20-10-2021

See European projects in development selected for the Ji.hlava New Visions Forum 2021

    Dear friends, 

    We are happy to share with you 11 new European documentary projects in development, which will be presented at the Ji.hlava New Visions Forum on October 28–29.

    The Forum will feature projects that include diverse genres and audiovisual formats – such as fiction films with documentary aspects, hybrid and experimental films, cinema expanded projects, virtual and augmented reality projects, and live documentaries. See their list here

    The list of the recently announced eighteen U.S. documentary projects at the Ji.hlava New Visions Forum is available here

    All presentations will be available both live and online to the Ji.hlava industry accreditation holders. You can now also download the industry catalogue of the 25th Ji.hlava IDFF. 

    JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM 2021
    EUROPEAN PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

    AGAINST THE WIND
    Director: Tatyana Soboleva
    Producer: Tatyana Soboleva
    Genre: Documentary
    Country: Russia

    BEAUTIFUL VOID
    Director: Andris Gauja
    Producers: Andris Gauja, Elza Gauja
    Genre: Documentary, Experimental, Cinema expanded
    Country: Latvia, Estonia

    INTRUDERS
    Director: David Krøyer
    Producer: Thor Hampus Bank
    Genre: Documentary
    Country: Denmark

    IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT
    Director: Paula Ďurinová
    Producer: Matej Sotník
    Genre: Hybrid
    Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany

    KAFILA
    Director: Isaac Stillwell
    Producer: Isaac Stillwell
    Genre: Documentary
    Country: France, Morocco

    LISTENING CENTRE
    Director: Carlotta Berti
    Producer: Michelangelo Ferrara
    Genre: Documentary
    Country: Italy

    NISTRU. THE IRREVERSIBLE FLOW OF LIFE
    Director: Iurie Tocmas
    Producer: Ieva Ūbele
    Genre: Documentary, VR+AR+Live documentary
    Country: Latvia, Moldova

    ONE OF US
    Director: Rachel Close
    Producers: Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan, Elena Martin
    Genre: Documentary
    Country: Romania

    THE SOIL OF THE NAMIB
    Director: Christian Zipfel
    Producer: Alina Schäfers
    Genre: VR + AR + Live documentary
    Country: Germany

    WITH A GUN IN HAND, I CROSSED THE DESERT
    Director: Laurence Garret
    Producers: Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira, Christophe Gougeon
    Genre: Documentary, Hybrid
    Country: France, Italy, Mexico

    YOUTH
    Director: Mariana Gaivão
    Producer: Pedro Fernandes Duarte
    Genre: Fiction with documentary aspects, Hybrid
    Country: Portugal, Germany, France, Czech Republic

    We look forward to seeing you at the 25th Ji.hlava IDFF on October 26–31!