28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

25. 10.–3. 11. 2024
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How to Film in Africa!

Jan Rousek / Czech Republic / 2024 / World Premiere / 7 min.


synopsis

This film essay about cinematographic methods of conquering the African continent uses excerpts from letters exchanged between Zlín and Nairobi between the head of the film group Jaroslav Novotný and the travel and filmmaking duo Miroslav Zikmund and Jiří Hanzelka. The subtle manipulation of the footage from their film Africa I. – From Morocco to Kilimanjaro (1952) highlights the subversive potential of the gaze fixed directly on the camera.

biography

Jan Rousek (1984) is a director, cinematographer and editor. He studied history at the University of South Bohemia and documentary filmmaking at FAMU, where he continues his doctoral studies and is writing his dissertation on the ideology of colonialism in Czechoslovak film. He has prepared the section Into History: The Expedition of the Colony for Ji.hlava IDFF in 2020. In 2022, he presented his film Empty Location / And What About You, Mireček?

more about film

director: Jan Rousek
producer: Jan Rousek

contact

Jan Rousek
janrousek@seznam.cz

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Screening time

Saturday 26. 10. 2024, 19:30

DIOD

Friday 01. 11. 2024, 12:00

DIOD

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2024
section:Ji.hlava Online, Fascinations: Exprmntl.cz
language:Czech
subtitles:English
colour:Black and white

Info

director:Jan Rousek
original title:Jak natáčet v Africe!
country:Czech Republic
year:2024
running time:7 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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