The Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
Located in Jihlava, Czech Republic
The Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival is the largest festival of creative documentary films in Central and Eastern Europe. It draws attention to documentaries notable for their innovative visual style and a deeper social reflection and confrontation.
The Jihlava IDFF has a prominent place on the map of documentary film festivals, being also a member and co-founder of Doc Alliance, an initiative of seven key European documentary film festivals, the activities of which also include the selective documentary and experimental video-on-demand portal dafilms.com.
The 24th programme of Ji.hlava IDFF will offer classical and experimental documentary alongside a themed retrospective and off-competition sections. Here, Ji.hlava, running 27 October…
Projects from Croatia, Czech Republic, Russia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine made it to the final selection of the 16th Docu Talents from the…
GLOBALISATION: In a city where it is Christmas all year long, those that produce cheap and tacky seasonal decorations care little for Western traditions.
As part of the online Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, Cannes Docs brings its selection of screenings and events to the virtual…
RUSSIA: Online video as a contemporary form of political expression and a plea against censorship in Russia.
IDENTITY: Following seven protagonists, the fragmentation of Hong Kong society under the 2019 social movement that attracted the attention of the whole world is…
REPRESSION: Through intimate interviews and meditative photography, Ai Weiwei provides visualisation of an unsolved humanitarian crisis.
CAPITALISM: Carmen Lossman's forensic film lifts the lid on the great con of late capitalism - the debt and money-go-round that is spinning towards…
ECOLOGY: Inspired by the growing movement of global eco-villages, a group of 12 adults and 6 children set out to start the first such…