Echoes of Ji.hlava in Vienna

The Echoes of Ji.hlava IDFF are back in Vienna! The first of the three films included in the retrospective of the best of the last edition of the Ji.hlava IDFF is Stingl – Little Big Okima. The second film presented at the Czech Centre will be A New Shift by Jindřich Andrš that follows a laid-off miner from the city of Ostrava who lands a job as a programmer. This time-lapse portrait captures a long and difficult journey, the development of a man who was displaced from his job but sees this as an opportunity for a fresh start. The Echoes of Ji.hlava IDFF will be topped off with a documentary by Slovak director Zuzana Piussi called Ordeal that won a special jury prize at the festival. Ordeal provides an insight into the Slovak judiciary system shaken by scandals, and yet filled with hope for reform after a new government takes office. The film visits the offices of constitutional judges as well as court cases of ordinary people. What has changed in Slovakia over the two years of the filming of the documentary?

Program

May 9 | 7.30pm | Czech Embassy in Austria
Penzinger Straße 11–13, 1140 Wien

• Stingl – Little Big Okima (Steve Lichtag, Czech Republic, 2021, 89 min)

The event will take place as part of the traditional Film Monday at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Vienna with the participation of director Steve Lichtag and screenwriter Adam Chroust. The evening’s moderator will be Adriana Belešová, Programme Manager of Ji.hlava IDFF.

The film will be screened in Czech language with English subtitles. The Q&A will be in Czech and translated into German.

Prior registration for the event is required at: ccwien@czech.cz / +43 1 535 23 60.

Please provide your phone number and if you bring a companion, provide their name, phone number and email address..

For more information visit the website of the Czech Centre Vienna.

May 10 | 6.30pm | Czech Centre Vienna
Herrengasse 17, 1100 Wien

• A New Shift (Jindřich Andrš, Czech Republic, 2020, 90 min)

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film’s director, Jindřich Andrš, and its main protagonist, Tomáš Hisem. The moderator will be Adriana Belešová, Programme Manager at the Ji.hlava IDFF.

The film will be screened in Czech language with English subtitles. The Q&A will be translated into German.

Prior registration for the event is required at: ccwien@czech.cz / +43 1 535 23 60.

Please provide your phone number and if you bring a companion, provide their name, phone number and email address.

For more information visit the website of the Czech Centre Vienna.

May 11 | 6.30pm | Slovak Institute in Vienna
Wipplingerstraße 24–26, 1100 Wien

• Ordeal (Zuzana Piussi, Slovakia, Czech Republic, 2021, 75 min)

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with judge Katarína Javorčíková in Slovak language. It will be moderated by Adriana Belešová, Programme Manager at the Ji.hlava IDFF.

The film will be screened in Slovak language with English subtitles. The Q&A will be translated into German.

Prior registration for the event is required at: si.wien@gmx.at

For more information visit the website of the Czech Centre Vienna.

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Please note that the applicable pandemic measures will be in place during the event.

The Echoes of the Ji.hlava IDFF in Vienna is held in conjunction with the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Austria, the Czech Centre Vienna and the Slovak Institute in Vienna.