The 29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival ran in Jihlava from 24 October to 2 November 2025, showing more than 300 films across ten days.
Ji.hlava 2025 winners
Opus Bonum
- Main Award: Natalia Koniarz, Silver
- I. Special Mention: Jean Boiron-Lajous, Abysses and Wonders
- II. Special Mention: Hilary Powell, Dan Edelstyn, Power Station
- Best Central and Eastern European Documentary: Lisa Polster, Bürglkopf
- Best Documentary in the Visegrad Region: Natalia Koniarz, Silver
- Award for Original Approach: Diego Hernández, Skyless Roof
- Best Editing: Xavier Sirven, Abysses and Wonders
- Best Cinematography: Stanisław Cuske, Silver
- Best Sound Design: Henry Sims, The Beauty of the Donkey
- Student Jury Award: Peter Mettler, While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts (Parts 1–4)
First Lights
- Main Award: Yudi Zhu, So Close, So Far
- Special Mention: Karel Malkoun, The Cats, the Sea, and Everything Between.
- Best Cinematography: Ludmila Cimbůrková, Maja Penčič, Minimum Love
- Original Approach: Raaed Al Kour, Taste of Salt
Testimonies
- Main Award: Sammy Baloji, The Tree of Authenticity
- Special Mention: Amber Fares, Coexistence, my Ass!
- Special Mention — Best Film on Politics: Joanna Grudzinska, Poland versus History
- Special Mention — Best Film on Knowledge: Åse Svenheim Drivenes, Teenage Life Interrupted
Fascinations
- Main Award: Fredj Moussa, Land of Barbar
- I. Special Mention: Mario Blaconà, Transparencies
- II. Special Mention: Paula Malinowska, Branching Light and Flickers of a Dawn
Exprmntl.cz
- Main Award: Nebe Motýlová, tiny film about rape
- Special Mention: Zbyněk Baladrán, The Totalitarian Society of the Image
Audience Award
Czech Joy
- Main Award: Vitaly Mansky, Time to the Target
- Special Mention: Martin Trabalík, What About Petey?
- Best Editing: Michal Böhm, Unborn Father
- Best Sound Design: Martin Stýblo, Kapralova
- Best Cinematography: Martin Kollár, Chronicle
