Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival is rated 3 out of 5 in the category motion pictures and film. Read and write reviews about Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. The Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival is a celebration of creative documentary film and the largest event of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. We approach documentary films primarily as unique artworks dealing with significant topics. In 2000, the first CZECH JOY award for the Best Czech Documentary Film was granted, together with awards for the Best Documentary Central and Eastern European Documentary Film in the BETWEEN THE SEAS section and the Best World Documentary Film in the OPUS BONUM section. Among the Ji.hlava IDFF’s competition sections are also the FIRST LIGHTS for documentary debuts, and SHORT JOY for the best short docs. But the festival does not shy away from unconventional documentary forms included as part of the experimental sections called FASCINATIONS (international competition) and EXPRMNTL.CZ (Czech focus). Ji.hlava Industry Programme intended for professional filmmakers plays a crucial role as part of the festival events. The EMERGING PRODUCERS project represents a showcase of up-and-coming generation of European producers. The INSPIRATION FORUM is a platform that hosts distinctive figures from various walks of life, searching for new relevant topics and perspectives of our day and age. FESTIVAL IDENTITY brings together festival organisers and programmers from all across the globe and the EAST SILVER MARKET organised by the Ji.hlava IDFF in conjunction with the IDF annually provides an overview of the latest documentary works from Central and Eastern Europe. CONFERENCE FASCINATIONS further underscores the importance of experimental cinema as part of Ji.hlava IDFF’s festival programme, discussing its production potential and distribution possibilities across continents. Aside from that, the Ji.hlava IDFF annually brings to the Karlovy Vary IFF filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe to join the DOCU TALENTS platform that enables them to present their upcoming works for the first time to the filmmaking world.