Prague International Film Awards is Film Festival with live screenings in Prague, in Czech Republic. Our mission and goal is to discover and promote talented filmmakers from all over the world and present their work to public and distributors.

The best film, screenplay and music video will be nominated for the main prize at the Golden Art Film Academy (GAFA), which will redistribute $ 5,000.00 annually.

FilmFreeway ranked our festival as the TOP 150 most popular film festival on platform and TOP 50 Best Reviewed out of a total of 10,000 festivals from all around the world and TOP 5 Best Reviewed film festivals in Europe according FilmFreeway.

The first year was held under the name Prague International Monthly Film Festival (PIMFF), which also qualified for IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0019241/2021/1/).

During the first year, we registered more than 2,000 projects, some of which premiered at the Festival de Cannes, the Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival or have been awarded and nominated for ACADEMY AWARDS, GOLDEN GLOBES, and BAFTA-winning actors and directors, but most of all, hundreds of films and scripts.

The best czech films and international selected selection of films will be screened in Kino Pilotu, Prague and the end of the third year will premiere the best films of the entire year on April 20-21, 2023 in Kino Pilotu, Prague.

During the Notification Day, we will let you know if you will be nominated for the event itself, which will take place at the Kino Pilotu Prague, April 20-21, 2023.

Prague is a beautiful city with a wonderful culture and amazing nightlife. During the festival, you can take a picture behind our festival wall, walk on the red carpet or provide an interview for our YouTube channel. On this link you will see what a wonderful atmosphere prevailed at our festival during our festival: https://youtu.be/aLyVAWzsW1s

Awards & Prizes

The best film, screenplay and music video will be nominated for the main prize at the Golden Art Film Academy (GAFA), which will redistribute $ 5,000.00 annually.

Golden Art Film Academy - winnings for the year 2023:
Feature Film – 1.000,00 USD
Feature Documentary – 500,00 USD
Short Film – 750,00 USD
Short Documentary – 250,00 USD
Student Film – 500,00 USD
Music Video – 500,00 USD
Short Script – 500,00 USD
Feature Script – 1.000,00 USD

𝐌𝗔𝐈𝗡 𝗖𝐀𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗢𝗥𝐈𝗘𝐒

Grand Prix Best Feature Film
Grand Prix Best Feature Documentaty
Grand Prix Best Short Film
Grand Prix Best Short Documentary
Grand Prix Best Super Short Film
Grand Prix Best Student Film
Grand Prix Best Short Script
Grand Prix Best Feature Script
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

𝐒𝗣𝗘𝐂𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝐀𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗢𝗥𝐈𝐄𝐒

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 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
Television Script - Pilot

In addition to the gold place, we also award special prizes.

Rules & Terms

1. All films that are not in English, must have English language subtitles. English movies do not have subtitles.
2. No fee waiver. All entry fees are non-refundable.
3. Multiple entries from the same submitter are accepted.
4. The decision of the festival selection committee will be final.
5. 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.
6. The excerpts from films send for Prague International Montly Film Festival can be shown on the Czech / Int. T.V. / Local Network / Internet etc. For Promotional / Publicity.
7. Films that are submitted must be the entrant’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.
8. Prague International Montly Film Festival organizers reserve rights change, cancel or re-schedule the dates, venue, awards & categories without consent or information to contestants.
9. The organizers reserve the right not to award any or all of the prizes.
10. By submitting the project, you agree that our partner film festivals will be able to send you an offer to submit your projects.
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  • Petr Zavacky

    Thanks for honoring my script Derelict (I want it all) as a winner in Best thriller screenplay category. The communication from the festival organizers was excellent.

    June 2022
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  • Maria Margarida Marinho Trocado Moreira

    Great Festival! Thanks for the good appreciation about "The Teacher"

    March 2021
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  • Sammy Kistell

    Super Festival and really good prompt communication. I wish PIMFF continued success.

    March 2021
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  • Mariah Larocque

    Grateful that "Good Morning Sunshine" earned an official selection in your festival. Thank you for this recognition!

    May 2022
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  • OPHÉLIE KOERING

    Many thanks! We were honored to be selected in this great festival with our film "In the shadow". We hope we'll be able to attend your festival next time ;-) All the best.

    May 2022
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