The One World International Human Rights Film Festival unveiled a new audiovisual identity and a festival trailer centred on a journey from outer space to Earth. The trailer was created by the graphic duo WorkOut Office in collaboration with Slovak electronic music artist FVLCRVM, who composed an original soundtrack.
One World 2026 will take place in Prague from 11 to 19 March 2026 and then tour other Czech cities from 11 March to 24 April. A first programme event is planned for Tuesday, 17 February at Prague’s Lucerna Cinema with a preview screening billed as the grand premiere of Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident. The complete programme and announced guests are due to be presented the same day at 11:00 at Edison Filmhub. Ticket sales for Prague screenings are scheduled to start online on 17 February via the GoOut network.
The festival is also marking ten years of systematic efforts to make One World accessible to audiences with disabilities. Organisers cited measures including audio description, specialised subtitles and barrier-free access, describing accessibility as a core value. The anniversary will be reflected in a thematic section featuring stories by and about filmmakers with disabilities.
Announced titles linked to that focus include Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, directed by Deaf filmmaker Shoshannah Stern, which traces the life of actor Marlee Matlin, the first Deaf Academy Award winner. One World also plans a related discussion, «Being Heard in One’s Own Language», on the experiences of Deaf users of Czech Sign Language, moderated by Radka Nováková. The festival will additionally present Out of Frame as an exclusive world premiere in Prague with Kurdish-Iranian director Bahman Yazdan Panah in attendance; the film follows his hitchhiking journey across Europe after losing his sight.
Other early programme highlights include Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab, and Jaripeo by Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig, set amid Mexican jaripeo festivities and slated to come from #Sundance. The Hungarian-Czech documentary 80 Angry Journalists by András Földes revisits the 2020 takeover of Hungary’s Index.hu and the creation of the independent outlet Telex. In the regions, the festival is set to return to Zlín after a hiatus and to debut in Rumburk, Tanvald and Prachatice.
