29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Sustainable Wool

Sustainable Wool

Eliška Vojtková / Czech Republic / 2023 / World Premiere / 7 min.


synopsis

This film captures the current situation in the Czech textile industry and the lost tradition of sheep wool production. The PhD student Linda Havrlíková and Fashion Design studio at UMPRUM work together to bring this material back into contemporary fashion. What does sustainability mean to young fashion designers? Is it possible to wear a wool coat with latex boots? Why do we burn and bury Czech wool?

This film will be featured in the online edition of Ji.hlava IDFF.

biography

Works with Czech designers, artists and scientists and makes various audiovisual projects to support their work. Collaboration with the Prague Planetarium, UMPRUM and a number of science organizations that help change the world for the better.

more about film

director: Eliška Vojtková

contact

My Street Films / Viktória Hozzová
viktoria@mystreetfilms.cz

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2023
section:Ji.hlava Online, My Street Films
language:Czech
subtitles:No Subtitle

Info

director:Eliška Vojtková
original title:Sustainable Wool
country:Czech Republic
year:2023
running time:7 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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