JAN ŠVANKMAJER’S LATEST FILM AT THE 26TH JI.HLAVA 

We are happy to announce the first programme highlight of this year’s edition: The latest film by legendary Czech surrealist filmmaker Jan Švankmajer entitled Kunstkamera. The two-hour director’s cut will be presented in a world premiere. "The historical experience says that each kunstkamera made until today was sold or stolen or destroyed after the death of its creator. My collection will undoubtedly meet the same fate,” says Jan Švankmajer who is turning eighty this year. Watch the exclusive scene from the film here. 

JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS: CALL FOR EUROPEAN PROJECTS

After the success of the programme’s last year’s pilot edition, we invite European filmmakers to submit their projects to the Ji.hlava New Visions Forum & Market 2022!  We accept not only documentary films – both in development and (post)production – but also diverse audiovisual formats such as fiction with documentary aspects, hybrid, experimental, short films, docu and web series, cinema expanded projects, games with documentary aspects, and VR+AR+Live documentaries. The deadline is August 22, check out the details here. (Photo: Who is Missing Today, dir. Květa Přibylová) 

SUBMIT YOUR FILMS TO THE 26TH JI.HLAVA IDFF

We are receiving submissions for the 26th Ji.hlava IDFF and look forward to seeing your films. Until July 31 you can send us your rough cuts and films that have not had a festival world premiere yet. We accept feature-length and short films, animated and interactive documentaries. The films premiered in Jihlava have a chance to be nominated for the European Film Academy Awards and the winners at the Ji.hlava IDFF are also eligible for Oscar® consideration in the Documentary Short Subject and Documentary Feature Subject categories. 

PODCAST: DAVID ABRAM – BETWEEN THE HUMAN ANIMAL AND THE ANIMATE EARTH

The Ji.hlava’s Inspiration Forum podcast Screenshot takes a look into the minds of global thinkers whose words and actions help to transform our world. In this special episode cultural ecologist and philosopher David Abram talks about what usually stays unnoticed – the omnipresent invisible mass of air we are immersed in. He talks about the air as an organ of the Earth, its sacredness; about climate as the commonwealth of breath as well as about the affinity between air and awareness. Tune in on Spotify, iTunes, Google and more.