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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 op IFFR

  • Something Like Happiness

    Bohdan Sláma | 100' | Czech Republic | None

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

  • A Country Teacher

    Bohdan Sláma | 120' | Czech Republic | None

    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…

  • Athanor – The Alchemical Furnace

    Adam Olha, Jan Daňhel | 117' | Czech Republic | World premiere

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

  • Four Suns

    Bohdan Sláma | 105' | Czech Republic | European premiere

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

  • Insect

    Jan Švankmajer | 98' | Czech Republic | World premiere

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