Ji.hlava IDFF has renewed its call for submissions to call for the New Visions Forum, which will run October 28–30 during the 30th edition of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. The event will see the presentation of EUROPEAN, ASIAN, and U.S. projects in development, production, and post-production at the 30th edition of the festival. The submission deadline is April 30.
The Ji.hlava New Visions Forum is a financing, co-production, and networking platform dedicated to supporting documentary production in all its diversity and creativity, and which has served as a successful launchpad for numerous European, Asian, and U.S. documentaries. Projects presented at the Forum over the past three years have gone on to premiere at major festivals, including Hot Docs, Sundance, Rotterdam, Berlinale, Cannes, and Locarno.
Filmmakers may submit feature and mid-length documentary projects in development, production, or post-production. The festival welcomes not only documentary films but also a wide range of audiovisual formats, such as fiction with documentary elements, hybrid and experimental works, short films, docu- and web series, expanded cinema projects, games with documentary elements, and VR/AR/live documentaries.
Selected projects will be presented from October 28–30 during the 30th edition of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, where they will be showcased to more than 1,200 industry professionals and decision-makers. Each project is presented by a director–producer team, along with a preview of the upcoming film.
Selected participants will receive industry accreditation, granting access to all festival screenings and the industry programme, and will be included in the Ji.hlava Matchmaking Accelerator, the festival’s networking platform.
Each producer can submit up to 3 projects. Selectors focuse on the artistic vision of the project, its originality and author-driven character, visual style and fresh spirit, international potential in terms of financing and development of collaboration, openness for sharing the project with other partners, as well as diverse modes of distribution.
Eligible countries for JNVF: Europe
- EU Member states (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden)
- Switzerland, Iceland, UK, Liechtenstein, Norway
- countries of Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia)
- Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia (only for projects not supported by the Russian state institutions), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Eligible countries for JNVF: East & Southeast Asia
- Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
