The Crystal Globe Competition jury consisting of Christine Vachon, Geoffrey Rush, Sjón, Eliška Křenková, and Gábor Reisz awarded the Special Mention to feature debut Our Lovely Pig Slaughter by Adam Martinec. In his film, Martinec (Anatomy of a Czech Afternoon, Sugar and Salt) portrays how the resilience of mutual family bonds is tested during the annual family pig slaughter. The film is produced by Matěj Paclík of Breathless Films, in co-production with Slovak production outfit filmsomnia and Czech Television, and the Czech Film Fund granted the film the support for development and production of EUR 316,000. The film also received additional support from the Moravian-Silesian Region, Film Foundation, and Slovak Audiovisual Fund, and was selected for the Czech Film Springboard programme in 2021.

A calm family drama March to May by Slovak director Martin Pavol Repka received Special Mention in the Proxima Competition from the jury including Bianca Balbuena, Wouter Jansen, Adéla Komrzý, Mohamed Kordofani, and Daniela Michel. Martin Pavol Repka's feature debut March to May, strongly inspired by the director's memories, is an intimate observation of a functioning family, which proves that more than drama, there is life going on. Produced by up-and-coming producer Tomáš Pertold through his own company Perfilm, in co-production with Studio BEEP and PFX, the film received development support from the Czech Film Fund of EUR 19,000. The director took part in the Czech Film Springboard program in 2021.

And lastly, the Právo Audience Award went to Jiří Mádl’s ambitious historical drama Waves, produced by Dawson Productions, which dominated the audience vote. In his third feature film, another Czech Film Springboard project, the actor-turned-director Jiří Mádl (To See the Sea, On the Roof) delves into the dramatic events of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Tomas wants to stay clear of politics to protect his younger brother Pavel. But when he gets recruited to the International Editorial Office of Czechoslovak Radio as a technician, he finds himself caught in danger as the Soviet tanks are rolling into Czechoslovakia. Monika Kristlová's Dawson Films is the main producer and the co-producers include Slovak Wandal Production and Czech Television. The Czech Film Fund supported the film altogether with EUR 628,000. Additional support comes from the Prague Audiovisual Fund and the Slovak Audiovisual Fund. Mádl's film also received the Blue Cube Award awarded by the energy company innogy at KVIFF.

At the end of the ceremony, festival president Jiří Bartoška invited everybody to the 59th KVIFF, which will take place from 4 to 12 July 2025.