CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ONE WORLD IHRFF, 29th EDITION
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: Right to Know Competition for documentaries making an exceptional contribution to protecting human rights, International Competition for creative documentaries, 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:
FIRST FILM SUBMISSION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 1, 2026
