Since 1995, the festival has recognized performers’ extraordinary contributions to the art of film acting with the Actor’s Mission Award.

1995:

  • Franco Nero [IT]

1996:

  • Gina Lollobrigida [IT]
  • Alberto Sordi [IT]
  • Jozef Kroner [SK]

1997:

  • Geraldine Chaplin [USA]
  • Vlastimil Brodský [CZ]

1998:

  • Mari Törőcsik [HU]
  • Erland Josephson [S]
  • Annie Girardot [FR]

1999:

  • Iva Janžurová [CZ]
  • Michele Placido [IT]
  • Daniel Olbrychski [PL]
  • Sophia Loren [IT]

2000:

  • Ladislav Chudík [SK]
  • Jana Brejchová [CZ]
  • Catherine Deneuve [FR]

2001:

  • Jiří Bartoška [CZ]
  • Emília Vášáryová [SK]
  • Jean-Paul Belmondo [FR]

2002:

  • Božidara Turzonovová [SK]
  • Bolek Polívka [CZ]
  • Ornella Muti [IT]

2003:

  • Klaus Maria Brandauer [A]
  • György Cserhalmi [HU]
  • Jiřina Bohdalová [CZ]
  • Jerzy Stuhr [PL]

2004:

  • Květa Fialová [CZ]
  • Štefan Kvietik [SK]

2005:

  • Dagmar Veškrnová-Havlová [CZ]
  • Nastassja Kinski [D]

2006:

  • Lubomír Lipský [CZ]
  • Jacqueline Bisset [UK]

2007:

  • Isabelle Huppert [FR]
  • Mirjana Karanović [SRB]
  • Marián Labuda [SK]

2008:

  • Chiara Caselli [IT]
  • Omar Sharif [ET]
  • Ivan Palúch [SK]
  • Liv Ullmann [N]

2009:

  • Jeremy Irons [UK]
  • Jaromír Hanzlík [CZ]

2010:

  • Gérard Depardieu [FR]
  • Milan Kňažko [SK]
  • Josef Abrhám [CZ]

2011:

  • János Bán [HU]
  • Zdeněk Svěrák [CZ]
  • Zuzana Kronerová [SK]

2012:

  • Emmanuelle Béart [FR]
  • Miroslav Donutil [CZ]
  • Ben Kingsley [UK]

2013:

  • Martin Huba [SK]
  • Július Satinský – pamätná tabuľa (2002-2013) [SK]
  • Barbora Bobulova [SK/IT]

2014:

  • Ivan Trojan [CZ]
  • Claudia Cardinale [IT]

2015:

  • Anna Geislerová [CZ]
  • Juraj Kukura [SK]

2016:

  • Lazar Ristovski [SRB]
  • Karel Roden [CZ]

2017:

  • Ondřej Vetchý [CZ]
  • Magda Vášáryová [SK]

2018:

  • Zuzana Mauréry [SK]
  • Ivana Chýlková [CZ]

2019:

  • Roman Luknár [SK]
  • Jiří Lábus [CZ]

2021:

  • Petr Nárožný [CZ]

2023:

  • in memoriam Milan Lasica [SK]

  • Zdena Studenková [SK]

  • Eva Holubová [CZ]