The key dates of the Ji.hlava Industry programme 2025:
October 28, 2025
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Visegrad Accelerator panel discussion: How to make film festivals more inclusive?
2 PM - 6:30 PM | Matchmaking
5 PM - 6:30 PM | Presentation of Czech documentaries in the main Czech Joy competition at Ji.hlava IDFF
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | INDUSTRY DRINK with the Czech Joy in the Spotlight hosted by Czech Audiovisual Fund and Ji.hlava IDFF
10 AM - 6:30 PM | Festival Identity workshop
October 29, 2025
10 AM - 11:30 AM | Ji.hlava New Visions Forum: Pitching of projects in Production and Post-production I. (Europe, U.S., East and Southeast Asia)
12 PM - 1:10 PM | Ji.hlava New Visions Forum: Pitching of projects in Production and Post-production II. (Europe, U.S., East and Southeast Asia)
2:30 PM - 5:15 PM | JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM: ROUNDTABLES
European Projects in Production & Post-production (by invitation only)
2:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Matchmaking
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Co-production opportunities with the 2025 Country in Focus: Croatia
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Industry drink with Austrian Films
7:30 PM - 9 PM | Presentation of Emerging Producers 2026
9 PM - 10 PM | Industry drink with the Audiovisual Producers’ Association
October 30, 2025
10 AM - 11:10 AM | Ji.hlava New Visions Forum: Pitching of projects in Development & Production I. (Europe, U.S., East and Southeast Asia)
11:40 AM - 12:50 PM | Ji.hlava New Visions Forum: Pitching of projects in Development & Production II. (Europe, U.S., East and Southeast Asia)
2:30 PM - 5:15 PM | JI.HLAVA NEW VISIONS FORUM: ROUNDTABLES
European Projects in Development & Production (by invitation only)
2:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Matchmaking
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Creative Europe MEDIA Panel Discussion: Funding Opportunities For Producers and Other Documentary Professionals
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Industry drink with Croatian Film Center
10 AM - 7 PM | The Conference on Ethics in Documentary Filmmaking
October 31, 2025
10 AM - 11:10 AM | Ji.hlava New Visions Forum - Country in Focus: Croatia
11:30 AM - 1 PM | Future Memory Lab - presentation of projects
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Matchmaking
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Documentary Calls after the Transformation of the Fund – Czech Audiovisual Fund in Dialogue with ARAS
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Happy hour with the Czech Film Fund
Talks, panels, and more
Award Ceremony and Industry Party
