press release

Czechoslovakia celebrates 100 years, Wim Wenders, Jean-Luc Godard, Lebanese cinema and Czechoslovakian orient. The 22nd Ji.hlava IDFF’s programme is brimming with film titles, outstanding guests and additions for kids.

“The Ji.hlava IDFF will celebrate 100 years of Czechoslovakia with the film section Foreigner seeks apartment, mapping the stories of Czechoslovakians who were, in the twentieth century, for various reasons forced to look for a new home,” says festival director Marek Hovorka. “We have selected films that have not yet been made available to Czech audiences. Pictures from the life of immigrants to the USA, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.” Among our guests will be French political scientist and historian Jacques Rupnik. He will introduce his documentary project, The Other Europe, prepared for BBC.