Docs on the Spot

The visual identity of the 26th Ji.hlava IDFF has been revealed. The author of the visuals, Juraj Horváth, is an award-winning book graphic designer and illustrator who has been the creator of the festival’s visual identity for over two decades. 

The festival announced also the first programme highlight of this year’s edition: the latest film by legendary surrealist filmmaker Jan Švankmajer entitled Kunstkamera. The two-hour director’s cut will be presented in world premiere.

“The historical experience says that each kunstkamera made until today was sold or stolen or destroyed after the death of its creator,” says Jan Švankmajer who is turning eighty this year. “I have realized that my collection will undoubtedly meet the same fate and that’s why I decided to use at least the film medium to document the level of imagination of the contemporary people (remnants of the world of magic),” adds the director.

You can download the 26th Ji.hlava IDFF poster, as well as exclusive stills / scene from Švankmajer’s Kunstkamera here.

The 26th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival – a leading European documentary film festival and the largest event of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe – will take place on October 25 to 30, 2022 in Jihlava and move online for the 2 following weeks. The discounted Early Bird are available until June 30. At least CZK 50 from each festival pass purchased by June 30 will be donated to a public charity collection held by Ukrainian festival Docudays UA that financially supports Ukrainian documentarians.