Ji.hlava Industry Program

We prepared a full-fledged festival industry program for the 26th Ji.hlava IDFF (October 25–30, 2022), which included both onsite and online features. Below you will find links to the most important Ji.hlava Industry programs.

➤ Winners of Ji.hlava Industry Awards
➤ Ji.hlava Industry LIVE 2022
➤ Industry program 2022
➤ Industry accreditation 2022
➤ Industry Guide 2022
➤ Ji.hlava Industry Program brochure 2022 (PDF)
➤ Industry Venues Map & Industry Hub
➤ Shuttle buses – Timetable
➤ Industry program database *
➤ Timeline *

* Open to all Industry accreditation holders

INDUSTRY PROGRAM 2022

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

5:00–6:30 PM | Industry Hub
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

Moderator
Diana Tabakov / Head of Acquisitions, Doc Alliance Films / Czech Republic

6:30 – 7:30 PM | Industry Hub
INDUSTRY DRINK in cooperation with Czech Film Fund
New talents as well as renowned Czech filmmakers will be sharing their future plans. Come and discuss the latest news on the Czech documentary film scene.

7:00–9:00 PM | Industry Hub
EMERGING PRODUCERS 2023 / Public presentation of the participants of the 11th edition of the program. Followed by a networking drink.

9:00–10:00 PM | Industry Hub
INDUSTRY DRINK in cooperation with Audiovisual Producers' Association
Seventeen young promising producers start their way through the Emerging Producers workshop at Ji.hlava IDFF. It is a great pleasure for the Audiovisual Producers' Association to support up-and-coming talents as they're going to play a key role in the future of cinematography. We invite you to have a drink with this year's Emerging Producers and to ask them about their forthcoming plans.

Thursday, October 27, 2022

11:00 AM–12:30 PM | Industry Hub
JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM – EUROPE / Pitching presentation of European projects in development & production

Moderators
Cíntia Gil / co-curator of Artistic Differences (Uniondocs), documentary consultant for Cannes Directors Fortnight, former director of DocLisboa and Sheffield DocFest / Portugal
Veton Nurkollari / artistic director of DokuFest / Kosovo

12:30–1:00 PM | Industry Hub
JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM – EUROPE / Feedback Talk – Development & Production

Speakers
Marco Cipollini / FidMarseille / France
Ada Solomon / film producer / Romania
Kamila Zlatušková / founder and director of Serial Killer festival / Czech Republic

Moderator
Veton Nurkollari / artistic director of DokuFest / Kosovo

6:00–7:00 PM | Industry Hub
INDUSTRY DRINK with FIPADOC

7:00–9:00 PM | Industry Hub
JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM – U.S. Docs / Pitching presentation of U.S. projects in development, production & post-production

Moderators
Cíntia Gil / co-curator of Artistic Differences (Uniondocs), documentary consultant for Cannes Directors Fortnight, former director of DocLisboa and Sheffield DocFest / Portugal
Veton Nurkollari / artistic director of DokuFest / Kosovo

Friday, October 28, 2022

11:00 AM–12:30 PM | Industry Hub
JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM – EUROPE / Pitching presentation of European projects in production & post-production

Moderators
Cíntia Gil / co-curator of Artistic Differences (Uniondocs), documentary consultant for Cannes Directors Fortnight, former director of DocLisboa and Sheffield DocFest / Portugal
Veton Nurkollari / artistic director of DokuFest / Kosovo

12:30–1:00 PM | Industry Hub
JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM – EUROPE / Feedback Talk – Production & Post-Production

Speakers
Pedro Emilio Segura Bernal / film curator, critic, and distributor / Mexico
Jindřiška Bláhová / film critic / Czech Republic
Christopher Small / DAFilms.com / United Kingdom

Moderator
Cíntia Gil / co-curator of Artistic Differences (Uniondocs), documentary consultant for Cannes Directors Fortnight, former director of DocLisboa and Sheffield DocFest / Portugal

2:00–3:00 PM | Industry Hub

CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA – Funding opportunities for producers and other documentary professionals
Creative Europe is the European Union‘s programme to support the culture and audiovisual sectors. For the programming period 2021-2027, its budget had been increased to nearly €2.5 billion. The MEDIA strand supports the development of new films, TV productions and online formats, distribution, film festivals and markets, training programmes for audiovisual professionals, cinemas and VOD platforms. What are the funding opportunities available to producers and other documentary professionals? What projects are eligible to receive support and under which conditions?

Speaker
Vlaďka Chytilová / Head of Creative Europe Desk MEDIA / Czech Republic

4:30–6:00 PM | Industry Hub
EAST SILVER PANEL
Who is Who in Docu Shorts: Meet the Decision Makers
Do you make short documentaries and would you like to know who is who in the sales field? Come and meet with short film representatives.

Speakers
Mathieu Janssen / artistic coordinator at Go Short ISHFF Nijmegen / Netherlands
Anna Feistel / programmer at Kurzfilm Festival / Germany
Maria Vera / festival distributor and sales agent, founder of Kino Rebelde / Spain
Nevena Milašinović / sales agent at Lightdox / Switzerland

Moderator
Emilia Mazik / freelance programmer, head of Industry at Kaboom / Netherlands

6:00–7:00 PM | Industry Hub
INDUSTRY DRINK in honor of the Philippines
The Transparent Landscape: Philippines section at the 26th Ji.hlava IDFF includes over 40 film titles spanning the history of Filipino cinema from the very beginning of the motion picture (1899) to the latest digital works of today – making it so far the largest retrospective outside of Asia. The programme was prepared in close cooperation with the Film Development Council of the Philippines.

7:00–9:00 PM | Industry Hub
Industry Awards Ceremony

• Ji.hlava New Visions Forum Awards
• Best Festival Poster Award
• Silver Eye Awards – short documentaries

Followed by the screening of the winner of the Silver Eye Award 2022 for the Best short documentary.

10:00–12:00 PM | Great Gothic Hall of the Jihlava Town
INDUSTRY PARTY (by invitations only)

Saturday, October 29, 2022

10:30 AM–12:00 PM | Industry Hub
Transformation: Audiovisual Fund / Helena Bezděk Fraňková, the Director of the Czech Film Fund, present the plans and expectations for the transformation of the Czech Film Fund into the Czech Audiovisual Fund. Will also mention news and the outlook for next year.
Czech language only

Speaker
Helena Bezděk Fraňková / director of the Czech Film Fund / Czech Republic

1:00–2:30 PM | Industry Hub
ETHICS IN FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING
The questions of ethics and responsibility as well as political aspects of festival programming have always been here. However, the war in Ukraine and the Ukrainian Film Academy's appeal to boycott Russian cinema has underlined this topic and brought it back into the debate.

Speakers
Cíntia Gil / co-curator of Artistic Differences (Uniondocs), documentary consultant for Cannes Directors Fortnight, former director of DocLisboa and Sheffield DocFest / Portugal
Marek Hovorka / director of Ji.hlava IDFF / Czech Republic
Veton Nurkollari / artistic director of DokuFest / Kosovo
Christoph Terhechte / managing and artistic director of Dok.Leipzig / Germany

Moderator
Nathan Letoré / film critic / France

2:00–3:00 PM | Industry Hub
HAPPY HOUR with the Czech Film Fund / Traditional informal meeting with the members of the Czech Film Fund. Helena Bendová, Chairwoman of the Council, Council member Nataša Slavíková, Helena Bezděk Fraňková, Director of the Czech Film Fund and others will be looking forward to meeting you. Ask them anything!
Czech language only

3:00–4:00 PM | Industry Hub
VISEGRAD ACCELERATOR / Panel discussion with leading journalists from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia about the film environment in the region.

Speakers
Martin Kudláč / Slovakia
Ola Salwa / Poland
Pavel Sladký / Czech Republic
Lóránt Stöhr / Hungary

Moderator
Carmen Gray / New Zealand / German

4:30–6:00 PM | Industry Hub
PANEL DISCUSSION: FILMING THE WAR
How to film a war? The panellists – Ukrainian film professionals – will discuss the role of filmmakers documenting a war, as well as the limits and boundaries that documentarians must not cross when making such a film.

Speakers
Viktoria Leshchenko / programme director of Docudays UA / Ukraine
Yuliia Kovalenko / member of the Union of Film Critics of Ukraine / Ukraine
Andrii Kotliar / film producer / Ukraine
Illia Gladshtein / film producer, founder of the cinema KINO42
and film festival "86" / Ukraine

Moderator
Vojtěch Boháč / journalist, Voxpot / Czech Republic

Further program for the accredited film professionals:

October 25–30, 2022

● MATCHMAKING ACCELERATOR

Wednesday, October 26
2:00–6:00 PM - non-forum matchmaking
Thursday, October 27 and Friday, October 28
9:30–11:00 AM - non-forum matchmaking
2:00–6:00 PM - Forum projects matchmaking
Saturday, October 29
10:00 AM–1:00 PM and 2:00–5:00 PM - non-forum matchmaking

● JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS MARKET
● FESTIVAL POSTER EXHIBITION
● EAST SILVER MARKET