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Tuesday, October 28
10 AM – 11:30 AM | Kino Dukla – Edison
NEW CINEMA 2025: Get to Know Your Cinema Operator
The seminar “Know Your Cinema Operator” is structured around presentations, moderated discussions, and a “round table” of participants from the New Cinema 2024-2025 project with other stakeholders in the audiovisual industry.
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Industry Hub – Small stage
VISEGRAD ACCELERATOR: How to Make Festivals More Inclusive
The discussion will explore strategies to make festivals more accessible to diverse audiences, including marginalized groups, and to strengthen engagement with local communities.
5 PM – 6:30 PM | Industry Hub – Main stage
CZECH JOY IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Presentation and short previews of brand new Czech documentary films selected to the main festival competition introduced by their authors.
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM | Industry Hub – foyer
INDUSTRY DRINK with the Czech Joy in the Spotlight hosted by Czech Audiovisual Fund and Doc Alliance Network of Markets
FESTIVAL IDENTITY WORKSHOP | Industry Hub – Small stage / closed workshop
2 PM – 6:30 PM | Industry Hub
MATCHMAKING ACCELERATOR
Wednesday, October 29
10 AM – 11:30 AM | Industry Hub – Main stage
JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM – Projects in Production & Post-production I.
Pitching presentation of seven European, U.S. and East &Southeast Asian projects.
12 PM – 1 PM | Industry Hub – Main stage
JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM – Projects in Production & Post-production II.
Pitching presentation of seven European, U.S. and East & Southeast Asian projects.
12 PM – 1:30 PM | Industry Hub – IF stage
DIARY: A Tool for Self-reflection and Artistic Exploration
Come and explore the diary as a creative and self-reflective tool—whether you already keep one or want to start. In the workshop, you’ll try two techniques for managing your projects or stress, and under Hana Muchová’s guidance, you’ll see how a diary can help reflect on directorial choices and the role of the creator during documentary filmmaking.
Czech language only
Participation is upon prior registration via Eventival
2 PM – 4 PM | Kino Dukla – Edison
Future Memory Lab
Call for Entries 2026 and The Imprint of a Luxury Party at the Štrougals' in the Film Family Matters – A political-historical case study by Jakub Wagner and Martin Kohout.
2:30 PM – 5:15 PM | Industry Hub – Small stage
JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM: ROUNDTABLES
European projects in Production & pos-production / by invitation only
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Industry Hub – IF stage
CO-PRODUCING WITH CROATIA – Opportunities in the Croatian Film Industry
This session will present contemporary Croatian documentary cinema, its production, funding, and international co-productions, including audience trends. Experts will discuss international collaboration, co-production incentives, and strategies for promoting Croatian films globally.
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM | Industry Hub – foyer
INDUSTRY DRINK hosted by Vysočina Film Office
7:30 PM – 9 PM | Industry Hub – Main stage
EMERGING PRODUCERS 2026: Public Presentation
Presentation of the upcoming generation of European documentary film producers. Eighteen personalities, eighteen life stories.
The presentation is preceded by the APA World Excellence Award and VR Award for the most promising VR project.
9 PM – 10 PM | Industry Hub – foyer
INDUSTRY DRINK hosted by Audiovisual Producers’ Association (CZ)
2:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Industry Hub
MATCHMAKING ACCELERATOR
Thursday, October 30
10 AM – 11:10 AM | Industry Hub – Main stage
JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM – European projects in Development & Production I.
Pitching presentation of seven European, U.S. and East & Southeast Asian projects.
11:40 AM – 12:50 PM | Industry Hub – Main stage
JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM – European projects in Development & Production II.
Pitching presentation of six European, U.S. and East & Southeast Asian projects.
2:30 PM – 5:15 PM | Industry Hub – Small stage
JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM: ROUNDTABLES
European projects in Development & Production / by invitation only
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Industry Hub – Main stage
CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA: Funding opportunities for producers and other documentary professionals
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM | Industry Hub – foyer
INDUSTRY DRINK hosted by AUSTRIAN FILMS
2:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Industry Hub
MATCHMAKING ACCELERATOR
10 AM – 7 PM | Industry Hub - IF stage
Conference on Ethics in Documentary Filmmaking
Friday, October 31
10 AM – 11 AM | Industry Hub – Main stage
JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM – Country in Focus: Croatia
Pitching presentation of 6 Croatian projects.
11:15 AM – 12:45 PM | Yottabe Space
JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM: ROUNDTABLES
Croatian projects / by invitation only
11:30 AM – 1 PM | Industry Hub – Main stage
Future Memory Lab Projects Presentation
Pitching: Feature and Short Films in Production and Postproduction + Call For Entries 2026
Presentation of new Future Memory Lab projects in production and early postproduction for the international film industry and the public, featuring feature-length and short films as well as documentary theater developed with innovative approaches to film archives and found footage.
2 PM – 3:15 PM | Industry Hub – Main stage
DOCUMENTARY CALLS AFTER THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE FUND: Czech Audiovisual Fund in Dialogue with ARAS / Czech language only
The discussion will focus on changes in documentary support following the transformation of the Czech Audiovisual Fund and on navigating the newly integrated documentary calls. At the end, members of all four Fund boards will introduce themselves and invite the audience to Happy Hours for one-on-one questions.
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Industry Hub – foyer
HAPPY HOUR with the Councils of the Czech Audiovisual Fund / Czech language only
An informal meeting with members of the four expert boards of the Fund at roundtables, where you can ask about the boards’ priorities and the direction of Czech audiovisual work. Questions can be directed to Petr Bilík, Michaela Režová, Petr Kubic, Tomáš Feřtka, Dan Krátký, and Zdenka Kujová.
3:30 PM – 5 PM | Industry Hub – Main stage
The Public Service Role of Documentary Production at Czech Television
Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital Landscape: How is Czech Television adapting the development, production, and distribution of its content to stay competitive and capture the attention of a fragmented audience? What role does documentary production and the work of independent producers play in this context?
5 PM – 6 PM | Industry Hub – foyer
INDUSTRY DRINK hosted by Croatian Audiovisual Centre
2 PM – 5 PM | Industry Hub
MATCHMAKING ACCELERATOR
10 PM – 1 AM | Industry Hub – Small stage and IF Stage
INDUSTRY AWARD CEREMONY & INDUSTRY PARTY
