22-05-2013

Ihlava IFF news and deadlines

    Film Submission Deadline Is Nearing: Submit your documentary films and experimental documentaries to the programme of the 17th Jihlava IDFF. The deadline for films produced in 2013 is April 30, 2013. Films to be completed between summer and autumn have a special deadline: July 31, 2013. 

    Deadline for Submissions to Docu Talents from the East Extended

    This year’s edition of Docu Talents from the East will once again introduce the most remarkable creative documentary projects from Central and Eastern Europe in the stage of production or post-production planned for theatrical distribution in the period from August 2013 to July 2014. The presentation will be held as part of the industry programme of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. The submission deadline has been extended to May 20! You can submit your projects here.
    Submit your Documentary Projects to Ex Oriente Film – Deadline: June 1

    The eleventh edition of the documentary workshop Ex Oriente Film 2013 starts in July in Rijeka, Croatia. The renowned year-round training programme by the Institute of Documentary Film calls for director-producer teams with documentary projects from the whole Central and Eastern Europe. Submissions are accepted by June 1, 2013. Apply with your documentary projects through our online entry form.

    Join a Unique Project Searching for New Topics and Provocative Questions for Future Documentary Films

    Inspiration Forum is the first project of its kind that interconnects directors with world’s influential thinkers, thus opening new topics and inspiring perspectives. In addition to discussions open to public, the lecturers will offer personal consultations to the participants. The previous editions hosted for example the Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian, writer and journalist Tariq Ali, Ukrainian feminist group Femen or provocative Russian art group Voina. The third edition of the Inspiration Forum will take place on October 25 - 28, 2013 as part of the industry programme of Jihlava IDFF. The deadline for registration is June 30.
    Selection of the Most Interesting Films from Canada’s National Film Board at DAFilms.cz

    This week, DAFilms.cz offers a selection of the most interesting documentaries from the database of Canada’s National Film Board. Until the end of the week, you have the opportunity to watch poetic, experimental and animated documentary films made in Canada. Discover the work of the noteworthy avant-garde author of film collages, Arthur Lipsett, or Canadian documentarist Pierre Perrault, the director of Pour la suite du monde, Le règne du jour and Les voitures d'eau. For free at DAFilms.cz from May 12 to 19.

    Jihlava IDFF at Marché du Film in Cannes

    For the first time in the history of the festival, Jihlava IDFF will be presented at the Marché du Film - a film market organised by the Cannes film festival as a part of its expanding programme dedicated to documentary film. Not only will you be able to meet the representatives of our festival at the so-called Doc Corner, but the director of Jihlava IDFF Marek Hovorka will also be present at the Doc Alliance Selection award ceremony that is to take place for the first time at this event – during Doc Brunch, a social event bringing together over two hundred film professionals. Along with Berlinale in February and our long-term cooperation with Karlovy Vary IFF, the festival in Cannes is the third A category festival where Jihlava IDFF will hold its official presentation.
    Meet Jihlava in Cannes

    Would you like to introduce your latest projects to Jihlava IDFF or discuss potential cooperation with our festival? Contact the Jihlava IDFF’s director, Marek Hovorka (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), who will attend the Cannes Film Festival on May 17 – 21, 2013.

     

    CONTACT:
    Petr Pádivý / Film Submissions / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    Markéta Císařová / Head of Industry Office / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.