Flowers Are Not Silent about contemporary Belarus to open the 25th Ji.hlava. Oliver Stone, Vitaly Mansky and Flatform will have masterclasses
The 25th annual Ji.hlava IDFF is only five days away! The festival will open with When Flowers Are Not Silent by Belarusian director Andrei Kutsila that captured the brutal suppression of demonstrations against last year’s rigged presidential election in Belarus. This year’s Contribution to World Cinema Award will be presented to Czech director Jana Ševčíková. The Masterclass section will host American director Oliver Stone and Russian filmmaker Vitaly Mansky. Ji.hlava’s Awards will be given a new look by Federico Díaz, a prominent Czech artist with Argentinean roots.
Please find more info in the press release below.