Investigating religious power in Poland
RELIGION: The entertaining and self-reflecting Czech film crew embark on a surrealistic road movie to unveil the wickedness behind the facade of the Catholic Church in Poland.
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.
At the fringes of Europe
MIGRANTS: Encounters with volunteers and clashes with state forces and right-wing citizens pepper the uncertain future of the refugees.
The human cost of urbanisation
URBANISATION: As Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa develops and expands, so do the rifts amongst its citizens.
The last warning
PHILOSOPHY: Drawing from The Triple Life of Antigone by Slavoj Žižek, this film reflects on today’s environmental and political «chaos».
The everyman for our times
LABOUR: Miners trained for the manual skills of the 20th century come up against 21st-century realities when their pit closes.
Frenzies of speculation
INTERNET: A frightening look into the world of conspiracy theories and the relativity of knowledge on the computer screen
«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.
High priests of climate denialism
ENVIRONMENT: A masterful confrontation with the deceptions and self-deceptions of central climate deniers – and the sinister consequences of their successful campaigns.
Neither banal nor evil
CONTROL: A search for understanding from a survivor of Aum Shinrikyo’s 1995 sarin gas attack on Tokyo’s subway.
Last stop utopia
CUBA: After ushering in the American Empire and its eventual revolt against it, Hubert Sauper takes an immersive look at Cuba and its people.
Ji.hlava IDFF moves online amid Czech cinema closures
Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and the unfortunate rise in cases across the European continent, the 2020 Ji.hlava International