Drama student Max Nowotarski won three awards at the 14th Forum of Young Directors (Forum Młodej Reżyserii). His award-winning performance was realized during his study stay at the Akademia Sztuk Teatralnych im. Stanislaw Wyspiański in Krakow as part of the Erasmus programme.
Dominika Prášková (ATD) received the following award for the film Goddess – Paths of Destiny, which was made with the support of the Josef K. ONIROS FILM AWARDS – Winner January 2024 – Best fantasy film INDEPENDENT SHORT AWARDS (Los Angeles) – Award Winner: March 2024 – Platinum winner – Best Screendance Short PRAGUE FILM FESTIVAL – Winner of Grand Prix: Student Film Indie Short Fest – Outstanding Achievement Award for Screendance Short
Natálie Bočková, a 3rd year student of Theatre Dramaturgy, won the first prize at the Evald Schorm Awards with her play So Much Tenderness. The third place (together with other prize winners) went to Barbora Rokytová, a 1st year student of Theatre and Education for the Deaf, with her play Nějak vás niestíhám, with which she also took 3rd place in the International Drama Competition.
Arnošt Hašek, a second year drama student, won the Havel Necklaces competition.
Barbora Šimová, a fourth-year physical theatre student, won the Marta Award of the International Theatre Schools Festival SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER in the actress category.
prof. Mgr. Petr Oslzlý received the Karel Kramář Medal from Prime Minister Fiala at the Prague Castle during the celebrations of the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. He was awarded for his brave civic attitudes during the communist dictatorship and for the development of civil society.
ASSITEJ International awarded prof. Mgr. Zoja Mikotová with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dodo Gombár won the main category of the Film Foundation Screenwriting Competition for his screenplay for the film Ice Horses.
Dodo Gombár received the Martin Porubjak Award at the opening of the 28th edition of the festival.
Tereza Reková ‘s book European Radio Documentary: A History of the Format and Its Festivals was published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Theatrum.online, a web-based multimedia publication-textbook on theatre, edited by Kateřina Jebavá, and Jitka Vrbková’s publication Theatre actor-specific: Down Syndrome as a theatrical stylization, both coincidentally the results of applied research projects supported by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, have been nominated for the Divadelní noviny 2024 Awards in the category of Publication Achievement in the field of theatre.
Pavel Jirásek’ s publication The Puppet between Theatre, Film and Television, produced with the support of the Theatre Faculty of JAMU, won the main prize of the General Reader competition of the Masaryk University Book Prize in Brno and the second prize in the Most Beautiful Czech Book of 2023 competition in the field of the Prize for Outstanding Printing (the competition is organised by the Museum of Literature together with the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic).
2023
Tereza Ondryášová, a student of the Audiovisual Production and Theatre Studio, won 2nd place at the Theatre Photography Showcase.
Natálie Bočková, a 2nd year student of Theatre Dramaturgy, took third place in the Evald Schorm Awards.
MgA. Zdislava Začalová (graduated in 2021) was named Talent of the Year 2022 at the Theatre Critics Awards.
MgA. Tereza Reková, Ph.D., won the third prize in the radio category of the 30th Annual Government Committee for Persons with Disabilities Award for journalistic works focused on the topic of disability.
doc. Mgr. Miroslav Ondra, Mgr. Petr Štěpán – authors of the production Nine Crosses, awarded the title of Musical Production of the Year 2022 /Musical-Operetta Magazine Awards/.
doc. Milan Udhe, dr.h.c., Honorary Doctor of the Faculty of Theatre of the JAMU, was awarded the Order of T. G. Masaryk 1st Class by the President of the Republic for his outstanding contribution to the development of democracy, humanity and human rights.
doc. Milan Uhde, won the Czech Academy of Theatre Artists Award at the Thalia Awards.
Jon Fosse, also an honorary doctor of the JAMU Theatre Faculty, received the Nobel Prize for Literature.
2022
Martin Mihál won the award for best actor and the production of It Doesn’t Matter won a special jury prize at the FESTUM festival organized by our partner school Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Murcia-ESAD Murcia.
Samuel Gonda, a 3rd year student of Musical Acting, won the male actor award at the Dream Factory festival in Ostrava.
Robin Mayer, a 3rd year student of Radio and Television Dramaturgy and Screenwriting won 3rd place in the Documentary category at the Prix Bohemia Radio competition.
Tereza Reková won 1st place in the Documentary category at the Prix Bohemia Radio competition.
Zoja Mikotová received the Award of the Ministry of Culture for her contribution in the field of theatre, for developing a distinctive poetics of poetic theatre based on movement, wit and musicality, and for her artistic and pedagogical efforts to connect the world of the deaf and hearing.
Dalibor Buš won the Thalia Award for actors under 33.
2021
Daniela Samsonová won the Evald Schorm main prize for her original short play Shelves.
Tereza Reková won the student jury prize at the Prix Bohemia Radio festival for her documentary My Friend Zuzka.
At the International Festival of Theatre Schools SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER, Daniel Gajdoš was awarded the Marta prize by the festival jury and the festival director Michal Zetel’s award was given to Barbora Svorová, head of the Promotion section of this year’s festival.
Jitka Vrbková won the 1st Václav Königsmark Prize in the dissertation category.
2020
The winner of the Thalia Award for 2020 is Petr Štěpán for his outstanding performance as Satan in the production Ztracený ráj (Report on Man) directed by Dod Gombár and dramaturgy by Miroslav Ondra.
Eva Jelínková was awarded the SENIOR PRIX 2020 for her long-standing artistic activity by the LIFE OF THE ARTIST FOUNDATION.
Monika Řeháková , a student of the Master’s programme in Audiovisual Production and Theatre, was awarded in the Czech Press Photo competition in the category CANON AWARD (Single Winner).
Nikola Minářová, a student of Audiovisual Production and Theatre, won 2nd place in the Czech Theatre Photography 2020 competition in the student category “free work with theatrical themes” with her photographs from the productions Nivó (Studio Marta 2019) and Scheherazade (When the King is Not at Home) (Studio Marta 2019).
Vendula Hlaváčková, a student of Audiovisual Production and Theatre, won 3rd place in the Czech Theatre Photography 2020 competition in the student category “free work with theatrical themes” for her photographs from the production Najednou tady prostě byl ( The Theatre Faculty of JAMU 2019).
The 1st prize of the Evald Schorm 2020 Prize went to Tereza Agelová, a student of the Theatre and Education Studio, and Marie Mlatečková, a student of Theatre Dramaturgy, for their original play asi.milování, while the 2nd prize also went to Tereza Agelová for her original play Dvě čárky.
2019
The award for Imagination in the Student Exhibition of the Prague Quadrennial 2019 went to students Anna Chrtková, Jan Matýsek and Andrea Dudková for their project Prague is not the Czech Republic.
2nd place The Evald Schorm Prize was awarded to Tereza Agelová, a student of Theatre Dramaturgy and Theatre and Education, for her original play Like You, Mom and Štěpán Vranešic, a student of Radio and Television Dramaturgy and Screenwriting, for his original play The Indian Princess.
1st place at the European Young Theatre Festival 2019 in Spoleto, Italy, went to the monodrama This Is Not Your Karenina (Hana Drozdová, Ladislav Horák, Daniela Samsonová, Vojtěch Kříž, Dalibor Chvátal).
2018
MgA. Ivo Krobot received the City of Brno Prize in Dramatic Arts 2018.
Mgr. František Derfler won the honor of the festival …příští vlna/next wave 2018… in the Living Treasure category.
PhDr. Alena Blažejovská won the 1st place in the national competition Prix Non pereant – Media to help monuments 2018 for the radio documentary “The story spoke to me – Czech National Trust”.
Nominations for the 2018 Divadelní noviny Award for publications in the field of theatre were received by prof. Mgr. Petr Oslzlý et al. for FLYING HUSES from Brno to Amsterdam and Avignon. Brno: JAMU, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7460-121-7.
The award of the Government Committee for Disabled Citizens for journalistic works focusing on the topic of disability in the radio category went to Tereza Reková, a student of Radio and Television Dramaturgy and Screenwriting, for her documentary Kájin svět.
At the first global student film festival GUFA in Hong Kong, students Jiří Karmasín, Paulína Ščepková, Michaela Suchá, Pavla Kopřivová won the award among the five best scripts in the category of unrealized films for the film JA-PA – ; this film was also among the final twenty out of a total of 1800.
Petr Chodura, a student of Audiovisual Production and Theatre, received an honorable mention in the 2018 Theatre Photography Showcase.
The 1st place at the International European Young Theatre Festival 2018 in Spoleto, Italy was awarded to the students of BcA. Jiří Liška, Vojtěch Kříž, Jindřich Hudeček, Hana Drozdová, Daniel Mišák, Barbora Laierová.
2017
Mgr. Kateřina Slámová Bartošová et al. were nominated for the Divadelní noviny 2017 Award for Publication in the Field of Theatre for Člověk ve světle slova. THEATRE AT THE TABLE 1989-2016. Brno: JAMU, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7460-110-1.
PhDr. Ale Blažejovská received the Brno City Prize in Journalism and Journalism 2017.
doc. MgA. Marek Hlavica, Ph.D. received the Josef Škvorecký Prize for outstanding literary work in the field of audiovisual production TRILOBIT 2019 for Dramatic Production of the Ostrava Studio of Czechoslovak Television (1955-1991). Brno: JAMU, 2017.
The award in the category of Publication Act of the Year 2017 at the Honours for Alternative Art of the …příští vlna/next wave… festival went to doc. MgA. Jan Motal, PhD. for Dialogue through Art. Brno: JAMU, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7460-106-4.
Mgr. Zoja Mikotová received the Brno City Award in the field of dramatic arts 2017.
The International Festival Praguenonverbal 2017 awarded the production Silence Speaks Louder to Prof. Zoya Mikotová (Atelier of Educational Drama for the Deaf).
Barbora Dohnalová won the main prize for the female performance in A Fairy Tale a little bit different at the Festival De Fés du Theatre Universitaire, Fez, Morocco.
At the Vilnius Festival Theatre Forum, a festival of theatre schools in Lithuania, the production From the Life of Puppets was awarded in the category of best production, the prize for the best male actor was awarded to Šimon Bilina (Drama Acting) and the prize for the best female actor was awarded to Viktória Pejková (Drama Acting).
Tereza Reková, a student of the Dramatic Arts PhD program, won the Best Student Documentary Film award at the 2nd Edition of Star Do International Film Festival for her film Na Pomezí ticha a tmy (Between Silence and Darkness).
At the 48 Hour Film Project, student Rebeka Uličná won the Best Sound Design award for her film The Gráz.
The 2017 Government Committee for Disabled Citizens Award for journalistic works focusing on the topic of disability in the Czech Republic went to Tereza Reková, a student of the Dramatic Arts PhD programme, for her documentary Matěj; the same documentary was also nominated for the Prix Europa 2017, International Feature Conference 2017, AudioREPORT 2017 and the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2017.
At the Prix Bohemia Radio 2017, Czech Republic, Tereza Reková, a student of the Dramatic Arts PhD programme, won the 1st prize for her documentary Matěj.
Prix Bohemia Radio 2017, Czech Republic: nomination of Tereza Reková, a student of the Dramatic Arts PhD programme, for the documentary Crossing Borders.
2016
prof. Mgr. Petr Oslzlý received the Ministry of Culture Award for Contribution to Theatre 2016.
Otto Kauppinen won 3rd place in the Evald Schorm Prize for his translation of Marie Kili’s This is Unpleasant.
2015
PhDr. Josef Kovalčuk received the Brno City Prize.
At FITUA 2015 – Festival International du Théâtre Universitaire d’Agadir, Morocco he won the award for best male actor in the production Did you like it, madam?Pavol Seriš, a student of the doctoral programme in Dramatic Arts.
At the IIFUT (Iran International Festival of University Theatre) in Iran, he won the award for best male actor in the production Did you like it, gentlemen?Pavol Seriš, a student of the Dramatic Arts PhD programme.
At the 8th International Theatre Schools Festival ITSelF 2015 in Warsaw, Poland the production Absolute Happiness of a Fly or the Last Mystification of Salvador Dali directed by doc. Oxana Smilkova.
Tereza Reková, a student of the Master’s degree in Radio and Television Dramaturgy and Scriptwriting, won the 2nd place in Category III – Radio Documentaries with her programme In the Captivity of Film at the XXIVth annual REPORT 2015 radio journalism competition in the Czech Republic.
FITUC 2015 – Festival International du Théâtre Universitaire de Casablanca awarded the Grand Prix of the festival to the production A Thousand and One Nights directed by Vítězslav Vetrovec, a student of the PhD programme in Dramatic Arts.
2014
PhDr. Václav Cejpek received the City of Brno Award.
At the International Theatre Festival Istropolitana Projekt 2014 in Bratislava, Slovakia, Juraj Augustín, a Master’s student of Drama Directing, won the Student Jury Award for his direction of Peer Gynt.
Pavol Seriš, a student of the Dramatic Arts PhD programme, won the Gemini Prize at the International Roma Teatro Festival 2014 in Italy for his direction of the production Chutilo Vám, pánni?.
The 1st prize of the Evald Schorm Prize 2014 for an original play, dramatization or translation of a play, Czech Republic went to Otto Kauppinen, a student of the Master’s degree in Theatre Dramaturgy, for his translations of Mike Myllyaha’s Harmony and Okko Leo’s Playground from Finnish.
The 3rd prize of the Evald Schorm Award 2014 for an original play, dramatization or translation of a play, Czech Republic went to Šimon Peták, a student of the Master’s degree in Theatre Dramaturgy, for his original play The Nest.
Petra Bučková won 2nd place in the dance film competition at the Nu Video Dance Festival 2014.
2013
MgA. Nika Brettschneider is the winner of the CENTROPE International Prize 2013.
The project of the International Festival of Theatre Schools SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER 2013 became the winner of the competition for the best student and non-profit project 2013, announced by the Society for Project Management, the guarantor of project management in the Czech Republic.
Festival “Under the sun” (Šiauliai, Lithuania, May 2013) awarded 1st prize for the best production Metamorphosis and the Best Actress Award for Tereza Slavkovska, the production under the direction of doc. Oxana Smilkova.
Martin Sládeček, a student of the Master’s degree in Theatre Dramaturgy, won the 1st prize of the 2013 Ewald Schorm Prize for his dramatisation of Thomas Mann’s novel Confessions of a Hochstapler Felix Krull and its translation from German.
The 3rd prize of the Ewald Schorm Prize went to Jan Krupa for his translation of Laurent Gaudé’s play Onysos the Furious.
Jan Šotkovský received an honorable mention of the Václav Königsmark Prize for his work “Narrative Techniques and Strategies in Staging Practice. The director (and dramaturg) as narrator(s)” in the category Dissertation.
Veronika Watzková received an honorable mention of the Václav Königsmark Prize 2013 for her thesis “Theatrical Production of the Piarist School Order in Mikulov,” in the Bachelor Thesis category.
The 1st place in the category Non-profit and Student Project of the Year 2013 (Project Manager of the Year 2013) went to Tereza Koudelová and Anna Stránská.
Tomáš Koňařík received the Award for Graduate Screenplay Břeclov from the Film Foundation RWE & Barrandov Studio.
2012
Mgr. Jana Hlaváčková received the City of Brno Award.
Filip Teller won the Best Actor Award for his performance in Clown Crumbs at the International Festival of Theatre Schools Roma Teatro Festival in Rome.
The competition organized by NAEP awarded the documentary Erasmus Documentary by students Matúš Labanc and Radka Hoffmanová.
Ivan Buraj won the prize for the most intelligent production and the special jury prize for the direction of Prince of Homburg at the International Festival of Theatre Schools Istropolitana Project’12 in Bratislava.
The 2nd prize of the 2012 Ewald Schorm Prize was awarded to Jan Krupa for his translation of Philippe Minyana’s Little Girl in the Deep Forest.
Otto Kauppinen won the 3rd prize of the 2012 Evald Schorm Prize for his translations of Jussi Moil’s To the Sunflowers Like and Mike Mylly’s Panic.
Lucia Repašská received an honorable mention for her work “Secret (?) Art. Three Forms of the Principle of Assembly in a Theatrical Artefact” in the category Master’s Thesis of the Václav Königsmark Prize – 2012.
2011
The award for the best actress at the International Student Festival FIST07 in Belgrade went to Lucie Končoková(Ophelia – I do not lie, I contemplate). Ophelia – I do not lie, I contemplate also won the Audience Award for the best performance at the festival.
Languages through Lenses (ELIA in cooperation with CILECT and PRIX EUROPA) – award for Barbora Herčíková for her film Café Alfa.
1st place of the Evald Schorm Prize 2011 was awarded to Anna Saavedra for her original play Smokers and Saviours.
2010
The special prize of the jury at the Istropolitana Projekt festival went to the production What’s in theCellar/Pokojíček.
The 3rd prize of the Evald Schorm Prize 2010 was awarded to Anna Saavedra for her original play The House of the Seven Cockroaches.
The 3rd place of the Evald Schorm Award 2010 went to Petr Maška for his original radio play Julia is Silent.
2009
Mgr. František Derfler received the City of Brno Award.
VDN’s production Being Alone won an award at the 23rd annual “Kopřiva” non-traditional theatre showcase in Kopřivnice.
The 3rd place of the Evald Schorm Prize 2009 went to Janka Schmiedtová for her original play Frida.
2008
Prof. PhDr. Antonín Přidal received the Brno City Prize.
Petr Maška won the 1st prize of the Václav Königsmark Prize 2008 for his thesis “Myth – Searching for a Story, Four Love Stops with Phaedra”, Bachelor Thesis category.
2007
PhDr. Antonín Přidal received the State Prize for Translation.
The 1st prize of the Václav Königsmark Prize 2007 was awarded to Marek Hlavica for his thesis “Performance Studies” in the category of Master’s and Diploma Dissertations.
The Václav Königsmark Prize 2007 was awarded to Jan Petr for his work “Organisation of Theatre Production”.
2005
1st prize of the Evald Schorm Award 2005 for the original play Žumpa was awarded to Barbora Vaculová.
