Ji.hlava Academy 2022

In 2022, over the course of four days (October 25–29), Ji.hlava Academy again offered a special creative lab for those dedicated to make, reflect upon or share contemporary films. Opened to those who are set to broaden limits of visual style, authorial approach or audience perception.
In the core of Ji.hlava Academy were film shootings accompanied by lectures, discussions and talks focusing on creative process of filmmaking. All under the guidance of experienced and unorthodox tutors.
The head tutor Khavn guided the Ji.hlava Academy participants through the realm of Film Poetry. They jointly created specific formats such as Film Haiku, Film Sonnet, or Film Villanelle. The resulting works were publicly screened to the audiences at the festival on October 29.
Head tutor in 2022
Khavn / Philippines
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Guest speakers
Pedro Emilio Segura Bernal
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Marek Hovorka
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Hilal Baydarov
Since then Hilal has completed an award-winning trilogy of documentaries set in Katech Azerbaijan: When The Persimmons Grew (2019) which won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary at the Sarajevo IFF and the Interreligious Award and Special Jury Mention at Visions du réel; Mother And Son (2019), which premiered in the main competition at IDFA; and Nails in My Brain(2020) which premiered at Cinema du réel. His In Between Dying (2020), World Premiered in Competition at Venice Film Festival and Crane Lantern (2021) in Tokyo IFF and won the Best Artistic Contribution award. Sermon To the Fish (2022) is the first film of his War Tales Trilogy and premiered at the Locarno Film Festival. |