Ji.hlava IDFF 27th edition announced its winners. Photophobia by Ivan Ostrochovský and Pavol Pekarčík won Best Czech Documentary, while Ship by Elvis Lenić from Croatia clinched the Opus Bonum award. Argentine director Maia Gattás Vargas earned an accolade for originality, and Hungarian Béla Tarr was celebrated for his cinematic contributions. The Ji.hlava IDFF will extend the festival from six to ten days in upcoming years.

• Opus Bonum
  • Best Film: Ship
  • Best Central and Eastern European Documentary: Distances
  • Best Film from the Visegrad region: The Third End of the Stick
  • Best Debut: You Will Never See It All
  • Award for original approach: East Wind
  • Students jury award: La Reine
• Czech Joy
  • Main Award: Photophobia
  • Special mention: My Paradise Is Darker Than Your Hell
  • Best editing: Satan Among Us
  • Best Sound design: Satan Among Us
  • Best cinematography: Bedwetter
  • Award for original approach: Notes from Eremocene
  • Students jury award: The World According to My Dad
• Testimonies
  • Main Award: MIGHTY AFRIN: In the Time of Floods
  • Special mention I.: One Of The Thousand Hills
  • Special mention II.: Not That Kind Of Guy
• Fascinations
  • Main Award: Silhouette
  • Special mention I.: BLUE
  • Special mention II.: Dinosauria, We
• Exprmntl.cz
  • Main Award: The Commodity Catalogue
  • Special mention I.: But Not for Ever
  • Special mention II.: One Sol in the Life of Curiosity
• Audience Award
  • Is There Any Place For Me, Please?
• Contribution to World Cinema Award
  • Béla Tarr