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Filming The War. Panel discussion at Ji.hlava Film Festival

28 October 2022

We invite you to a panel discussion with the participation of the Docudays UA team within the industry programme of the 26th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.


More than 1,300 film professionals visit the industry platform every year. It is a key meeting place for the world documentary community and one of the most important documentary film centres in Central and Eastern Europe. This year, the thematic focus of the programmes of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival is Ji.hlava New Visions.


The panel discussion Filming The War will take place on 29 October at 4:30 p.m. at the Industry Hub of the festival.


The panellists – Ukrainian film professionals – will discuss the role of filmmakers documenting a war, as well as the limits and boundaries that documentarians must not cross when making such a film.


Speakers:

Viktoria Leshchenko, programme director of Docudays UA

Yuliia Kovalenko, programme coordinator of Docudays UA, member of the Union of Film Critics of Ukraine

Andrii Kotliar, cameramen, film producer 

Illia Gladshtein, film producer, founder of the cinema KINO42 and film festival "86".


The discussion will be moderated by Vojtěch Boháč, editor-in-chief and co-founder of the Czech media Voxpot.

Header photo by Radek Lavička.

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