Fruit Gathering (Myanmar, Czech Republic, France) directed by Aung Phyoe and co-produced by Vít Janeček (D1film) for the Czech side, won the grand prize, the Crystal Globe, at the 60th Karlovy Vary IFF.

Czech co-productions also dominated the Proxima Competition dedicated to films with a progressive form: Lover, Not a Fighter (Slovakia, Czech Republic) directed by Martina Buchelová and co-produced by Julie Marková Žáčková (NOCHI film) took the Proxima Grand Prix, while 33 Steps (Slovakia, Czech Republic) directed by Anna Domček and Šimon Domček and produced by Escadra (SK) and Jiří Konečný of Endorfilm (CZ), scooped the Special Mention.

Furthermore, the Právo Audience Award was handed to Bára - Diary of a Rockstar, an intimate documentary portrait of Czech rock icon Bára Basiková, directed by Helena Třeštíková and produced by Pavel Strnad and Kateřina Černá of Negativ.

Finally, the International Federation of Film Critics Jury awarded the non-statutory FIPRESCI award for the best film in the Crystal Globe Competition to Only Beautiful Things to Look At (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary) directed by Ivan Ostrochovský and produced by Punkchart Films (SK) and Pavel Strnad and Petr Oukropec of the Czech company Negativ.

All the awarded films received support from the Czech Audiovisual Fund.