The 28th Ji.hlava IDFF has announced the award winners. Tomorrow evening, Ji.hlava Online kicks off. It will run until November 17 and will offer over 150 films from this year’s live festival program. All films will be available for viewing only within the Czech Republic.
Opus Bonum
- Main Award: Ms. President
- Best Central and Eastern European Documentary: Happiness to All
- Award for Original Approach: Cleaning & Cleansing
- Best Editing: The Goodbye
- Best Cinematography: In Praise of Shadows
- Students Jury Award: The Goodbye
First Lights
- Main Award: Grey Zone
- Special Mention: Becoming Outline
- Best Sound Design: Grey Zone
- Best Cinematography: World Between Us
- Award for Original Approach: Me + You
Visegrad Award
- Main Award: Grey Zone
- Special Mention: Comrades
Testimonies
- Main Award: The Sky Above Zenica
- Special Mention for Best Film on Politics: The Day Iceland Stood Still
- Special Mention for Best Film on Knowledge: Pistachio Wars
- Special Mention for Best Film on Nature: Every Little Thing
Fascinations
- Main Award: Saigon, Kosovo
- Special Mention I: Dinosaur’s Egg
- Special Mention II: space_invaders.exe
Exprmntl.cz
- Main Award: Hopeful Visitors and Grieving Guides: Notes from the Travel Notebook of a Dark Tourist
- Special Mention I: Ruvja and Morena
- Special Mention II: Pyramid
Audience Award
Winner: Dajori
Czech Joy
- Main Award: The Impossibility
- Special Mention: Happiness to All
- Best Editing: Echt – The Art of Jan Merta
- Best Sound Design: once i got in, it was hard to get out
- Best Cinematography: Fakir
- Award for Original Approach: Dajori
- Students Jury Award: World Between Us
Contribution to World Cinema Award
Winner: Tsai Ming Liang
