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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Jan Daňhel

Jan DAŇHEL (1971, Czech Republic) is photographer and editor. He has edited several features and documentaries, including Jan Švankmajer’s Insect, which had its world premiere at IFFR in 2018. Daňhel was nominated for a Czech Lion Award for best editing four times. He co-directed Athanor – The Alchemical Furnace (2020) with Adam Olha.

Filmography

(selection) KKK – Kousek (2012), Raketa lásky/The Rocket of Love (2009, short doc, co-dir), Požární sport II/Fire Sport II (2013, short, co-dir), Mokrá svatba/The Wet Wedding (2017, short), Athanor – The Alchemical Furnace/Alchymická pec (2020, doc, co-dir)

Jan Daňhel at IFFR

  • Something Like Happiness

    Three friends, now grown up, wrestle with loneliness, desires and failures in an internationally award-winning and moving drama. Something like Hap

  • A Country Teacher

    The story of a young Czech teacher who leaves Prague and his ex-lover behind for work in the remote countryside. In search of peace and his own sex

  • Athanor – The Alchemical Furnace

    A journey through the life and work of Jan Švankmajer, last remaining hero of surrealism, who occupies a unique place in the history of cine

  • Four Suns

    Since his debut Wild Bees (Tiger Award 2002), Sláma has become the figurehead of Czech cinema. Once again, his powers of observation are combined w

  • Insect

    An amateur theatre group rehearses unenthusiastically, though they almost all have winged costumes. The most perseverant surrealist presents a