Irina Malcea of Luna Film

The 23rd edition of the Ji.hlava IDFF has announced its winners in Jihlava, Czech Republic, October 28, 2019. The best Czech documentary is Solo by French director Artemio Benki, the award for the most notable international documentary film was granted to Fonja of German director Lina Zacher. The jury of the Between the Seas section gave their award to Romanian film Teach - pictured producer Irina Malcea, and Belgian Aphasia was appraised as the best documentary debut. The Contribution to World Cinema Award went to Kazakhstani director Sergey Dvortsevoy, the author of this yearｴs festival spot. The festival trophy of the 23rd annual Ji.hlava IDFF was designed by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei.