DOCU/WORLD is the international competition of feature- and medium-length documentaries which are longer than 30 minutes. It presents creative documentaries that reveal human rights, ethic and social issues with unique artistic vision.
The jury of the DOCU/WORLD international competition of feature-length and medium-length films includes Iryna Tsilyk, a Ukrainian filmmaker, screenwriter and writer; Marek Hovorka, the director of the Ji.hlava IDFF; and Emma Davie, a filmmaker and tutor.
MAIN PRIZE
Taming the Garden / Salomé Jashi / Switzerland, Germany, Georgia / 2021, 90’
Elegant and impressive, this film talks about those who disturb the spirit of the forest and its ancient creatures with all its roots, stories, silent cries and whispers. With imagery which will burn in the mind long after viewing, the film follows the effects of the absurdist megalomania of one man’s desire to conquer nature. The prize for the best documentary film in DOCU/WORLD competition goes to Taming the Garden and its Princess Mononoke, the director Salomé Jashi, who stands on guard for both trees and human beings.
SPECIAL MENTION
There Will Be No More Night / Éléonore Weber / France / 2020 / 76’
An urgent, terse film which is uncomfortable and essential. With an economical use of imagery and resonant reflections on the devastating POV we are witnessing, the film explores how the human act of seeing has been weaponised by the war technology which pilots use to kill using thermal technology. The film is a profound witness to a new stage of warfare with its distant, chillingly controlled and indiscriminate violence.
The DOCU/WORLD international feature-length competition included:
