The last group of our project interconnecting talented European producers consists of: Frederik Nicolai from Belgium, who attempts to strengthen the position of Flemish documentary film, Elina Pohjola from Finland, who specializes in Scandinavian film, Dionne Walker from the United Kingdom, whose motto is “Don’t fear originality!“, Irina Shatalova from Russia, who worked as a cinematographer on Vitaly Mansky’s films, Stefano Tononi from Switzerland currently based in Uruguay, and Viva Videnović from Slovenia, whose motto not only for filmmaking is “Follow your dreams.“
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Contribution to World Cinema Award will be received by Godfrey Reggio
Reggio, a New Orleans native, has not created many films in his more than thirty-year long career in documentary filmmaking – yet, four feature films have easily earned him worldwide fame. In Reggio’s films, the clash of urbanism with the Third World arises without a single word, but from the tension of individual images, sounds and music. „The role of film is to provoke, ask questions which can be answered exclusively by its audience.“ Godfrey Reggio will personally receive the Contribution to World Cinema Award, and apart from his retrospective a Masterclass will be held where he will present his auteur method. Moreover, Jihlava IDFF will be also visited by his colleagues Ray Hemenez and Francis Kuipers. And last but not least, Reggio will recall his collaboration with the Czech filmmaker Miroslav Janek who used to work on Reggio’s films as an editor.
Political scientist and Occupy Central Founder being a guest at Jihlava IDFF Inspiration Forum
Besides Russian artist Peter Pavlensky and former U. S. soldier Ethan McCord, the third guest and lecturer at the Inspiration forum at Jihlava IDFF will be Joseph Cheng, a Hong Kong political science professor. Joseph Cheng belongs to the founders of democratic movements in Hong Kong in the 1980s, when the country was ruled by the United Kingdom. However, nowadays his name has become famous in connection with the Occupy Central Movement and the so-called Umbrella Revolution. He can share his own experience about the protests against the Beijing government, about the political transformation of Hong Kong after having been handed over to China, but also about the best way to understand one’s own culture, as Cheng also participated in the creation of several journals and associations studying Asian society and culture.
10 Masterclasses held at this year’s Jihlava IDFF
Several guests will personally introduce their films and Masterclasses: Serbian filmmaker and lecturer Zhelimir Zhilnik, Austrian experimental artist Peter Tscherkassky, American artist Deborah Stratman, “father“ of Philippine independent film Kidlat Tahimik, French documentary filmmaker Nicolas Philibert or Polish cinematographer Wojciech Staroń. The two last mentioned guests will present their Masterclasses thanks to the collaboration of Jihlava IDFF and IDF. Masterclass will be also presented by four authors from the Film Correspondence exhibition: Spanish filmmakers Albert Serra, José Luis Guerin and Jaime Rosales, but also a significant Chinese documentary filmmaker Wang Bing.
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Industry matchmaking for the second time at Jihlava IFF
For the second time, Jihlava IDFF provides film professionals with a unique service which helps them to gain new contacts and networking opportunities. The main initiative of the Matchmaking Service is to aid filmmakers, directors and producers in making connections with festivals and pivotal figures in the film business in order to improve their career growth. Industry guests will be offered a service providing priority ticket reservations for individual screenings. If you want to be sure you will get tickets for a particular film, pick them up a day before or on the day of the screening, 90 minutes before the film’s start at the latest. Industry guests at Jihlava IDFF can also use the bus service Jihlava-Leipzig Express 2014, which will take them to DOK Leipzig on Monday 27th October 2014 at 10 am, free of charge. We kindly request you to book the trip from Jihlava to Leipzig on Jihlava-Leipzig Express 2014 at:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
A panel discussion on new distribution platforms
What is the contemporary situation of film distribution? How has the audience changed and how has the transformation affected film industry? What are the new ways of presenting films? These particular points and more will be discussed by academics as well as film professionals, the debate will be held in collaboration of Jihlava IDFF and DAFilms.com. Dina Iordanova from St. Andrews University will come up with the topic of shifting distribution from cinemas to the Internet as well as the issue of link between distributors and sales agents or the use of documentary film in education. Domenico La Porta from Cineuropa web portal will discuss how cross-media formats change the distribution process. The discussion is held on 26th October at 2:30pm.
Jihlava IDFF discovering independent Burmese film
Documentary filmmaker and lecturer Vít Janeček has been interested in Burmese film for a long time. He personally prepared a unique section of contemporary independent Burmese film. It provides an exceptional opportunity to learn about this virtually unknown part of film. Independent film has flourished in Burma for about ten years, and its masterpieces will be screened in Jihlava IDFF. The Burmese programme will be held on a single day, on Tuesday 28th October, and it is no coincidence that it is also the date of the foundation of the independent Czechoslovak state. The Czechoslovak-Burmese relationships used to be quite friendly in the past. And nowadays, the two films are connected again. There are Burmese students studying at The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, and Janeček would like to shoot a film about the Czechoslovak traces in Burma.
Part of Jihlava IDFF Programme online on DAFilms.com!
In collaboration with web portal DAFilms.com part of this year’s programme will appear online. Five films from the section devoted to the image of a factory in contemporary film will be on DAFilms.cz website from 20th to 28th October. Romanian, Czech, Russian or American documentaries focus on the visual aspects of industrial spaces (an American arthouse essay California Company Town by Lee Anne Schmitt) as well as on social issues connected to factory closures (Czech documentary Race to the Bottom by Vít Janeček). Details about programme as well as films here.
The Second Session of Ex Oriente Film Workshop Introduces its Guests and Open programme
Institute of Documentary Film traditionally brings the second session of Ex Oriente Film workshop to Jihlava, this time, tutored and observed by more than 20 internationally renowned industry professionals – directors, producers, distribution, financing and co-production specialists, who will work with the participating filmmakers from Eastern and Central Europe on their projects. Apart from that, these experts will share their knowledge and experience with all the interested audience within the Open programme. It will offer several lectures, screenings, case studies and master classes focused on the background of documentary filmmaking. We recommend not to miss the master class "Documentary Cinematography and Transmission of Reality" with an awarded Polish director and cinematographer Wojciech Staroń on Saturday and the Monday meeting with the acclaimed French director and producer Nicolas Philibert, "Film As an Invitation". Both master classes will be organiyed in cooperation with Ji.Hlava IDFF. Another programme highlight will be the case study of Uncle Tony, Three Fools and the Secret Service about the life of the documentary film after its release and what kinds of pressure and reactions might await its authors. Lectures dedicated to the introduction into financing and budgeting will be held by an Austrian producer and director Arash T. Riahi. Renowned Slovak director Petr Kerekes will speak about his methods of work with protagonists, whereas some valuable advice concerning the distributional strategy and the possibilities to be seen at documentary markets and festivals will be brought to the adudience by a Belgian sales agent Thierry Detaille. You can find the detailed programme in the festival catalogue and on http://www.dokweb.net.
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