Marek Hovorka
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Ji.hlava is an ecosystem of issues that we live by
Ji.HLAVA IDFF: Dok.revue talks about this year's programme with festival director Marek Hovorka, programme director Petr Kubica and programmer of experimental documentaries Andrea Slováková.
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Sarajevo Film Festival 2024 announces Documentary Competition programme
The Sarajevo Film Festival has unveiled its Competition Programme for Documentary Films, curated by #Rada Šešić#. This year’s lineup features 21 films, with 19 competing for awards and two showcased out of competition. The selection includes a mix of world, international, European, regional, and Bosnian and Herzegovinian premieres, promising a diverse and enriching cinematic experience.…
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Ulrich Seidl’s Sparta and the question of ethics in filmmaking
ETHICS: The first season of Ji.hlava's IDFF Conference of Ethics in Filmmaking was a necessary conversation around the need for common ethical principles in documentary filmmaking.
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«Visual artists are the quickest ones to reflect on what’s happening in society»
JIHLAVA IDFF: Marek Hovorka on the festival's place within the wider industry landscape, his thoughts on the art vs content debate, and on its extensive film and event programme.
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Pandemic cut film programmes by 22%, East West Index 2021 shows
In analysing the representation of different regions at documentary film festivals, new data from the East West Index 2021, was presented during the debate Back to “Normal”? at Marché du Film / #Cannes Docs#, which was co-organised by the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival and presented by Festival Director #Marek Hovorka#. The East West Index…
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Ji.hlava IDFF to adjust competition sections & award structure
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival director #Marek Hovorka# has introduced a new festival concept for its 25th edition. This year, Ji.hlava IDFF will feature a main competition section comprising up to 18 feature films screened in world, international and European premieres. In addition to the new competition concept, there will also be changes to the…
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«When nothing is certain, anything is possible»
JI.HLAVA IDFF: Festival Director Marek Hovorka speaks on the 2020 adaptation of Central and Eastern Europe's largest documentary festival.
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Marek Hovorka
JIHLAVA: We opened all competitions to hybrid and fiction films with a documentary approach because many are inspiring and provoking – and we want to be inspired and provoked.
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MAREK HOVORKA: In the Beginning There Were Flags…
And then they were pulled down. The inhabitants of the small town of Jihlava in the Czech Republic didn’t appreciate the festival flags that were decorating the streets on the occasion of the 5th International Documentary Film Festival last October.