The Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival

In the billowing night

Tomas Krause / August 8, 2021

COLONIALISM: The French colonial crimes in Réunion island are slowly brought to light.

colonialism, Creole, Doclisboa, Erika Etangsalé, FIDMarseille, France, IDFA, In the Billowing Night, Jonathan Rubin, Madagascar, Migration, nationalism, racial, racism, Réunion

The Mushroom Speaks, a film by Marion Neumann

The mystery of mushrooms

Nick Holdsworth / August 4, 2021

ECOLOGY: When the world seems to be falling apart, can the answers humanity need reside in the mushroom?

Canada, Chernobyl, copenhagen, CPH:DOX, DocPoint Helsinki, Dokufest, ecology, hiroshima, Katia Monla, Krakow Film Festival, Luc Peter, Marion Neumann, mushroom, mycelium, psilocybin, The Mushroom Speaks, Visions du réel, Zen

Pandemic cut film programmes by 22%, East West Index 2021 shows

Modern Times Review / July 20, 2021

In analysing the representation of different regions at documentary film festivals, new data from the East West Index 2021, was

Cannes Docs, Doclisboa, DOK Leipzig, Dokufest, IDFA, Krakow Film Festival, Marek Hovorka

The world of tomorrow

Astra Zoldnere / July 5, 2021

CONTROL: A dystopic visual essay reflecting on the filmmaker’s children’s future in a technological world.

biomedicine, control, DocAviv, Elizabeth Liodge Stepp, Erich Fromm, Facebook, fascism, Godfrey Reggio, Heinrich Himmler, Herz Frank, Hitler, Israel, Josh Penn, Mussolini, Natalia Almada, Netflix, Palestinians, Poland, Sundance, Ten Commandments, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Twitter, Users, Visions du réel, West Bank., youtube, Zionist

Cannes Docs – Marché du Film Guide: Doc Talks 2021

Modern Times Review / June 26, 2021

As part of the online Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes, Cannes Docs brings its selection of screenings and

Cannes Docs, DMZ DOCS, It’s All True, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Visions du réel

The eye of the beholder

Nick Holdsworth / May 12, 2021

SURVEILLANCE: In the new golden age of surveillance, the blind spots are all around us.

All Light, Arizona, copenhagen, CPH:DOX, DocAviv, Doclisboa, Dokufest, Everywhere, IDFA, Jonna McKone, Nazi, photography, Pierre Janssen, Porto/Post/Doc, Riel Roch-Decter, Sebastian Pardo, Sundance, surveillance, Theo Anthony, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

War and Peace, a film by Martina Parenti & Massimo D'Anolfi

Filtering the truth of war through the lens of cinema

Nick Holdsworth / April 26, 2021

HISTORY: Ever since they met in 1911, the moving image and war have had a contentious relationship

art, cinema, conflict, Crimean War, David Fonjallaz, History, Iraq, Julian Assange, Libya, Louis Matare, Martina Parenti, Martina Parenti & Massimo D'Anolfi, Massimo D'Anolfi, Nazi, photography, propaganda, Socialist, Sven Wälti, Swiss Films, Tripoli, Urs Augstburger, Visions du réel, war, War And Peace, Western Front, Wikileaks

The archive does not lie

Carmen Gray / April 20, 2021

CONTROL: In Communist Poland, revolt intensifies as workers strike over food price increases while tension builds in the dignitaries’ offices.

1970, Anna Gawlita, civil resistance, Cold War, communist, control, corruption, Gdansk, Gdynia, IDFA, Krakow Film Festival, propaganda, Tomasz Wolski, Visions du réel, Warsaw

Landscapes of Resistance

Carmen Gray / February 6, 2021

TRAUMA: An unorthodox documentary on the exceptional journey of one of Serbia’s first female partisans, who helped lead the resistance in Auschwitz.

Auschwitz, Balkan, Berlin, capitalism, Cinéma du réel, Doclisboa, Dokufest, Dragana Jovović, fascism, Germany, homophobia, IFFR, Jasmina Sijercic, Landscapes of Resistance, Marta Popivoda, Maxim Gorky, nationalism, Nazi, Sarajevo Film Festival, Socialist, trauma, Trieste Film Festival, Visions du réel, Yugoslavia

Ruled by the blindspots

Lauren Wissot / February 4, 2021

PERCEPTION: When an image speaks, who does it speak for?

Afghanistan, All Light, Anthony Theo, Arizona, Baltimore, Chris Marker, cinema, consent, DocAviv, Doclisboa, Dokufest, eugenics, Everywhere, Harun Farocki, IDFA, Jonna McKone, perception, Riel Roch-Decter, sci-fi, Sebastian Pardo, Sundance, surveillance, Theo Anthony

Armour-plated schools

Nick Holdsworth / November 1, 2020

GUNS: Fear of school shootings in the US has created an entire industry dedicated to turning educational institutions penal.

bulletproof, Chicago, Danielle Varga, Doclisboa, DOK Leipzig, Dokufest, gun violence, Guns, Hot Docs, IDFA, school shootings, security, Sundance, SXSW, texas, Todd Chandler, weapons

Ji.hlava IDFF announces winners of 24th festival

Modern Times Review / October 31, 2020

The 24th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival has announced its 2020 winners. This year, the festival continues through 8 November

DA Films