The Timekeepers of Eternity (dir. Aristotelis Maragkos, Greece, 2021, 62 min)
YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD
Animal (dir. Cyril Dion, France, 2021, 105 min)
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Short films nominated for the Young Film Fest Award (9–11 years)
Aquaphobia (dir. Vigdis Nielsen, Norway, 2020, 12 min)
Mia & Liki (dir. Katrin Tegova, Estonia, 2021, 15 min)
Sierra (dir. Sander Joon, Estonia, 2022, 16 min)
The Glory of Terrible Eliz (dir. Adam Struhala & Eliška Kováříková, Czechia, 2021, 28 min)
Short films nominated for the Young Film Fest Award (12–14 years)
Contretempts (dir. Laurine Baille, Gabriel Gérard, Lise Légier, Chloé Maingé & Claire Sun, France, 2021, 7 min)
Gabi, Between Ages 8 and 13 (dir. Engeli Bromberg, Sweden/Norway, 2021, 79 min)
Libertad (dir. Clara Roquet, Spain/Belgium, 2021, 104 min)
Run (dir. Emma Miranda Moore, Great Britain, 2021, 13 min)
Sanctuary (dir. Eva Matějovičová, Czechia, 2021, 5 min)
Thea & Tuva (dir. Kristian B. Walters, Norway, 2020, 23 min)
Short films nominated for the Young Film Fest Award (15–18 years)
Boazovázzi (dir. Joonas Mattila & Jeffrey Roekens, Finland, 2021 14 min)
The Timekeepers of Eternity (dir. Aristotelis Maragkos, Greece, 2021, 62 min)
Love, Dad (dir. Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Czechia/Slovakia, 2021, 13 min)
O (dir. Paul Wenninger, Austria/France, 2021, 5 min)
The Fam (dir. Fred Baillif, Switzerland, 2021, 112 min)
Techno, Mama (dir. Saulius Baradinskas, Lithuania, 2021,18 min)
Wild Minds (dir. Hannah Elbke, Denmark, 2021, 29 min)
Boazovázzi (dir. Joonas Mattila & Jeffrey Roekens, Finland, 2021 14 min)
Love, Dad (dir. Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Czechia/Slovakia, 2021, 13 min)
O (dir. Paul Wenninger, Austria/France, 2021, 5 min)
Techno, Mama (dir. Saulius Baradinskas, Lithuania, 2021,18 min)
The Fam (dir. Fred Baillif, Switzerland, 2021, 112 min)
The Timekeepers of Eternity (dir. Aristotelis Maragkos, Greece, 2021, 62 min)
Wild Minds (dir. Hannah Elbke, Denmark, 2021, 29 min)
Films nominated for the Young Audience Award
Animal (dir. Cyril Dion, France, 2021, 105 min)
Comedy Queen (dir. Sanna Lenken, Sweden, 2022, 93 min)
Dreams Are Like Wild Tigers (dir. Lars Montag, Germany, 2021, 95 min)
15th annual Pavel Koutecký Award & 4th ELBE DOCK IFF
Ústí nad Labem | Dresden | September 28 – October 4, 2021
PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH FIRST OR SECOND FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Traces of a Landscape (dir. Petr Záruba, Czech Republic, Italy, 2020, 67 min)
PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH FIRST OR SECOND SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Czechia Deforested (dir. Mikoláš Arsenjev, Czech Republic, 2020, 15 min)
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH FIRST OR SECOND SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Railing (dir. Barbora Sommersová, Czech Republic, 2020, 6 min)
ELBE DOCK AWARD
FOR THE BEST CENTRAL EUROPEAN FEATURE DEBUT
Purple Sea (dir. Amel Alzakout, Khaled Abdulwahed, Germany, 2020, 67 min)
ELBE DOCK AWARD
FOR THE BEST CENTRAL EUROPEAN SHORT DEBUT
Vyraj (dir. Agnieszka Nowosielska, Poland, 2020, 20 min)
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Nominated Czech first or second feature documentaries for the Pavel Koutecký Award
Athanor – The Alchemical Furnace (dir. Adam Oľha, Jan Daňhel, Czech Republic/Slovakia, 2020, 117 min)
White on White (dir. Viera Čákanyová, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2020, 74 min)
Traces of a Landscape (dir. Petr Záruba, Czech Republic/Italy, 2020, 67 min)
A New Shift (dir., Jindřich Andrš, Czech Republic, 2020, 91 min)
Wolves at the Borders (dir. Martin Páv, Czech Republic, 2020, 78 min)
Nominated Czech first or second short documentaries for the Pavel Koutecký Award
Czechia Deforested (dir. Mikoláš Arsenjev, Czech Republic, 2020, 15 min)
Mrs. Happy (dir. Nikola Klinger, Czech Republic, 2020, 16 min)
Pripyat Piano (dir. Eliška Cílková, Czech Republic, 2020, 19 min)
Inside (dir. Viktorie Štěpánová, Czech Republic, 2020, 6 min)
Railing (dir. Barbora Sommersová, Czech Republic, 2020, 6 min)
Nominated Central Europan feature debuts for the ELBE DOCK Award
DAU. Natasha (dir. Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel, Germany/Russia/Ukraine/UK, 2020, 145 min)
As Far as I Know (dir. Nándor Lőrincz, Bálint Nagy, Hungary/Romania, 2020, 120 min)
The Last Image (dir. Judith Zdesar, Austria, 2020, 70 min)
Purple Sea (dir. Amel Alzakout, Khaled Abdulwahed, Germany, 2020, 67 min)
Robin's Hood (dir. Jasmin Baumgartner, Austria, 2020, 93 min)
Taming the Garden (dir. Salomé Jashi, Switzerland/Georgia/Germany, 2021, 91 min)
Selected Central Europan short debuts for the ELBE DOCK Award
Agape (dir. Márk Beleznai, Hungary, 2020, 16 min)
Anatomy of a Czech Afternoon (dir. Adam Martinec, Czech Republic, 2020, 22 min)
Spirits and Rocks: An Azorean Myth (dir. Aylin Gökmen, Switzerland/Portugal, 2020, 14 min)
Vyraj (dir. Agnieszka Nowosielska, Poland, 2020, 20 min)
How to Disappear – Deserting Battlefield (dir. Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf, Austria, 2020, 21 min)
We Have One Heart (dir. Katarzyna Warzecha, Poland, 2020, 12 min)
A Little Bit of Paradise (dir. Andrzej Cichocki, Poland, 2020, 19 min)
AN OCEAN (dir. Paul Scheufler, Germany, 2020, 19 min)
Peel (dir. Silvain Monney, Samuel Patthey, Switzerland, 2020, 15 min)
The Game (dir. Roman Hodel, Switzerland, 2020, 17 min)
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Pavel Koutecký Award Jury
Veronika Bendová, Ivan Arsenjev, Hana Galiová, Lukáš Černoch, Aleš Loziak
ELBE DOCK Award Jury
Maike Mia Höhne, Marion Bouvier, Luise Grudzinski
14th annual Pavel Koutecký Award & 3rd ELBE DOCK IDFF
Ústí nad Labem | Dresden | September 1–6, 2020
PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH FEATURE DOCUMENTARY DEBUT
FREM (dir. Viera Čákanyová, Czechia/Slovakia, 2019, 74 min)
PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH SHORT DOCUMENTARY DEBUT
S P A C E S (dir. Nora Štrbová, Czechia, 2019, 8 min)
ELBE DOCK AWARD
FOR THE BEST CENTRAL EUROPEAN FEATURE DOCUMENTARY DEBUT
Searching Eva (dir. Pia Hellenthal, Germany, 2019, 84 min)
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE ELBE DOCK AWARD JURY
Taste of Hope (dir. Laura Coppens, Switzerland/Germany, 2020, 70 min)
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Nominated Czech feature debuts for the Pavel Koutecký Award
FREM (dir. Viera Čákanyová, Czechia/Slovakia, 2019, 74 min)
Kiruna – A Brand New World (dir. Greta Stocklassa, Czechia, 2019, 87 min)
Moravia, O Fair Land III (dir. Petr Šprincl, Czechia, 2019, 68 min)
SOLO (dir. Artemio Benki, Czechia/France/Argentina/Austria, 2019, 84 min)
VIVA VIDEO, VIDEO VIVA (dir. Adéla Komrzý, Czechia, 2019, 85 min)
Nominated Czech short debuts for the Pavel Koutecký Award
Apparatgeist (dir. Marie-Magdalena Kochová, Czechia, 2019, 11 min)
Daily Manure (dir. Nikola Krutilová, Czechia, 2019, 24 min)
Forget Me Not (dir. Adela Křižovenská, Czechia, 2019, 7 min)
S P A C E S (dir. Nora Štrbová, Czechia, 2019, 8 min)
Why Do I Feel like a Boy? (dir. Kateřina Turečková, Czechia 2019, 27 min)
Nominated Central Europan feature debuts for the ELBE DOCK Award
ISOLA (dir. Aurelio Buchwalder, Switzerland, 2019, 70 min)
Lost Home (dir. Juraj Mravec, Slovakia, 2019, 75 min)
Our Little Poland (dir. Matěj Bobřík, Poland, 2019, 70 min)
Safety123 (dir. Florian Kofler & Julia Gutweniger, Austria/Italy, 2019, 72 min)
Searching Eva (dir. Pia Hellenthal, Germany, 2019, 84 min)
Silent Days (dir. Pavol Pekarčík, Slovakia/Czechia, 2019, 80 min)
Taste of Hope (dir. Laura Coppens, Switzerland/Germany, 2020, 70 min)
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Pavel Koutecký Award Jury
Michal Hogenauer, Štěpán Hulík, Lenka Lindaurová, Pavel Mrkus
ELBE DOCK Award Jury
Marta Golba, Mária Môťovská, Hana Blaha Šilarová
4th Young Film Fest
Prague | Brno | August 20–23, 2020
YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs (dir. Stefano Cipani, Italy, 2019, 101 min)
YOUNG FILM FEST AWARD (15–18 YEARS)
I Lost My Body (dir. Jérémy Clapin, France, 2019, 81 min)
YOUNG FILM FEST AWARD – BEST SHORT FILM
Holy Family (dir. Margarida Lucas, Portugal, 2019, 21 min)
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Nominated films for the Young Audience Award
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs (dir. Stefano Cipani, Italy, 2019, 101 min)
My Extraordinary Summer with Tess (dir. Steven Wouterlood, the Netherlands, 2019, 82 min)
Rocca Changes the World (dir. Katja Benrath, Germany, 2019, 97 min)
Filmy nominované na Cenu Young Film Festu (15-18 let)
Life Without Sara Amat (dir. Laura Jou, Spain, 2019, 75 min)
My Brother Chases Dinosaurs (dir. Stefano Cipani, Italy, 2019, 101 min)
Once Aurora (dir. Benjamin Langeland & Stian Servoss, Norway, 2018, 71 min)
Psychobitch (dir. Martin Lund, Norway, 2019, 109 min)
Sweet Thing (dir. Alexandre Rockwell, USA, 2020, 91 min)
13th annual Pavel Koutecký Award & 2nd ELBE DOCK IDFF
Ústí nad Labem | Dresden | May 27 – June 2, 2019
PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH FEATURE DOCUMENTARY DEBUT
Empire Builders (dir. Andran Abramjan, Czechia, 2018, 72 min)
PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH SHORT DOCUMENTARY DEBUT
Me, Flamingo (dir. Elvíra Dulskaia, Czechia, 2018, 15 min)
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD JURY FOR EDITING
Tonička Janková (editor of Inside Mosul)
ELBE DOCK AWARD
FOR THE BEST CENTRAL EUROPEAN FEATURE DOCUMENTARY DEBUT
The Last Self-portrait (dir. Marek Kuboš, Slovakia, 2017/2018, 72 min)
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE ELBE DOCK AWARD JURY FOR PRODUCTION
Maciej Kubicki, Anna Kepinska (producers of Over The Limit)
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Nominated Czech feature debuts for the Pavel Koutecký Award
Empire Builders (dir. Andran Abramjan, Czechia, 2018, 72 min)
Central Bus Station (dir. Tomáš Elšík, Czechia, 2018, 75 min)
King Skate (dir. Šimon Šafránek, Czechia, 2018, 79 min)
Inside Mosul (dir. Jana Andert, Czechia, 2018, 83 min)
Vienna Calling (dir. Petr Šprincl, Czechia, 2018, 66 min)
Nominated Czech short debuts for the Pavel Koutecký Award
FAMU: The Beginning (dir. Jakub Jelínek, Czechia, 2018, 21 min)
Me, Flamingo (dir. Elvira Dulskaia, Czechia, 2018, 15 min)
On the Edge (dir. Barbora Chalupová, Czechia, 2018, 14 min)
puddles, I don’t know (dir. Anna Petruželová, Czechia, 2018, 10 min)
Apart (dir. Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Czechia, 2018, 10 min)
Selected Central Europan feature debuts for the ELBE DOCK Award
Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob? (dir. Stefan Bohun, Austria, 2018, 80 min)
Diagnosis (dir. Ewa Podgórska, Poland, 2018, 78 min)
Home Games (dir. Alisa Kovalenko, Ukraine/Poland, 2018, 86 min)
Born in Evin (dir. Maryam Zaree, Germany/Austria, 2019, 95 min)
The Last Self-portrait (dir. Marek Kuboš, Slovakia, 2018, 72 min)
A Woman Captured Bernadett (dir. Tuza-Ritter, Hungary/Germany, 2018, 89 min)
Over The Limit (dir. Masta Prus, Poland/Germany/Finland, 2018, 74 min)
Closing Time (dir. Nicole Vögele, Germany/Switzerland, 2018, 116 min)
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Pavel Koutecký Award Jury
žena Filmového kritika, Marek Kráľovský, Richard Loskot, Tereza Bonaventurová
ELBE DOCK Award Jury
Petr Horký, Csaba Bollók, Ágnes Horváth-Szabó
3rd Young Film Fest
Prague | May 3–5, 2019
YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD
Fight Girl (dir. Johan Timmers, the Netherlands, 2018, 84 min)
YOUNG FILM FESTU AWARD (15–18 YEARS)
Jellyfish (dir. James Gardner, Great Britain, 2018, 101 min)
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Nominated films for the Young Audience Award
Fight Girl (dir. Johan Timmers, the Netherlands, 2018, 84 min)
Los Bando (dir. Christian Lo, Norway/Sweden, 2018, 94 min)
Old Boys (dir. Toby MacDonald, Great Britain/Sweden, 2018, 90 min)
Nominated films for the Young Film Fest Award (15–18 years)
Blind Spot (dir. Tuva Novotny, Norway, 2018, 98 min)
Diamantino (dir. Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt, Portugal/France/Brasil, 2018, 92 min)
Jellyfish (dir. James Gardner, Great Britain, 2018, 101 min)
12th annual Pavel Koutecký Award & 1st ELBE DOCK IDFF
Ústí nad Labem | Dresden | May 16–20, 2018
PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH FEATURE DOCUMENTARY DEBUT
The Russian Job (dir. Petr Horký, Czechia, 2017, 64 min)
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE PAVEL KOUTECKÝ JURY
Nothing Like Before (dir. Klára Tasovská & Lukáš Kokeš, Czechia, 2017, 92 min)
PAVEL KOUTECKÝ AWARD
FOR THE BEST CZECH SHORT DOCUMENTARY DEBUT
Úhorná (dir. Matej Šmelko, Czechia/Slovakia, 2017, 27 min)
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Nominated feature debuts for the Pavel Koutecký Award
When the War Comes (dir. Jan Gebert, Czechia/Croatia, 2018, 76 min
God Forsaken (dir. Saša Dlouhý, Czechia, 2018, 83 min
Nothing Like Before (dir. Klára Tasovská & Lukáš Kokeš, Czechia, 2017, 92 min
The Lust for Power (dir. Tereza Nvotová, Slovakia/Czechia, 2017, 89 min
The Russian Job (dir. Petr Horký, Czechia, 2017, 64 min)
Nominated short debuts for the Pavel Koutecký Award
Bo Hai (dir. Dužan Duong, Czech Republic, 2017, 26 min)
Prague: A Foreigners' Perspective (dir. Daria Kashcheeva, Czechia, 2017, 5 min)
Transformations/Vapors/Melanosis (dir. Michal Kindernay, Czechia, 2017, 9 min)
Úhorná (dir. Matej Šmelko, Czechia/Slovakia, 2017, 27 min)
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Jury of the Pavel Koutecký Award
Ivan Zachariáš, Kazma, Markus Krug, Emma Smetana, Janja Prokić, Daniel Pitek
2nd Young Film Fest
Prague | May 4–6, 2018
YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD
Wallay (dir. Berni Goldblat, France, 2017, 84 min)
YOUNG FILM FEST AWARD (15–18 YEARS)
The Rules for Everything (dir. Kim Hiorthøy, Norway, 2017, 87 min)
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Films nominated for the Young Audience Award
Girl in Flight (dir. Sandra Vannucchi, Italy/Switzerland, 2017, 78 min)
Hobbyhorse Revolution (dir. Selma Vilhunen, Finland, 2017, 90 min)
Wallay (dir. Berni Goldblat, France, 2017, 84 min)
Films nominated for the Young Film Fest Award (15–18 years)
DRIB (dir. Kristoffer Borgli, Norway, 2017, 88 min)
The Nile Hilton Incident (dir. Tarik Saleh, Sweden/Germany/Denmark/France, 2017, 106 min)
The Rules for Everything (dir. Kim Hiorthøy, Norway, 2017, 87 min)
1st Young Film Fest
Prague | May 7, 2017
YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD
Goodbye Berlin (dir. Faith Akin, Germany, 2016, 93 min)
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Films nominated for the Young Audience Award
The Girl Down Loch Änzi (dir. Alice Schmid, Switzerland, 2016, 87 min)
Goodbye Berlin (dir. Faith Akin, Germany, 2016, 93 min)
My Life as a Zucchini (dir. Claude Barras, Switzerland/France, 2016, 70 min)