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East of convention: Ex Oriente Film’s human-centred method
INTERVIEW: Ex Oriente Film challenges industry habits with early-stage support, rigorous feedback, and space for author-driven experimentation.
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Ji.hlava IDFF unveils first 2025 titles
The 29th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival will run 24 October– 2 November, retaining its 10-day format and presenting roughly 300 films spanning new Czech and international work, experimental cinema, and themed retrospectives. Taiwanese auteur #Tsai Ming-liang# will return to Jihlava to shoot a new entry in his Walker series during the festival, premiering the…
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Beautiful prisons set in our modern times
INTERVIEW: A conversation with Francesco Montagner whose film Brotherhood will have its Czech premiere at IDFF Ji.hlava as part of the official competition.
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Tutors and open programme announced for Ex Oriente Film 2021 second session
Organized by the Institute of Documentary Film in cooperation with #FAMU, Ex Oriente Film 2021 second session workshop will offer a series of lectures, case studies, and masterclasses dedicated to various aspects of documentary filmmaking, production, and distribution. Below find the Open Program for the 2nd Ex Oriente Film Session: Production and Story Development, taking…
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International filmmaking community calls for immediate release of Myanmar filmmaker Ma Aient
The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk and its founding institutions, the European Film Academy (EFA), #IDFA and #IFFR, and other festivals and film institutions, have called on Myanmar authorities to release filmmaker Ma Aeint from custody. As she was leaving her house on 5 June, Ma Aeint was detained. She is now being held…
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Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened
DOK.REVUE: Olaf Möller remembers Karel Vachek, who died in December 2020 at the age of 80
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The end of representative democracy(?)
DEMOCRACY: In a 6-hour film essay, Karel Vachek weaves a collage of collective memory to show the exposure, conflict, crisis, and catharsis of the post-communist society.
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The pioneer of long-term filmmaking
IDFA: Helena Trestikova’s work epitomises the innovative role of long-term filmmaking, and the inextricable link between big and little histories.
