This year's laureate of the Mark Nowicki Prize is the Chilean master of documentary poetics. For over 50 years, Patricio Guzmán has been making films devoted to the historic memory and violent turns of his homeland. As part of the presentation of his work, we will show his three most recent films that have already found their place in the 21st-century documentary canon, and his latest movie describing the recent Chilean revolt, which swept away the government and led to a change in the country's constitution. 

Since 2003, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has been awarding filmmakers with the festival prize for excellent achievement in showing human rights in film.
In 2006 the Board of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights decided to name this prize with the name of Marek Nowicki (1947 – 2003), cofounder and for many years the President of the Foundation, cofunder of the Helsinki Committee in Poland.

Main WATCH DOCS competition features 12 excellent documentaries, which differ wildly in origin, subject matter and film language. However, they all share two features, they revolve around human rights, and all premiered at the world's leading film festivals. The competition includes new films by renowned documentary masters – like Patricio Guzman, Mark Cousins, Matthew Heinemann, Maria Ramos.

The green dog competition has become a permanent part of our festival repertoire. This year, six films bringing together environmental awareness, human rights, and social issues, will compete for the green dog award. Among those are movies dedicated to eco-activists, saving endangered species, marine ecosystems, and an oil-based model of economy. 

Vote for the best festival film on the coupons handed out before cinema screenings. This year, the Audience Poll includes films presented in the Main and Green Dog Competitions as well as the following sections: I Want to See, Of Animals and Men, Discreet Charm of Propaganda and New Polish Films.