The best Czech documentary at the Ji.hlava festival is a film about trade in poverty – Seznam Zprávy

The best Czech film on Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival it became a House without Rebellion on Saturday night. The film by the director Tomáš Hlaváček is about trafficking in poverty and the practices that the hostel operator uses towards the tenants. 21 works competed in the Česká radost category.

The film Prezidentka is about the former head of the Slovak State Zuzana Caputova He won the main section of the festival Opus Bonum, in which 13 foreign films competed. Taiwanese new wave producer Tsai Ming-liang received the award for his contribution to world cinema.

“We are honored that this year’s Award for Contribution to World Cinema will be accepted in Ji.hlava by Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang, who is one of the most important Asian filmmakers – never In his films, he shows man in his vulnerability and isolation, he restores dignity to people on the margins of society, often migrants working in the worst jobs,” said the director of the festival Marek Hovorka.

The documentary House without leaving shows life in one of the houses in Židenice, Brno. It showed the practices used by the hostel staff towards the tenants, and the tenants’ efforts to gain a position. The creators present the house as representative of hundreds of similar hostels in the Czech Republic.

“It is a fascinating film that has managed to fully consolidate the material filmed over many years, in which time disappears and a convincing image of individual crime and systemic failures remains. . A film that, against the background of the hate tactics of a poverty trader, captures the desperation and the growing voice of the main Roma characters who live in the House without Rebellion ,” said the jury of five members in the assessment.

The film Prezidentka, directed by Marek Šulík, tells the story of Zuzana Čaputová’s five-year tenure as Slovak head of state. “He also talks about the ethical and political changes that Slovak society has undergone during that period. The film paints a personal and intimate cinematic picture with special emphasis on gender and family dynamics and the formidable political campaign of the opposition leader, the populist prime minister. Robert Fica. The documentary gives the audience an in-depth look at the challenges women face in politics today,” said the three-member jury in the assessment.

The President will visit Czech and Slovak cinemas on November 14.

The award for the best debut this year went to Gray Zone Daniela Meressa Rusnokova. The film Dajori by Martin Páva and Nicolas Kourek took home the audience award from Ji.hlava.

Ji.hlava Online starts Sunday afternoon. It runs until November 17 and will feature over 150 films from this year’s programme, including most of the winning films.

This year, the festival was held for the first time for ten days. Between October 25 and November 3, it offered 340 films in competition and non-competition sections, with 129 world premieres, 23 international premieres, and 11 European premieres.