Over 3,400 films were submitted for the festival, which has become an annual meeting point for CEE documentary filmmakers. Of those selected, 34 films will have their world premiere in Jihlava. In addition to its four established competition sections, the 2015 festival will launch a competition of experimental and avant garde films. Fifteen films will compete in the main competition, Opus Bonum, with a heavy emphasis on films from Asia and the Americas.
The festival’s industry programme will include the Emerging Producers networking forum, running 28 October – 1 November, and the Festival Identity platform, running 28-30 October. The festival’s Inspiration Forum will host a diverse range of speakers and guests including Julian Assange and Pussy Riot.
The line-up of the Opus Bonum competition follows:
(T)ERROR (US)
Directed by Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe
14 Homicides (US)
Directed by Jona Gerlach
Collapse (South Korea)
Directed by Won-woo Lee, Jeong-hyun Mun
Covered with the Blood of Jesus (Nigeria, Italy)
Directed by Tommaso Cotronei
Dead Slow Ahead (Spain, France)
Directed by Mauro Herce
Disappear One (France, UK, Italy)
Directed by Graeme Thomson, Silvia Maglioni
Ettrick (France)
Directed by Jacques Perconte
Machine Gun or Typewriter (US)
Directed by Travis Wilkerson
Memories from Gehenna (France)
Directed by Jenkoe Thomas
Shahrzaad’s Tale (Canada)
Directed by Shahin Parhami
TERRA NULLIUS or: How to be a Nationalist (China, Taiwan, Japan)
Directed by James T. Hong
The Room of Bones (El Salvador, Mexico)
Directed by Marcela Zamora Chamorro
The Visit (Egypt, Germany)
Directed by Marouan Omara, Nadia Mounier
Things (Norway)
Directed by Thomas A. Østbye
You Can Just Learn It (Singapore, US)
Directed by Abigail Han
