Programme sections
competition sections
Testimonies
Testimonies is a competition section dedicated to powerful documentary films which deal with important social, economic, environmental, and political phenomena.
Czech Joy
Czech Joy is a competition section for the best Czech documentary, celebrating diversity of themes and cinematic expression.
→ 200.000 CZK for the winning film
→ Professional Nikon camera for the Special mention
Fascinations
Fascinations is a prestigious competition section for best world experimental documentary films. Unexpected representations of the lived world through exploratory work with film language in an atlas of contemporary experimental cinema from every continent.
Fascinations: Exprmntl.cz
Exprmntl.cz is a competition of the latest Czech experiments that relate to reality and never stop searching for a new audiovisual expression.
non-competition sections
Constellations
The Constellations section presents films, that recently shone on world documentary skies. We introduce carefully selected remarkable titles from other film festivals.
This selection features the best films screened at Doc Alliance festivals. Ji.hlava IDFF is part of the alliance, which together consists of 7 key European documentary film festivals. Representatives from each festival nominate both a short and feature film from their program each year, from which European journalists select two Doc Alliance Award winners.
Special Event
Exceptional cinema events that offer a unique and profound perspective on the complexities of human experience.
Siren Test
The section dedicated to music/sound in contemporary progressive cinematography.
