CDA Bañares Lauds Biggest Retrospective of PH Films at Ji.hlva International Documentary Film Festival in Prague
Philippine Chargé d’affaires Indhira C. Bañares delivers her brief remarks at the Industry Night in Honor of the Philippines at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival (JIDFF) on 28 October 2022. With her on stage is Mr. René Kubášek, Head of International Relations of the Ji.hlva IDFF. (Prague PE photo)
PRAGUE, 29 October 2022 – Philippine Embassy in Prague Chargé d’affaires Indhira C. Bañares congratulated Filipino filmmakers for the largest retrospective of Philippine documentary films outside the country at the Industry Night in Honor of the Philippines that was held as part of the 26th edition of the Ji.hlva International Documentary Film Festival (JIDFF) at the Industry Hub of Vysoká škola polytechnická Jihlava on 28 October 2022.
As the feature country of the JIDFF’s Transparent Landscape, the Philippines screened 41 documentary films during the week-long festival that was attended by an estimated 40,000 viewers, more than a thousand film professionals, and hundreds of journalists from around the world.
CDA Bañares recognized the research of the JIDFF and Filipino filmmaker and professor Nick de Ocampo that led to the discovery of the 1913 film Native Life in the Philippines as possibly the earliest feature-length documentary in world cinematic history, thus far.
Mr. Tirso Cruz III, Chair of the Film Development Council of the Philippines, also delivered a message through a recorded video. The FDCP was a major partner of this year’s JIDFF.
Earlier in the day, CDA Bañares led the Embassy personnel in a luncheon meet and greet with the Philippine delegation to the film festival: Prof. Nick de Ocampo, National Artist Kidlat Tahimik, Lav Diaz, Kiri Dalena, Khavn dela Cruz, Katrin de Guia, Lolita Arboleda, RoxLee.
Held annually in October, the JIDFF is one of the leading documentary film festivals in Europe. END
Mr. René Kubášek, Head of International Relations of the Ji.hlva International Documentary Film Festival, opens the Industry Night in Honor of the Philippines at the Industry Hub on 28 October 2022. (Prague PE photo)
The recorded message of Mr. Tirso Cruz III, Chairman of the Film Development Council of the Philippines, is viewed at the beginning of the Industry Night in Honor of the Philippines at the Industry Hub on 28 October 2022. (Prague PE photo)
Philippine Embassy and Ji.hlva IDFF teams prior to the start of the program. From left to right: Mr. Manuel Gascon Jr., Mr. René Kubášek, CDA Indhira C. Bañares, Ms. Glea Saunar, Ms. Layda O. Paguital, and Ms. Sandra Feliz S. Lipio. (Prague PE photo)
Chargé d’affaires Indhira C. Bañares receives from Prof. Nick DeOcampo a copy of the book on Alternative Cinema in the Philippines during the luncheon meet and greet in Ji.hlva on 28 October 2022. With them are (left to right) Sandra Feliz S. Lipio (Labor Unit, Prague PE), and PH film directors Lav Diaz, Kiri Dalena, Khavn dela Cruz, National Artist Kidlat Tahimik, Katrin de Guia, Layda O. Paguital (Attaché), Lolita Arboleda, RoxLee, and Manuel Gascon Jr. (Attaché). (Prague PE photo)
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