๐Œ๐„๐„๐“ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐‰๐”๐‘๐˜
Gunnur Martinsdรณttir Schlรผter
Born in 1988 in Island, she directed "Fรกr" and won the ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘.

Ali Asgari is a prominent figure in Iranian cinema, with over 200 awards to his name. His short films "More Than Two Hours" (2013) and "The Silence" (2016) were both nominated for the ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ž ๐'๐Ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ. Focusing on the precarious lives of individuals on the margins of Iranian society, his films have garnered international acclaim. His debut feature, "Disappearance," was developed at the Cinรฉfondation Residency of the Cannes Film Festival and premiered at the ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ in 2017. His second feature film, "Until Tomorrow," premiered at the ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ž in 2022. Additionally, Asgari is a member of the ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ..

๐’๐„๐„ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐€๐“ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐„๐•๐„๐๐“ ๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”/๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ’/๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐€๐“ ๐Š๐ˆ๐๐Ž ๐๐ˆ๐‹๐Ž๐“๐” ๐๐‘๐€๐†๐”๐„!
We will present films from Festival de Cannes in the ๐‚๐™๐„๐‚๐‡ ๐๐‘๐„๐Œ๐ˆ๐„๐‘๐„,
๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐๐„๐“๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐…๐Ž๐‘๐„๐ˆ๐†๐ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐‚๐™๐„๐‚๐‡ ๐’๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐“ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ๐’
and we will give away a ๐‚๐€๐’๐‡ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐™๐„ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐‚๐™๐Š.

TICKETS CAN NOW BE BOOKED HERE:
https://filmfreeway.com/pimff2020/tickets

๐†๐‘๐„๐„๐“๐ˆ๐๐†๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐–๐„๐‹๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐‘๐€๐†๐”๐„ ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’!

Prague International Film Awards is uniq ๐ˆ๐Œ๐ƒ๐› ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ with live screenings in Prague, in Czech Republic. PIFA mission is to provide a forum to advance public interest in indie film; to support every year a new generation of filmmakers with a unique vision; to draw worldwide attention to Prague as a center for cinema; and to promote artistic excellence and the creative freedom of artists without censure. Check out the atmosphere at the film festival on our YouTube channel.

Previous winners of our festival are directors such as ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐Ÿ๐š ("HENET WARD", premiered: Clermont Int Film Festival), ๐Œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ž๐ซ ("GOOD THANKS, YOU?", premiered: Semaine de la Critique โ€“ Cannes), ๐™๐š๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐–๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ (โ€œDAVIDโ€, premiered: Festival de Cannes) and others. The films that were at our festival are part of VOD platforms such as ๐๐„๐“๐…๐‹๐ˆ๐—, ๐Œ๐”๐๐ˆ ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž.

In the Czech premiere, the festival already presented more than 30 films, ten of which were films that premiered at the ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฌ, ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ž, ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ, ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž. We cooperate with global distributors such as ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ๐Ž๐ง. We reach out to national film centers and look for the newest talents of individual countries.

At the end of last year (2023), according to FilmFreeway, our festival was:
๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐Œ๐Ž๐’๐“ ๐๐Ž๐๐”๐‹๐€๐‘ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐…๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐‹๐’ ๐ˆ๐ ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐‹๐ƒ๐–๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„
๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐Œ๐Ž๐’๐“ ๐๐Ž๐๐”๐‹๐€๐‘ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐…๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐‹ ๐ˆ๐ ๐„๐”๐‘๐Ž๐๐„
๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐Œ๐Ž๐’๐“ ๐๐Ž๐๐”๐‹๐€๐‘ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐…๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐‹ ๐ˆ๐ ๐„๐€๐’๐“๐„๐‘๐ ๐„๐”๐‘๐Ž๐๐„

In the current month of MARCH 2024, our festival is (according FilmFreeway):
๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐‘๐„๐•๐ˆ๐„๐–๐„๐ƒ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐…๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐‹๐’ ๐ˆ๐ ๐„๐”๐‘๐Ž๐๐„
๐Ÿฅˆ ๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐‘๐„๐•๐ˆ๐„๐–๐„๐ƒ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐…๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐‹๐’ ๐ˆ๐ ๐„๐€๐’๐“๐„๐‘๐ ๐„๐”๐‘๐Ž๐๐„

The moderator of the festival is Natalie Golovchenko, a graduate of JAMU, who is mainly known from Czech TV series. The festival also includes a Networking Party and Q&A for filmmakers who win the prize. Just like last year, we welcomed a large number of Czech filmmakers and film enthusiasts, we believe that it will be the same this year as well.

As one of the few festivals in Europe, we can be proud that we have screened films from every continent of the world. ๐–๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. In some seasons, the festival also organizes its screenings outside the festival days - we held a special screening: the Golden Selection of Cannes films, or a screening of Ukrainian short films.

In four years, we received ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ.๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ were watched and thoroughly evaluated by our jury. Projects came from more than 150 countries around the world, and an international jury awarded prizes to the best films. Many filmmakers went home with a nice trophy.

What does Official Selection mean and what does Nominee mean:

๐ŸŸข OFFICIAL SELECTION โ€“ The festival undertakes that your film will be screened at the film festival.

๐ŸŸ  NOMINEE - Your project is one of THREE nominated projects to win in one of the categories. The nomination ensures that your project will be presented on our social networks, but unfortunately it will not be among the films shown, but you can still be a winner in one of the categories.

๐“๐‡๐„ ๐…๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐‹ ๐€๐‹๐’๐Ž ๐๐‘๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Ž๐๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐Ž๐… ๐€๐ ๐Ž๐๐‹๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐’๐‚๐‘๐ˆ๐๐“ ๐‹๐ˆ๐๐‘๐€๐‘๐˜ - some of the submitted projects will be included in this library and are available to any distributor or film enthusiast:

https://praguefilmfest.com/recommended-projects/202425

Every year, the festival tries to recognize new talents and open the doors of cinema to them. ๐‰๐Ž๐ˆ๐ ๐”๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐‰๐„๐‚๐“ ๐‚๐€๐ ๐‘๐„๐€๐‚๐‡ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Ž๐…๐…๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐€๐‹ ๐’๐„๐‹๐„๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐‚๐€๐๐๐„๐’, ๐•๐„๐๐ˆ๐‚๐„ ๐Ž๐‘ ๐๐„๐‘๐‹๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹๐„.

๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
๐Ÿ† Grand Prix Best Feature Film
๐Ÿ† Grand Prix Best Feature Documentaty
๐Ÿ† Grand Prix Best Short Film
๐Ÿ† Grand Prix Best Short Documentary
๐Ÿ† Grand Prix Best Super Short Film
๐Ÿ† Grand Prix Best Student Film
๐Ÿ† Grand Prix Best Short Script
๐Ÿ† Grand Prix Best Feature Script
๐Ÿ† Grand Prix Best Television Script - Pilot

๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
Best Czech Short Film, Best Music Video, Best Animation, Best Experimental, Best Director Feature Film, Best Director Short Film, Best Director Super Short Film, Best First Time Director (Short), Best First Time Director (Feature), Best Director Student Film, Best Director Music Video, Best Indie Short Film, Best Indie Feature Film, Best Web/TV Series, Best Drama, Best Comedy, Best Horror, Best Thriller, Best Sci-fi, Best Fantasy, Best LGBTQ, Best Mobile Phone Short, Best Inspirational, Best Action, Best Poster, Best Trailer, Best Drama Screenplay, Best Comedy Screenplay, Best Actor Short Film, Best Actress Short Film, Best Actor Feature Film, Best Actress Feature Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Sound Design, Best VFX, Best Cinematography, Best Production, Drama Screenplay, Comedy Screenplay, Thriller Screenplay, Horror Screenplay, Action Screenplay, Sci-fi Screenplay, LGBTQ Screenplay

The financial reward of 10,000 CZK will be redistributed among the participants of the projects who personally attend the festival during the LIVE SCREENING at Kino Pilotu on April 26, 2024.

1. All films that are not in English, must have English language subtitles. English movies do not have subtitles.
2. All entry fees are non-refundable.
3. The film must be produced after January 1, 2021.
4. Multiple entries from the same submitter are accepted.
5. The decision of the festival selection committee will be final.
6. The festival authorities will have the right to retain copies of each film and the material send as part of our festival library & can be screened in for Education, promotion, awareness & commercial purposes.
7. The excerpts from films send for Prague International Film Awards can be shown on the Czech / Int. T.V. / Local Network / Internet etc. For Promotional / Publicity.
8. Films that are submitted must be the entrantโ€™s original work and shall not infringe on any copyrights or any other rights of any third Parties. Contestants agree that they have obtained all required copyright permissions regarding music, sound & images. Etc presented in their film.
9. Prague International Film Awards organizers reserve rights change, cancel or re-schedule the dates, venue, awards & categories without consent or information to contestants.
10. The organizers reserve the right not to award any or all of the prizes.
11. By submitting the project, you agree that our partner film festivals will be able to send you an offer to submit your projects.
12. The financial reward of 10,000 CZK will be redistributed among the participants of the projects who personally attend the festival during the LIVE SCREENING at Kino Pilotu on April 26, 2024. Personal attendance is required to qualify for the financial reward.

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  • Alessio Morreale

    Thank you to the Prague Independent Film Festival of CIFT team for selecting our film THE HOURGLASS to feature at your festival. It was a honour to be included in the festival and we are grateful for your support!

    December 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Congratulations to your success.
    It was honor you took a part in our festival.
    We are looking forward to your next amazing projects.

  • Jasmine Huggins

    We were very honored to be given an award by Prague International Film Awards. The team is very communicative and supportive to film makers, including new ones, which is very much appreciated. We look forward to continued collaboration!

    October 2023
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    Response from festival:

    We are glad that you were part of our competition!
    It's great that your work has raised the level of our festival!

  • John Parr

    A decent festival by nortmal satandards

    October 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks for your feedback! It's amazing to hear such nice words!

  • Pleased to be a selection for the festival, good value for money and great communication throughout

    October 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Congratulations to your success.
    It was honor you took a part in our festival.
    We are looking forward to your next amazing projects.

  • Great festival! Thank you for your appreciation of my work!

    October 2023