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.
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…
HISTORY: A new doc based on the much-heralded book EUROPEANA attempts to hold true to its impassive recounting of the history of the 20th…
Ji.hlava: Inspiration Forum, a unique experience uncommon for most film festivals, brings scientists, politicians, artists, social reformers, and journalists together with documentary filmmakers and…
ABUSE: The daily lives of three women of different backgrounds struggling to break free from violent relationships
Ji.hlava: Modern Times Review speaks with Ji.hlava’s Programme Director, Petr Kubica.
CLIMATE: By making us witnesses to our consumption of the Earth, Anthropocene – the Human Epoch is a planetary portrait that makes room for…
DRUG WAR: Trapped within an abjectly corrupt architecture of power, many Mexicans are subject to the collusion between organised crime and state institutions in…
