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1384 articles available in total starting from 04/10/2002. Last article published on 01/07/2025.

Czech dark comedy Occupation brings Lynchian vibes to late-1960s Czechoslovakia

Czech dark comedy Occupation brings Lynchian vibes to late-1960s Czechoslovakia

Director Michal Nohejl debuts with a chamber period drama about the Czech national character, which will compete with other first films at Tallinn Black Nights  

05/11/2021 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic

New Visions Forum launched at Ji.hlava

New Visions Forum launched at Ji.hlava

Twenty-one European and 16 US documentary or documentary-related projects have been pitched at the first edition of the forum at the Czech festival  

04/11/2021 | Jihlava 2021 | Jihlava Industry

Review: The Cars We Drove into Capitalism

Review: The Cars We Drove into Capitalism

Georgi Bogdanov and Boris Missirkov’s playful documentary is a nostalgic road trip along the Iron Curtain  

03/11/2021 | DOK Leipzig 2021

Lines crowned as Ji.hlava’s champion

Lines crowned as Ji.hlava’s champion

Barbora Sliepková’s doc bagged three awards in the main competition; You Are Ceauşescu to Me and Brotherhood were also among the winners of multiple gongs  

02/11/2021 | Jihlava 2021 | Awards

Review: Points for the President aka Attempt at Counterrevolution

Review: Points for the President aka Attempt at Counterrevolution

Martin Kohout examines what’s left of the Velvet Revolution, ending up with a more universal tale than one would dare to expect  

29/10/2021 | Jihlava 2021

Marek Hovorka  • Director, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

Interview: Marek Hovorka • Director, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

“We are a big festival in a small town”

We talked to the festival director about the past, present and future of the Czech event, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year  

29/10/2021 | Jihlava 2021

Martin Mareček  • Director of Out in Force

Interview: Martin Mareček • Director of Out in Force

“We used to say it was a story about a man who wanted to be Superman but who became Genderman instead”

In his documentary, the Czech filmmaker and teacher takes a closer look at film critic-turned-bodybuilder Kamil Fila  

29/10/2021 | Jihlava 2021

Diana Cam Van Nguyen  • Director of Love, Dad

Interview: Diana Cam Van Nguyen • Director of Love, Dad

“Animation is a convenient tool for depicting fragile emotions”

We talked to the up-and-coming Czech-Vietnamese animator and director, whose latest short film keeps reaping awards on the festival circuit  

27/10/2021 | Jihlava 2021

Ji.hlava IDFF adds the New Visions Forum and Market to its industry strand

Ji.hlava IDFF adds the New Visions Forum and Market to its industry strand

The new financing, co-production and networking event aims to support European documentary production, and foster connections between European film professionals and US filmmakers  

21/10/2021 | Jihlava 2021 | Jihlava Industry

The first MIDPOINT Shorts workshop gets under way

The first MIDPOINT Shorts workshop gets under way

Five projects from the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Slovakia and Ukraine have been selected for the latest edition of the specialised workshop  

21/10/2021 | MIDPOINT 2021

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