Respekt Award
Respekt Award 2026 / 30th Ji.hlava IDFF
The weekly magazine Respekt, in collaboration with the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, is announcing the 20th edition of the Respekt Award for the best audiovisual report of the past year on a political or social topic.
Each entrant may submit only one report. A jury comprising editors from Respekt will select the winner. The competition is open to all media organisations that support high-quality, independent and responsible journalism.
The Respekt Award recognises outstanding domestic and international reports broadcast between 21 September 2025 and 18 September 2026. The deadline for entries is Friday 18 September 2026.
The winning report will be presented with the award on 23 October 2026 at the opening ceremony of the 30th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.
Best Report of 2026
The Respekt Award was won by Barbora Maxová’s investigative piece Those Who Survived, which she filmed for Czech Television. She accepted the award alongside cinematographers Libor Ungermann and Vojtěch Hönig, who had travelled all the way from Ukraine. The award was presented by Ondřej Kundra, deputy editor-in-chief of Respekt.
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The weekly magazine Respekt summarises and analyses the most important political, economic and cultural news from the Czech Republic and abroad. It has earned a strong reputation primarily thanks to its investigative and feature journalism. Since its inception, it has also maintained its position as an influential opinion-forming weekly.
