Selected International Film Festivals
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
Jihlavský spolek amatérských filmařů / JSAF, o.s.
Jana Masaryka 16
58601 Jihlava
http://www.dokument-festival.cz
email: office@dokument-festival.cz
Member of Doc Alliance
Czech Republic
http://docalliancefilms.com
Program Director/Contact for German Entries
Mr. Petr Kubia (Programming Director)
Ms. Andrea Slovakova (Experimental Films Programmer)
Director
Mr. Marek Hovorka
Year of Foundation 1997
Event Date from 23 October 2013 till 28 October 2013
in Jihlava, Czech Republic
Sections Opus Bonum (Contemporary World Documentary Competition); Between the Seas (Newest Documentary Filmmaking of Central and European Countries Competition); Czech Joy (Czech Documentaries of the Past Year Competition); Fascinations (Experimental Documentary Film Competition);
Translucent Beings (Retrospective Profiles of Unique Personalities fo World Documentary); When Czechs Had to Heil (sectioni capturing Documentary Filmmaking of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia period); Cuba Libre (Cuban Documentary of the last 50 Years); Doc.Alliance selection (Selection of the Partnership of European festivals); Short Joy (supporting Short Films);
Terms of Entry Completed and signed Entry Form; Year of Production must be 2012 or later;
Subtitles
Registration Deadline for films produced in 2012: 30 April 2013
for films produced in 2013: 30 June 2013
for rough cuts: 31 July 2013
Fees none
Attendance Figures 1,500
Participants of the Film Industry About 500 Foreign or Czech film professionals attend the event every year.
Prizes/Awards Best World Documentary; Best Central and Eastern European Documentary Film; Best Czech Documentary Film; Special Mention; The Best Experimental Documentary; Audience Award;
2011
Opus Bonum – Competition
EIN BRIEF AUS DEUTSCHLAND (A LETTER FROM GERMANY) by Sebastian Mez, Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Academy
UNTER KONTROLLE (UNDER CONTROL) by Volker Sattel, credo:film
BAKHMARO by Salomé Jashi, majade (DE/GE)
DER STAAT BIN ICH! (EMPIRE ME) by Paul Poet, Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion (DE/AT/LU)
Fascinations – Competition
DRIFT by Christina von Greve, Zuckerzeit
Israel – Palestine
WOMEN OF HAMAS by Suha Arraf (IL/DE)
Transulcent Being – Albrecht Viktor Blum
HÄNDE (HANDS) – 1928
IM SCHATTEN DER MASCHINE (IN THE SHADOW OF A MACHINE) – 1928
WASSER UND WOGEN (THE WATER CYCLE) – 1929
IM SCHATTEN DER WELTSTADT (IN THE SHADOW OF THE CITY) - 1930
HOLLÄNDISCHE REISE (NETHERLANDS JOURNEY) – 1930
TATSACHEN (FACTS) – 1930
Doc Alliance
BRUDER SCHWESTER (BROTHER SISTER) by Maria Mohr, hanfgarn & ufer
3Docs
CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS by Werner Herzog (US/GB/DE/CA/FR)
PINA by Wim Wenders, Neue Road Movies (DE/FR)
Short Joy
WHAT REMAINED UNSPOKEN by Bernhard Hetzenauer (DE/AT/AR/MX)
WHERE IS RATKO by Michael Schmacke, Boris Zujko
Number of Films Shown about 200
Media Coverage About 150 journalists attend the event. From TV, radio and paper media, starting with local Czech media and ending with correspondents of the Variety, DOX, Cahiers du Cinéma and Screen International.
Evaluation Jihlava IDFF focuses on creative documentaries, films with socially crucial and surprising topics, but also with outstanding aesthetic qualities and progressive author's style.
