Ji.hlava New Visions Market
Ji.hlava New Visions follows new trends in contemporary European film production. The aim is to create an active hub connecting producers and other professionals to support the financing and development of projects, as well as their subsequent promotion and distribution.
The Market is an opportunity for film professionals accredited at the Ji.hlava IDFF to meet the authors of the selected projects. It is also a chance for the Market participants to find co-producers for their projects.
All film professionals accredited at the Ji.hlava IDFF have access to the Market.
The meetings with the Market participants is possible onsite depending on their availability, via Matchmaking Accelerator.
SELECTED PROJECTS 2024
| 2 OR 3 WORDS ABOUT THE CITE 4000 Directors: Pauline Blanchet, Django Burdeau Producer: Lucile Mosca Genre: Experimental Country: United Kingdom, France Estimated date of premiere: January 2026 |
AFTER THE STORM Director: Francesco Rufini Producer: Valdemar Lovcik Genre: documentary Country: Lithuania Estimated date of premiere: January 2025 |
| BALCANA PRESENTA Directors: Adriana Trujilo, Marko Sipka Producer: Marko Sipka Genre: Hybrid Documentary Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Mexico Estimated date of premiere: October 2025 |
BALTIC UXO Directors: Agne Dovydaityte, Alexander Belinski Producer: Dagne Vildziunaite Genre: Documentary Country: Germany, Latvia, Lithuania Estimated date of premiere: February 2025 |
| BECAUSE I HAVE TO Director: Jakub Kučera Producer: Tomáš Pertold Genre: Documentary Country: Czech Republic Estimated date of premiere: April 2025 |
BURNING LAND Director: Almira Ismailova Producer: Dana Sabitova Genre: Documentary Country: Kazakhstan Estimated date of premiere: November 2026 |
| CHILD OF DUST Director: Weronika Mliczewska Producer: Michal Sikora Genre: Documentary Country: Czech Republic, Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Vietnam Estimated date of premiere: April 2025 |
CHILDREN OF THE MOONLAND Director: Roman Ďuriš Producer: Richard Šimeček Genre: Documentary Country: Czech Republic / Slovakia Estimated date of premiere: March 2028 |
| ECHOES OF AVEY Director: Atanur Nabiyeva Producer: Durna Safarova Genre: Documentary Country: Azerbaijan Estimated date of premiere: June 2026 |
FLOWERS ON MARSOVO Director: Snizhana Gusarevych Producer: Snizhana Gusarevych Genre: Documentary Country: Ukraine Estimated date of premiere: March 2026 |
| FROM 0 TO 8 Director: Danilo Ceković Producers: Jovana Jovičić, Atanas Georgiev, Slobodan Trajkoski Genre: Documentary Country: Macedonia, Serbia Estimated date of premiere: June 2026 |
GEOPOETICS Director: Hannah Papacek Harper Producers: Dorian Blanc, Gabriela Sawaya Genre: Documentary Country: France Estimated date of premiere: June 2026 |
| GO YE AFAR Director: Frank Sweeney Producer: Madeleine Molyneaux Genre: Documentary / Experimental / Hybrid Country: Ireland Estimated date of premiere: May 2025 |
GRAND-POPO Director: Nuno Escudeiro Producer: Martin Rattini, Luc Martin-Gousset, Paulo Carneiro Genre: Documentary Country: France / Italy / Portugal Estimated date of premiere: June 2025 |
| HEARTSNATCHER Director: Nelly Ben Hayoun- Stépanian Producer: Leopold Pape, Nelly Ben Hayoun- Stépanian Genre: Fiction with Documentary Aspects Country: France / Germany / United Kingdom Estimated date of premiere: January 2027 |
KEEPERS OF THE RUINS Director: Mariia Shevchenko Producer: Ella Shtyka, Jan Bodnar Genre: Documentary Country: Czech Republic, Ukraine Estimated date of premiere: August 2025 |
| LAND OF FIRE Director: Nikola Klinger Producer: Kristina Škodová, Jan Wilde Genre: Documentary, Experimental Country: Czech Republic, Germany Estimated date of premiere: March 2026 |
LOST FOR WORDS - SERIE Director: Hannah Papacek Harper Producer: Dorian Blanc Genre: Documentary Country: France, United Kingdom Estimated date of premiere: September 2026 |
| MOUNT MAKALU Director: Melanie Manchot Producer: Solon Papadopoulos Genre: Fiction with Documentary Aspects / Hybrid Country: Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, United Kingdom Estimated date of premiere: July 2027 |
MUSICA O MUERTE Director: Hana Jakrlova Producer: Veronika Janatková Genre: Documentary Country: Cuba, Czech Republic Estimated date of premiere: March 2026 |
| MY NAME IS NAJLA Director: Patrick Wally Producer: Shirin Hooshmandi Genre: Documentary Country: Austria, West Sahara Estimated date of premiere: November 2025 |
OTHER KINDNESS Director: Lea Petříková Producer: Petr Kubica Genre: Documentary / Experimental / Shorts Country: Czech Republic Estimated date of premiere: November 2025 |
| PENINSULA Director: Paula Skelin Producer: Igor Jelinović Genre: Documentary / Shorts Country: Croatia Estimated date of premiere: May 2025 |
PROMETEA Director: Kristína Žilinčárová Producer: Michaela Kaliská Genre: Documentary, Hybrid Country: Czech Republic Estimated date of premiere: December 2026 |
| ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS Director: Christina Phoebe Producers: Christina Phoebe, Antigoni Papantoni, Phaedra Vokali, Sophia Thomopoulos Genre: Hybrid Country: Greece Estimated date of premiere: November 2026 |
SCORPIONIKAS - A COUNTERMANIFEST Director: Bruna Kury, Matheus Mello Producer: Matheus Mello Genre: Documentary, Experimental Country: Brazil, Canada, Spain Estimated date of premiere: November 2025 |
| THE AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER’S FAMILY PORTRAIT Director: Nurlan Hasanli Producer: Irina Gelashvili Genre: Documentary Country: Azerbaijan, Georgia Estimated date of premiere: November 2026 |
THE LAST CARE Director: Nicolas Gayraud Producer: Guilhem Olive, Pierre-Emmanuel Le Goff, Olivier Novak Genre: Documentary Country: Belgium, France Estimated date of premiere: June 2025 |
| THE LIBRARY OF ALL POSSIBLE THINGS - IMMERSIVE Director: Maria Laura Ruggiero, Ana Fraile Producer: Ana Fraile, Maria Laura Ruggiero Genre: Experimental Country: Argentina, United Kingdom Estimated date of premiere: June 2025 |
THE SEASON OF FIRE Director: Geoffrey Lachassagne Producer: Orlane Dumas Genre: Documentary Country: France Estimated date of premiere: September 2026 |
| UNDINE* Director: Felix Rier Producer: Petra Forer, Martin Rattini Genre: Documentary Country: Italy Estimated date of premiere: November 2024 |
ZANKI Director: Marcella Zanki Producer: Matija Drniković, Tamara Babun Zovko Genre: Documentary Country: Croatia, Serbia Estimated date of premiere: October 2025 |
Ji.hlava New Visions Forum and Market
is held as part of the Visegrad Accelerator.
History
Kontakt Ji.hlava Industry
JARMILA OUTRATOVÁ
Head of Industry Office
jarmila@ji-hlava.cz
