The Echoes of Ji.hlava programme continues March 6-9 in New York and March 7-11 in Bucharest as the Czech doc fest screens a selection of the documentaries culled from the festival’s 2022 competition sections.
In New York the programme will open March 6 with a double screening of 7:15 – Blackbird directed by Judith Auffray, awarded Best World Documentary Film 2022, and Deserters directed by Damir Markovina, which won Best Central and East European Documentary Film and Best Sound Design.
Next on the New York program will be the March 7 screening of Jana Ševčíková’s Those Who Dance in the Dark. The showcase will wind up March 8 with Kunstkamera directed by Jan Švankmajer.
All screenings will take place in NY’s Bohemian National Hall.
Meanwhile, between March 7 and 11, Ji.hlava IDFF will screen five further competition films in Bucharest.
The Romanian odyssey commences March 7 with the screening with Happily Ever After, an inquiry into contemporary and alternative models of partner relationship by Czech documentary director Jana Počtová. The film received the Audience Award and the Student Jury Award at Ji.hlava, where it world premiered in Ji.hlava.
On March 8 the documentary the programme will feature Pongo Calling by Czech director Tomáš Kratochvíl, which is tells the story of Roma activist Štefan Pongo and his family who left the Czech Republic for UK to escape racial stereotypes and discrimination.
The Echoes will continue on March 9 with the festival’s Best Czech Doc winner – Kapr Code by Lucie Králová, which is an experimental documentary opera about the Czech composer Jan Kapr.
On March 10 viewers can watch a unique “introspective” overview into the admissions process to the Prague Academy of Fine Arts. The observational documentary Art Talent Show is directed by Tomáš Bojar and Adéla Komrzý. Tomáš Bojar will also conduct a masterclass for the students of Bucharest-based University of Theatre and Film I.L. Caragiale (UNATC).
The Echoes of Ji.hlava will conclude on March 11 with an intimate portrait of adolescence entitled Bloom by Canadian director Fanie Pelletier, which took the Award for the Best Debut at Ji.hlava.
All screenings will take place at the Czech Centre Bucharest (Ion Ghica 11) at 19.30 and will be followed by Q&As with the directors. All films will be screened with English subtitles.
The Echoes of Ji.hlava in Romania programme is organized by the Ji.hlava IDFF in cooperation with the UNATC, and are supported by Budvar. The first Echoes of the 26th Ji.hlava IDFF took place in Brussels, and future Echoes will sound in Paris and Bratislava.
