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Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (informally Jihlava IDFF) is the largest festival of creative documentary film in Central and Eastern Europe. It was founded in 1997 by a group of grammar school students in Jihlava, since 2001, it has been organised under the banner of the Jihlava Association of Amateur Filmmakers, and since 2015, under the banner of the DOC.DREAM – Association for the Support of Documentary Cinema with “Thinking Through Film!” adopted as the festival’s traditional motto. Jihlava IDFF takes place annually at the end of October and hosts numerous notable foreign guests. In 2005, Jihlava welcomed the renowned Japanese director, Naomi Kawase, followed by the Portuguese filmmaker, Manoel de Oliveira, in 2006. Audience could engage in interesting debates with such prominent figures as the writers, Tariq Ali, Carlos A. Aguilera, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, the Nobel Prize Laureate, Gao Xingjian, or the members of the radical Russian art group Voina and representatives of the Ukrainian feminist movement, FEMEN. Among the film theoreticians who presented their views at the festival were P. Adams Sitney, Bill Nichols, Guy Gauthier, François Jost or the Dutch film historian, Thomas Elsaesser. == Competition and Non-competitions Sections, Accompanying Events == Since 2000, the festival’s expert jury has been selecting the Best Czech Documentary Film from the ''Czech Joy'' section. Another competition section entitled ''Between the Seas'', existing since 2003, is dedicated to documentaries from Central and Eastern European countries. In 2006, a new competition section – ''Opus Bonum'' – emerged, focusing on relevant events in the field of world documentary. The fourth competition section is entitled ''Fascinations'' – a showcase of experimental films opening up unique ways of representing reality. In 2014, the festival newly instituted awards for the Best Short European Documentary Film in the ''Short Joy'' section and the ''First Lights'' competition for fresh filmmakers whose documentary debuts or second feature films compete in the ''Opus Bonum'', ''Between the Seas'' or ''Czech Joy'' sections. Non-competition sections annually include ''Doc-fi'' exploring the borders between documentary and fiction film and ''Reality.tv'', focusing on new TV formats and current cross-genre forms, such as docudrama, docusoap, reality show or mockumentary. Film works by prominent filmmakers who have left a remarkable signature in the history of documentary cinematography are reflected in the section, ''Translucent Beings''. In addition to thematic exhibitions, a competition for the best festival poster, and music and theatre performances, the accompanying programme also offers authors’ readings, radio documentaries and documentary theatre or the special installation, ''Laboratorium''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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