IN CINEMA 

ECHOES OF JI.HLAVA:
CHALLENGES WITH TOPIC-DRIVEN DOCUMENTARIES
MASTERCLASS WITH HARUNA HONCOOP
Tickets: $15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price
Friday, April 19th at 4PM

Please join us for a very special masterclass with Czech-Japanese documentary filmmaker, Haruna Honcoop, who will use her new film, OLYMPIC HALFTIME (2023), as a case study for exploring challenges with topic-driven (compared to character-driven) documentaries in the contemporary landscape. Topics explored will include: documentary trends and narrative techniques, film production and financing, distribution, festivals, and more! 

OLYMPIC HALFTIME screens in full on Wednesday, April 17th at 7PM

After studying Sinology at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague, in China and in Taiwan, Haruna Honcoop enrolled at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), where she is now pursuing her PhD in research on contemporary Chinese independent documentary cinema. She made her debut with the experimental film essay BUILT TO LAST – RELICS OF COMMUNIST-ERA ARCHITECTURE (2017) awarded at the Archfim Lund festival, and her short film TRUE OR FALSE (2016) won a prize at This Human World festival in Vienna. She is currently completing a documentary called OLYMPIC HALFTIME about the architecture and urbanism of Olympic cities, and is working on two other titles: VARðA about prominent Icelandic writers, and I AM TAIWANESE focusing on Czech-Taiwanese relations.

MDC presents “Challenges With Topic-Driven Documentaries” as part part of Echoes of Ji.Hlava in NYC April 15-19, 2024
This masterclass is part of Echoes of Ji.Hlava in NYC April 15-19, 2024