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One World, the largest human rights film festival in the world, screens over 100 documentary films annually and attracts an audience of over 100,000. There are two competition categories (Main Competition for the Best Film and Best Director awards, and the Right to Know Competition) and a number of topical thematic categories. In addition to Prague, One World program travels to over 30 towns in the Czech Republic. Since 2001, One World has been held under the auspices of the former president Václav Havel.

The documentary films shown at One World cover a broad range of human rights, foreign policy and social issues. The festival is a testament to how effective a tool documentary films can be, when they are used strategically for raising awareness, educational purposes, human rights advocacy, stimulating debate, and promoting social integration. Some other essential parts of One World are director Q&As, panel debates with experts, screenings for primary and secondary school students, and cooperation with universities and colleges, the New Media for Social Change competition, and industry events for film professionals.

Since 2010, the festival has developed an alternative means of distribution for documentary films by organizing the Get Your Audience program, which offers documentary films free of charge, so that viewers can present them to their own audiences. One World also provides extensive international cooperation and methodological guidance to those who are establishing new film festivals abroad. One World is one of the founding members of the Human Rights Film Network.

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