For its 2022 edition, the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival will screen over three hundred films across all sections, including a unique retrospective of American Oscar-winning avant-gardist #Shirley Clarke# or the largest ever retrospective of Filipino cinema outside of Asia. Additionally, the festival spot was created by the internationally respected #Roberto Minervini#, whose retrospective was presented at the festival in 2020. Now, the full programme has been announced.
Highlights of the 2022 Ji.hlava IDFF programme include a retrospective of films by #Lionel Rogosin#, a key figure of American documentary and independent cinema, whose socially engaged work was the antithesis of the Hollywood conformism of the 1960s and 1970s. Another retrospective will focus on the work of American director Shirley Clarke, whose films are almost unknown in Czechia. Clarke captured with humour the dark side of America from the 1950s to the 1980s. In 1964 she won the Academy Award for her documentary Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel with the World.
Another prominent theme of this year’s edition will be ethics in documentary filmmaking, with a panel discussing ethical dilemmas related to power in film directing, dramaturgy and production, editing, cinematography and sound design.
As for the film sections, «Opus Bonum» section, which encompasses the diverse practices and tendencies of world documentary cinema, will present sixteen films. «Czech Joy», which focuses on the latest Czech docs, will present twenty-one films and one VR installation this year, while the «Testimonies» section, which follows the world’s current issues, will offer fifteen films.
Ji.hlava IDFF will also focus on the topic of Russian aggression against Ukraine. In addition to the #Sergei Loznitsa# films The Kiev Trial and The Natural History of Destruction, and the film Czech Peace by Filip Remunda and Vít Klusák, the programme will also bring the most up-to-date news about contemporary Ukraine. The Inspiration Forum will also focus on Ukraine in its discussions.
There is much, much more on offer for the 2022 Ji.hlava IDFF, including thematic sections covering ecology and climate change, its «Short Joy» competition (also available online via #DAFilms), and full Inspiration Forum activities.
Find the complete programme and more information – HERE
