Call: One World International Human Rights Festival Prague/CZ
Deadline: 1 September/1 November 2026
Call for entries
ONE WORLD IHRFF
– ONE WORLD INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL, 29th?EDITION?
March 10-18, 2027 in Prague and in over 50 towns around the Czech Republic and in Brussels.?
We would like to invite you to submit your film?to the 29th?edition of the festival. One World has grown over the years to become the largest human rights film festival in the world. It is one of the leading cultural events in Prague and the Czech Republic.?
We are looking for:?
Feature or mid-length?creative?documentaries?finished in?last 2 years (2025?- 2027)?-?minimum length is 40 minutes?
Projects for virtual reality (interactive projects, AR, XR and 360° films)
Docs for kids?- short documentaries and animated films?for children?(no experimental films)??
Creative documentaries on human rights, social, political, environmental, and media issues will be selected based on the quality of the filmmaking and the power of their stories.
Selected films?are?screened in four competitive categories: International?Competition?for creative documentaries,?Right to Know Competition?for documentaries making an exceptional contribution to protecting human rights,?Czech?Competition?for local documentaries; and several non-competitive thematic?categories and Virtual Reality Competition for human rights oriented virtual reality projects focused on social impact.
For competitive categories, we prefer?World and International premieres?– in case you plan to premiere your film at One World?Festival, please contact us for more information at program@oneworld.cz.?
We strive to make our program accessible, including VR projects, according to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and the XR Access Initiative.
Let us know if your project has closed captioning, audio description, voice control, haptic feedback or gesture recognition. We’re happy to offer such an inclusive VR project to our audience.
A submission fee will be charged?to cover administrative costs:?
Feature and mid-length documentaries:?30 EUR?
Docs for Kids:?20 EUR?
The fee will be waived for selected countries of production (more information in the submission form).?
ON-LINE SUBMISSION FORM:??
Film Submission Form?
FIRST FILM SUBMISSION DEADLINE:?SEPTEMBER 1, 2026
FINAL FILM SUBMISSION DEADLINE:?NOVEMBER 1, 2026?(for films finished between September and November 2026)?
