Václav Havel Jury

In the Right to Know category, the film that makes an exceptional contribution to the protection of human rights is selected to receive the Václav Havel Jury Award for the Best Film. The jury is composed of prominent human rights defenders and international representatives of the non-governmental sector or institutions.  

Rim Naguib

Rim Naguib is from Cairo, Egypt and is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin. Her research and writings focus on the history of the deportation of leftists from Egypt, and the related history of Egyptian nationality and nationalism. Beside her Academic interests, she aspires to turn the intriguing personal trajectories that she finds in the archives into graphic stories, and is currently writing and illustrating a biography of Joseph Rosenthal (1872-1965).

Nikolay Staykov

Nikolay Staykov is an investigative journalist and anticorruption activist. His career as a journalist and editor started in 1997 and the result is close to a thousand articles on business issues, privatisation, public procurement as well as investigations and industry rankings. A co-founder of Bulgaria’s leading anticorruption CSO, the Anticorruption Fund (acf.bg). Staykov is an OSINT trainer with several national awards for investigative journalism for his works as well as the Anticorruption Champion award of the US State Department (2021).

Sasha Romantsova

Executive Director at Center for Civile Liberties, human rights activist and laureate of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize as Executive Director of the Center for Civil Liberties. Starting with the tragic events of November 2013, Oleksandra became an active volunteer at the public initiative "Euromaidan-SOS". Since May 2014, Oleksandra has started her professional career as a human rights defender at the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL). Until end of 2016 – Oleksandra coordinated the project of mobile observation of human rights violations and war crimes in eastern Ukraine and monitored political persecution in the occupied Crimea. From 2015 until now, she is also responsible for the international advocacy of the results of the CCL.

Jury statement

Strangers to Peace delves powerfully into three human lives that have fallen into the cracks of armed conflict, poverty and social stigma. 

The film depicts genuinely the complex dimensions of the plight of these outcasts of state and society, who live under a constant threat of retaliation, regardless of the choices they make. 

The film is of great import to societies divided by armed conflict. By giving voices to the real victims, it opens up a much-needed discussion on solutions, on the necessity of placing human rights and dignity at the heart of processes of conciliation, not only for the future of Colombia, but also for other conflict-torn societies.

Other Juries

International Competition Jury Awards

The jury for the International Competition award two prizes in this category: the International Competition Jury Award for Best Director and the International Competition Jury Award for Best Film.
The jury comprises film experts from both the Czech Republic and abroad. 

Václav Havel Jury

In the Right to Know category, the film that makes an exceptional contribution to the protection of human rights is selected to receive the Václav Havel Jury Award for the Best Film. The jury is composed of prominent human rights defenders and international representatives of the non-governmental sector or institutions.  

Czech Competition Jury

The jury selects the best Czech or co-production documentary from the previous or current year to receive the Czech Competition Jury Award for Best Film.  

One World Interactive Jury

The jury for the One World Interactive category awards the prize to the virtual reality project that has the most substantial social impact. They judge the way modern technology and digital narrative are used to promote awareness of human rights and how they are violated. The jury comprises representatives of non-profit organizations, journalists, and experts in the field of virtual reality. 

Regional Jury

The regional jury comprises two representatives nominated by our regional partners. The nominees are chosen from One World’s fans and supporters in the relevant town. The jury is then supplemented by the holder of the Golden Projectionist title, which is awarded by our platform Promítej i ty!. The winning film will be included in the selection of documentaries included in the Get Your Audience! programme in 2023. 

Student Jury

Each year, we select a group of secondary school students who are actively involved in the One World in Schools programme. During the festival, they select the best film from the One World for Students category. The winning film is announced during the gala closing event and receives the Student Jury Award. 

Audience Award for the Best Film

Viewers can vote for their favourite documentary. The top-rated film will receive the Audience Award. Voting takes place directly in the cinemas with the use of tablets. You can rate the film by marking one to five stars, where five is the highest rating and one the lowest. 

Abakus Foundation Audience Award for Exceptional Discussion

Audience members select the post-screening discussion that has been the most rewarding for them, and which best supplemented the screened film. The voting takes place next to the cinema auditorium exit with the help of a tablet or QR code.

The award was supported by the Abakus Foundation.