The best of contemporary Czech documentaries | Pavel Koutecký Award 2026
3. 2. 2026
Visit the screenings of the nominated films
Come see the ten films nominated for the 20th annual Pavel Koutecký Award. The screenings are at Kino Kavalírka (Plzeňská 210, Prague 5 – 5 minutes by tram from Anděl station). All screenings will be followed by Q&A with authors of the films.
The Pavel Koutecký Award is given in two categories – best feature-length documentary film and best short documentary film.
Screenings:
Urban Disobedience Toolkit (dir. Vladimír Turner)
February 9, 5:00 p.m.
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Resilience (dir. Tomáš Elšík)
February 9, 7:00 p.m.
February 9, 7:00 p.m.
Nominated short documentaries – What If We Run Out of Stones? (Nora Štrbová), Womb+ (Mariana Petřáková), The Landscape of Human Essence (Jana Hunterová), Better Man (Eliška Jirásková), Flares (Jáchym Bouzek)
February 9, 9:00 p.m.
Unborn Father (dir. Michal Böhm)
February 10, 9:15 p.m.
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The winners will be selected by a four-member jury consisting of: Petr Kerekes (director, producer, educator), Kateřina Olivová (artist, performer, educator), Szymon Stemplewski (founder of the Short Waves International Short Film Festival), and Wotienke Vermeer (programmer at Het Documentaire Paviljoen (IDFA in Amsterdam)).
The winners will be selected by a four-member jury consisting of: Petr Kerekes (director, producer, educator), Kateřina Olivová (artist, performer, educator), Szymon Stemplewski (founder of the Short Waves International Short Film Festival), and Wotienke Vermeer (programmer at Het Documentaire Paviljoen (IDFA in Amsterdam)).