Emerging Producers

Ji.hlava International
Documentary
Film Festival

Country

40

Ethiopia (2026)Macedonia (2026)Canada (2025)Armenia (2025)Luxembourg (2026, 2024)Ireland (2023, 2022)Denmark (2020, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013)France (2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014)Georgia (2024, 2020, 2017)Croatia (2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013)Greece (2026, 2020, 2013)Ukraine (2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020)Czech Republic (2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013)Romania (2025, 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016)Germany (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013)Sweden (2026, 2025, 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016)Austria (2026, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013)Lithuania (2026, 2023, 2020, 2019, 2015, 2014, 2013)Slovenia (2025, 2019, 2015, 2014, 2013)Belgium (2026, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2015)Spain (2025, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013)Latvia (2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2016, 2014)Italy (2026, 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2013)Portugal (2026, 2025, 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014)United Kingdom (2025, 2024, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015)Hungary (2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013)Slovakia (2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013)Bosnia and Herz. (2019, 2017)Poland (2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013)Netherlands (2023, 2021, 2018)Estonia (2024, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014)Switzerland (2026, 2025, 2024, 2022, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014)Serbia (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018)Belarus (2018)Norway (2026, 2022, 2021, 2016, 2013)Bulgaria (2023, 2015, 2014, 2013)Finland (2025, 2024, 2023, 2021, 2015, 2013)Russia (2015)Cyprus (2013)Malta (2013)

Guest countries

10

Philippines (2024)Qatar (2024)South Korea (2022)Israel (2021)Taiwan (2020)Chile (2019)Morocco (2018)Mexico (2017)Colombia (2015, 2016)Argentina (2014)

Do not miss

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2026: Recording of the Public Presentation at the 29th Ji.hlava IDFF

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2026: Recording of the Public Presentation at the 29th Ji.hlava IDFF

Emerging Producers 2026 Public Presentation

Emerging Producers 2026 Public Presentation

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2026 catalogue

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2026 catalogue

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2026 were announced in Sarajevo

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2026 were announced in Sarajevo

EMERGING PRODUCERS 3rd session in Mallorca

EMERGING PRODUCERS 3rd session in Mallorca

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2025 were introduced at Berlinale

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2025 were introduced at Berlinale

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2025: Recording of the Public Presentation at the 28th Ji.hlava IDFF

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2025: Recording of the Public Presentation at the 28th Ji.hlava IDFF

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2025 catalogue

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2025 catalogue

Once upon a time in production – a book by Jacques Bidou

Once upon a time in production – a book by Jacques Bidou

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2025 were announced in Sarajevo, with Canada as guest country

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2025 were announced in Sarajevo, with Canada as guest country

Emerging Producers' 3rd session in Bologna!

Emerging Producers' 3rd session in Bologna!

Emerging Producers 2024 at Berlinale

Emerging Producers 2024 at Berlinale

Media outcomes & feedback from participants

Media outcomes & feedback from participants

88 Admired Films by EMERGING PRODUCERS

88 Admired Films by EMERGING PRODUCERS

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2024: Recording of the Public Presentation at the 27th Ji.hlava IDFF

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2024: Recording of the Public Presentation at the 27th Ji.hlava IDFF

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2024 catalogue

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2024 catalogue

Elevator pitches by EMERGING PRODUCERS 2023 (Variety)

Elevator pitches by EMERGING PRODUCERS 2023 (Variety)

Cannes Docs | Happy Hour - Hosted by Emerging Producers 2023

Cannes Docs | Happy Hour - Hosted by Emerging Producers 2023

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2023: Recording of the Public Presentation at the 26th Ji.hlava IDFF

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2023: Recording of the Public Presentation at the 26th Ji.hlava IDFF

Elevator pitches by EMERGING PRODUCERS 2022 (Variety)

Elevator pitches by EMERGING PRODUCERS 2022 (Variety)

Female Voices in Film Production

Female Voices in Film Production

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2022 – PUBLIC PRESENTATION

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2022 – PUBLIC PRESENTATION

Back to "normal"?

Back to "normal"?

Selected awards by the EMERGING PRODUCERS alumni

Selected awards by the EMERGING PRODUCERS alumni

Reviving European Cinema

Reviving European Cinema

Pandemic as an opportunity

Pandemic as an opportunity

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2021 presentation at Ji.hlava IDFF

EMERGING PRODUCERS 2021 presentation at Ji.hlava IDFF

News

October 2025 / Ivana Shekutkoska

awards / DJ Ahmet / Ivana Shekutkoska EP 2026 , Veronika Kuhrova EP 2018/ Sundance Film Festival 2025/ Audience Award

August 2025 / Elsa Kremser

awards / White Snail / Elsa Kremser / Sarajevo Film Festival / CICAE AWARD

August 2025 / Elsa Kremser

awards / White Snail / Elsa Kremser / Locarno FF / Special Jury Prize and Pardo for Best Performance

March 2025 / Katarzyna Kuczyńska

festivals & screenings / My Dear Theo / Katarzyna Kuczyńska / CPH:DOX / World premiere at DOX:AWARD selection 2025 /coproduced by Ji.hlava/JB FILMS

February 2025 / Natalia Libet

festivals & screenings / Timestamp / Natalia Libet / Berlin International Film Festival / World premiere in main competion

February 2025 / Vanja Jambrović

awards / Fiume o Morte! / Vanja Jambrović, Tibor Keser, Marina Gumzi / International Film Festival Rotterdam/ Tiger Award and FIPRESCI Award

February 2025 / Radovan Síbrt

awards / Mr. Nobody Against Putin / Radovan Síbrt / Sundance Film Festival / Special Jury Award in World Documentary competititon Sundance 2025

August 2024 / Giedré Burokaité

awards / Toxic / Giedré Burokaité / Locarno FF / Golden Leopard at Locarno FF 2024.

August 2024 / Tekla Machavariani

awards / Holy Electricity / Tekla Machavariani / Locarno FF / Golden Leopard – Concorso Cineasti del Presente at Locarno FF 2024.

June 2024 / Elin Kamlert

festivals & screenings / Hacking Hate / Elin Kamlert / Trieste Film Festival / World Premiere at Tribeca 2024, Documentary competition

April 2024 / Aline Schmid

awards / The Landscape and the Fury / Aline Schmid / Visions du Réel / Grand Jury Prize at VdR 2024 – Winner of International Feature Film Competition

March 2024 / Viki Réka Kiss

festivals & screenings / KIX / Viki Réka Kiss / CPH:DOX / World premiere at CPH:DOX - NEXT:WAVE 2024

March 2024 / Jean-Laurent Csinidis

awards / The Flats / Jean-Laurent Csinidis / CPH:DOX / Dox:Award 2024 The Flats won the international competition award at CPH:DOX!

February 2024 / Michel Balagué

awards / Direct Action / Michel Balagué / Berlin International Film Festival / Berlinale 2024 - Best Film Encounters and Special Mention of Berlinale Documentary Award Jury

February 2024 / Charlotte Hailstone

awards / Architecton / Charlotte Hailstone / Berlin International Film Festival / ARCHITECTON world premiere in Competition - Berlinale 2024.

January 2024 / Mónica Hernández Rejón

festivals & screenings / Son of the Mullah / Mónica Hernández Rejón / FIPADOC

October 2023 / Irene M. Borrego

festivals & screenings / La Visita y Un Jardín secreto (The Visit and A Secret Garden) / Irene M. Borrego / Yamagata IDFF

April 2023 / Anna Gawlita

awards / In Ukraine / Anna Gawlita / Visions du Réel / Special Mention

March 2023 / Mario Adamson

awards / Motherland / Mario Adamson / CPH:DOX / Dox:Award

February 2023 / Rui Ribeiro

festivals & screenings / Red Africa / Rui Ribeiro / MoMA's DocFortnight 2023

February 2023 / Anna Gawlita

festivals & screenings / In Ukraine / Anna Gawlita / Berlin International Film Festival / World Premiere

August 2022 / Vanja Jambrović

awards / Museum of Revolution / Vanja Jambrović / Sarajevo Film Festival / Best Documentary Award Sarajevo FF 2022

May 2022 / Emile Hertling Péronard

festivals & screenings / Polaris / Emile Hertling Péronard / Cannes Film Festival / world premiere in the L'ACID side program of the Festival de Cannes 2022

April 2022 / Mario Adamson

awards / How to Save a Dead Friend / Mario Adamson / Visions du Réel / Special Mention at Visions du Réel 2022

February 2022 / Charlotte Hailstone

awards / Born in Damascus (short) / Charlotte Hailstone / Berlin International Film Festival / Crystal Bear for Best Short Film, Generation 14plus

February 2022 / Caroline Kirberg

festivals & screenings / Europe / Caroline Kirberg / Berlin International Film Festival / Selected for Berlinale Forum 2022

February 2022 / Pedro Fernandes Duarte

festivals & screenings / By Flávio / Pedro Fernandes Duarte / Berlin International Film Festival

February 2022 / Caroline Kirberg

festivals & screenings / Sun Under Ground / Caroline Kirberg / Berlin International Film Festival / Premiered at Berlinale Forum Expanded 2022

September 2021 / Patricia D’Intino

awards / A Siege / Patricia D’Intino / AFI Fest / Grand Jury Prize - Special Mention

July 2021 / Alice Lemaire

festivals & screenings / Aya / Alice Lemaire / Cannes Film Festival / World premiere at ACID / Cannes

June 2021 / Mario Adamson

festivals & screenings / The Scars of Ali Boulala / Mario Adamson / Tribeca FF / World premiere at Tribeca Film Festival 2021

May 2021 / Frederik Nicolai

awards / Four Seasons in a Day / Frederik Nicolai / Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

Creative Europe Media

Státní fond kinematografie

Visegrad Fund

Ministerstvo kultury

APA

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