Cinema Mundi International Film Festival

The first Cinema Mundi International Film Festival took place in late February, early March 2010 in Brno, Czech Republic up until 2016 when it was paused and is now back and better for its 8th edition in 2024. The inspiration for the festival came from the tradition of Brno Exhibition Centre, which was established in 1928 and since then has been attracting international exhibitors to Brno. Josef Čadík, a film fan who has been operating mobile open-air cinemas in the Czech Republic and Central Europe since 1991, established the festival in the desire to create in Brno a similar platform for the world of film. The main partner of the festival is the South Moravian Region whose administrative body is seated in Brno

Cinema Mundi in Brno aims at screening movies that represent the contemporary national cinema of Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. Up until our last edition in 2016, the festival features the films that have been submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science in the United States for consideration in the Best Foreign Language Film category. These movies then go on to become a part of the main competitive section of the Cinema Mundi International Film Festival. We have since grown to accept independent productions made by brilliant filmmakers from all over the world.