The Award of Culture Minister of Saxony endowed with a cash prize of 5,000 EUR and given to the best narrative feature film in the competition, went to Filthy, Tereza Nvotová’s debut made in Czech-Slovak co-production. “This strong, raw, and extremely emotional picture convinced us and took our breath away,” offered the competition jury in its statement. The jury members were Czech producer Aleš Hudský, German distributor Jürgen Pohl, and Polish arts manager Maciej Zbojszcz. 

Vanessa Szamuhelová received the best acting award for her role of a girl who takes abandoned infant twins under her wings in the film Little Harbour directed by Iveta Grófová. The best art direction award went to Milan Býček for the film A Prominent Patient by Julius Ševčík. Normal Autistic Film directed by Miroslav Janek brought home the main award of the documentary film competition.  

The Neisse Film Festival Honorary Award was bestowed on Czech director Bohdan Sláma. The organizers recognized Sláma as a filmmaker of the younger generation who counterpoints the bleakness of a post communist society of the 1990s with films filled with humor and sincerity. “He creates characters who follow their own path even when they fall on hard times. In his films he searches romance and the ideal but always avoids kitsch. He offers hope in looking for a piece of happiness, which can disappear as quickly as it emerges."