Overview

• Artistic director Karel Och confirmed 11 of the usual 12 Crystal Globe Competition films and postponed the announcement of an Iranian entry for makers’ safety.
• The five-member Crystal Globe jury comprises Nicolás Celis, Babak Jalali, Jessica Kiang, Jiří Mádl and Tuva Novotny.
• Proxima Competition jurors include Yulia Evina Bhara, Noaz Deshe, Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias, Jakub Felcman and Marissa Frobes.
• The selection features socially engaged world premieres such as Cinema Jazireh on Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and Divia on Russia’s impact in Ukraine.
• Editor Jiří Brožek will be honored with the President’s Award for his lifetime contributions to cinema.