Prague Independent Film Festival
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| Location | Prague, Czech Republic |
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| Website | prague-film-festival |
Prague Independent Film Festival (PIFF) (Czech: Pražský festival nezávislých filmů) is an international film festival held annually in August in Prague, the capital of Czech Republic. The festival focuses on independent cinema. Festival founder and director is Diana Ringo.
2016
Prague Independent Film Festival was held for the first time on 15–18 August 2016 in the cinemas Kino Evald, Kino Atlas and Kino Lucerna. The festival program consisted of 33 films. Opening film of the festival was Rocco has Your Name by Angelo Orlando. Angelo Orlando won the Best Screenplay award and the leading actor Michele Venitucci received the Best Actor award.
Grand Prix of the festival – The Golden Eagle – was awarded to the Bulgarian drama film Sinking of Sozopol by Kostadin Bonev.[1][2][3][4]
Shamim Sarif received the Best Feature Film award for her espionage drama Despite the Falling Snow based on the best selling eponymous novel written by herself.[5][6] Rebecca Ferguson was awarded Best Actress and Anthony Head received the Best Supporting Actor award.[7][8][9]
Best Animated Film was awarded to The Snow Queen 2 from the Russian animation company Wizart Animation.[10][11][12][13] The film was written and directed by Aleksey Tsitsilin and produced by Timur Bekmambetov.
Best Short Film was awarded to the short film Cora made by Kevin Maxwell, a student of Santa Monica College who was supervised by Salvador Carrasco.[14]
2017
The opening film of the festival was Collector by Alexei Krasovsky. Alexei Krasovsky received the Best Director, Gustav Meyrink Prize and Konstantin Khabensky received the Best Actor award.[15][16][17]
The film Maya Dardel, written and directed by Magdalena Zyzak and Zachary Cotler received the Best Screenplay award and Lena Olin received the Best Actress award.[16][18]
Train Driver's Diary directed by Milos Radovic received the Grand Prix, Best Feature Film and Lazar Ristovski received the Best Actor prize.[19][20][21]
Gallery
Artur Smolyaninov receiving the Best Actor award in 2025
Peter Maloney and Kristin Griffith attending in 2025
Actor and director Konstantin Khabensky receiving his honorary award from the festival director
Director Anna Eriksson presenting the film M
Actor and producer Lazar Ristovski at the presentation of Train Driver's Diary
Lazar Ristovski presenting the film Train Driver's Diary
Directors Magdalena Zyzak and Zachary Cotler presenting the film Maya Dardel
Director Angelo Orlando and musician Saro Cosentino presenting the film Rocco Has Your Name
Angelo Orlando presenting the film Rocco Has Your Name
Sinking of Sozopol screening
Kostadin Bonev with the Grand Prix
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