Ji.hlava IDFF: A Stage for Global Conversations
From First-Time Directors to Documentary Legends: Why This Year Is Unmissable
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. For 2023, Ji.hlava IDFF runs from 24 to 29 October.
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NEWS
Ji.hlava IDFF announces full 2023 programme
Watch Ji.hlava IDFF Short Joy competition films on DAFilms
Ji.lava IDFF announces U.S New Visions selections, industry programme
Ji.hlava IDFF announces first 2023 programme details
FILMS
Blix Not Bombs
Director: Greta Stocklassa
Former UN Secretary-General Hans Blix's fact-finding mission in Iraq became an issue of war and peace, with his words becoming the most crucial for those trying to stop it.
On Friday. 27 October: Modern Times Review Industry Editor Steve Rickinson will moderate an online conversation with Hans Blix, and guests Greta Stocklassa, Petra Dobešová, Alan Sýs, Stanislav Adam
Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Floods
Director: Angelos Rallis
Once more, the formidable Brahmaputra river is on the ascent. Amidst a vanishing mud island, Afrin, a 12-year-old orphan, readies herself to depart from the sole realm she's ever been acquainted with.
Notes From the Eremocene
Director: Viera Čákanyová
A disturbingly accurate farewell to human life on planet earth.
Praying for Armageddon
Director: Tonje Hessen Schei, Michael Rowley
Power, money, and religion intertwine as the influential US Christian fundamentalist movement fights for the end of the world.
Seven Winters in Tehran
Director: Steffi Niederzoll
Exposing the silenced voices of women in Iran.
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Director: Anna Hints
Female solidarity through Estonian women continuing an age-old tradition.
Total Trust
Director: Jialing Zhang
The Chinese surveillance state in a tale of technology, censorship and abuse of power in the 21st century.
While the Green Grass Grows
Director: Peter Mettler
A unique and personal cinematic exploration of the flow of rivers and lives, including the passing of his parents and global questions.
INTERVIEW
Between Revolutions: «I am more fascinated by the archival material than the present»
We joined film director Vlad Petri as he reflects on the stories of women's resilience and revolution in his film Between Revolutions.
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