The anniverary edition of Ji.hlava IDFF was launched! The festival returns to cinemas after the pandemic year and newly offers over three hundred films from sixty-three countries. The entire film programme is more than twelve thousand minutes long and it would take eight and a half days of continuous watching. The anniversary edition of the festival kicked off with When Flowers Are Not Silent by Belarusian director Andrei Kutsila that captures the atmosphere in Belarus after last year’s presidential election.
The Opening Ceremony held in DKO featured the presentation of the first awards. The Best Documentary Book Award is this year’s novelty and it went to The Taste of Mulberries / Travel Message of the Wizard’s Apprentice by Miloslav Nevrlý.
The traditional award for the best short film was also presented. In the Short Joy section, the winners were chosen by viewers who voted via the DAFilms portal. The Award went to Colombian-Portuguese Open Mountain by Colombian filmmaker Maria Rojas Arias that deals with a long-forgotten revolution. In July 1929, a group of cobblers organized a one-day revolution in a Colombian village in an attempt to improve the living and working conditions in the country. The witness and anarchist Aura believes their struggle continues to this day. “I can see dirt roads, chickens being cut up for soup, and the undergrowth at the foot of the mountains where traces of Latin America's first guerrilla are disappearing.” The characters in this story live believing that their struggle does not end,” says the director about the film. “This year, Short Joy offered a remarkable representation of the contemporary world. However, the weight of the current problems must not eliminate the lessons of the past. One such lesson was provided in Open Mountain, a film made of found footage that come together to create an exquisite audiovisual experience. We’re happy to see the audience vote for this particular movie,” said Diana Tabakov, the Executive Director at DAFilms. Diana Tabakov also introduced a new project by DAFilms – DAFilms Junior that provides an innovative content for children from three to twelve years of age.
Respekt Award for the best TV, video and online investigative reportage was granted by the jury to the reportage collage A Look at Babiš and his Rallies, or What his PR Will Never Reveal by Václav Dolejší.
The award for outstanding producer’s contribution was also presented at the Opening Ceremony. APA World Excellence Award was accepted from the hands of producer Radim Procházka by his French colleague Jacques Bidou.
Ji.hlava Live Stream
This year again, the Ji.hlava IDFF offers live broadcasts in Czech and English – in the form of festival streams that will bring interviews with filmmakers, film recommendations and other tips as well as audience polls. There will also be a regular time slot devoted to Ji.hlava for Kids, the Inspiration Forum and the Industry Programme.
The live stream will treat the viewers to two discussions of the Inspiration Forum. One of them will be the online appearance of American feminist, philosopher and gender studies legend Judith Butler. Digital technologies will be the focus of Canadian philosopher and writer Nick Srnicek.
The 25th Ji.hlava IDFF will take place on October 26 to 31, 2021. Accreditations can be purchased at ji-hlava.cz and they serve as a full-fledged ticket to the live part of the festival (film screenings, discussions and lectures, off-screen programme). Festival accreditation also provides 14-day access to the festival's online video library (available only in Czechia). Admission to the screening and the accompanying programme will be granted only upon presentation of proof of Covid-19 vaccination, or a valid antigen or PCR test. Visitors can use either the Tečka mobile app or a printed certificate of vaccination. Let's be respectful and considerate of each other!
More information at www.ji-hlava.com and on the festival’s Facebook and Instagram profiles.
PARTNERS AND SPONSORS 2021
MAIN SUPPORTERS
Ministry of Culture Czech Republic
Czech Film Fund
Creative Europe MEDIA
Statutory City of Jihlava
Vysočina Region
GENERAL MEDIA PARTNER
Czech Television
MAIN MEDIA PARTNER
Czech Radio
EXCLUSIVE MEDIA PARTNERS
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
PARTNERS OF INDUSTRY SECTION
Creative Europe MEDIA
Czech Film Fund
International Visegrad Fund
Ministry of Culture Czech Republic
Audiovisual Producers’ Association
Statutory City of Jihlava
Creative Europe Desk CZ – Media
Czech Film Center
THE INSPIRATION FORUM PARTNERS
European Cultural Foundation
Prague office of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V. – representation in the Czech Republic
Masaryk Democratic Academy
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Czech Centres
Creative Europe Desk Czech Republic
EUNIC – EU National Institutes for Culture
PARTNERS OF JI.HLAVA FILM FUND
UPP
Soundsquare
Center for Documentary Film
CO-ORGANISER OF THE INDUSTRY SECTION
Institute of Documentary Film
PARTNER PROJECT
Doc Alliance Films
SUPPORTED BY
EEA and Norway Grants
U.S. Embassy in the Czech Republic
Current Time TV
European Commission Representation in the Czech RepublicCzech Centres
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Romanian Cultural Institute
Italian Cultural Institute
Austrian Cultural Forum
Goethe Institute
French Institute
German Films
Delegation of Flanders in the Czech Republic
Instituto Camões
Slovak Institute
Embassy of the State of Israel
Jan Barta
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Czech Tourism
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CZ LOKO
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Sepos
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ANYGENCE
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Baby Office
Bistro na tři tečky
ČT:D
DAFilms Junior
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