29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Open Fortress

Open Fortress

Ivo Bystřičan / Czech Republic / 2019 / 52 min.


synopsis

The film deals with events at Masaryk University in Brno during one academic year against the background of annual celebrations of historic events that helped to shape the academy’s present orientation. Through a large number of annual events and rituals with graduation ceremonies as their peak, the film asks questions about the continuity of university traditions and whether they still hold their original meaning: a quest to seek truth in the free world populated by students and professors. The film will be co-screened with Universities and Freedom. A Q&A session with guests is planned after the screening.

biography

Screenwriter and director Ivo Bystřičan (1980) deals with social and political issues. His films include: My Latest 150.000 Cigarettes (2013), Byeway (2014) or History of Disobedience (2017).

more about film

director: Ivo Bystřičan

Film at festival

festival edition:2019
section:Workshops
language:Czech

Info

director:Ivo Bystřičan
original title:Otevřená pevnost
country:Czech Republic
year:2019
running time:52 min.

Section


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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