30th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

23. 10.–1. 11. 2026
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Beyond the Cage: Untangling the Complex Threads of Animal Welfare and Rights

For centuries, the relationship between humans and animals was defined by utility. Animals were tools for labor, units for food, subjects for experimentation, and companions for companionship. The moral question was rarely if we could use them, but how best to maximize their output.

The end of animals in entertainment, such as circuses or marine parks. Legal standing for non-human animals in court. The Intersection of Science and Sentience Beyond the Cage: Untangling the Complex Threads of

Animal Rights argues that animals are not property to be used by humans at all. It asserts that sentient animals (those capable of feeling pain, pleasure, and fear) have a right to live free from human exploitation—regardless of how "humanely" they are treated. The Data: Globally, 70-90% of farmed animals live

The rallying cry of the welfare movement is not liberation, but humane treatment. It operates on the "Five Freedoms," a globally recognized framework developed by the UK's Farm Animal Welfare Council in 1965: The Data: Globally


Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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