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PRAGUE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS
OUT OF THE PAST
Já tam mám tělo | I Have a Body There
Adéla Babanová | CZ 2012 | 32 min
M.O. | M.O.
Jakub Kouřil | CZ 2012 | 7 min
Okupace, 27. obraz | Occupation, the 27th Picture
Pavo Marinkovic | CZ, HR 2013 | 71 min
Directors, screenwriters and producers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia will
pitch their potential co-production projects-in-development to experienced
international film professionals.
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Organized by the Czech Film Center, the Slovak Film Institute and the Karlovy Vary
IFF in cooperation with the Barrandov Studios and MEDIA Desk Czech Republic.
A detective story inspired by real events. The body of a woman was found floating in the sea –
appearances suggested it could have been that of a sixteen-year-old girl. However, police later
identified the woman as Anneka Di Lorenzo, 58-year-old actress and model for Penthouse
magazine during the 1970s. But the mystery was only just beginning...
Tuesday, July 2, 10 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. at the Interactive Gallery Becher’s Villa
Krále Jiřího 9, (7 min walk from the Hotel Thermal)
Access with film industry accreditation only!
The Czech Film Commission
We speak Filmmaking
The Czech Film Commission is here to help international filmmakers get the most out of their production in the Czech
Republic. For producers of international feature films, television productions, commercials and other audio-visual
productions, we provide guidance and contacts.
What we offer:
• information about local filming conditions and opportunities
• connections to the right local partners for your project
• contacts for local service providers, crews and facilities
• assistance with preliminary location scouting
• consultation on financing and co-production possibilities
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The Czech Film Commission is part of the National Film Archive and member of international associations
EUFCN and AFCI.
National Film Archive
70th Anniversary
The National Film Archive was founded in 1943. Besides fulfilling the role of the national archive,
we sell Czech films, do research, publish literature and films, exhibit film heritage and support
contemporary Czech cinema.
NFA is one of world’s ten oldest and largest film archives and we became a member of the
International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) back in 1946. We currently take care of 150 million
meters of film, 600 000 photographs, 30 000 posters, 100 000 promotional items, an extensive
archive on Czechoslovak film and a library serving the needs of both researchers and producers.
We are turning 70 this year and this anniversary is all the merrier since, with addition of the
Czech Film Center and the Czech Film Commission to the NFA portfolio, we now also support
contemporary films and their participation in international festivals, we assist international
productions interested in making films in the Czech Republic and we provide the services of the
Media Desk office.
www.nfa.cz
The story of an elderly woman who orders a mechanical
grandpa by mail in order to put an end to her loneliness.
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Husovka Theatre
THE FRESH SELECTION – THE PROMISING FIVE
Oni | They
Vilém Novák | CZ 2012 | 10 min
Pandy | Pandas
Matúš Vizár | SK, CZ 2013 | 12 min
Příchozí z temnot | The Arrival from the Darkness
Jan Stanislav Kolár | Czechoslovakia 1921 | 60 min
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A series of slapstick minis shot in a virtual environment
with the help of actors who went through a process of artificial evolution. A tribute to Karl Sims
and work he created in the 1990s.
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Czech Film Commission
Ludmila Claussová, Ivana Dragounová, Denisa Štrbová
Národní 28 | CZ 110 00 Prague 1
tel. +420 221 105 316 | mob. +420 724 329 956 | info@filmcommission.cz | www.filmcommission.cz
Espace Dorleans Cinema
Espace Dorleans Cinema
Croatian filmmaker Pavo Marinković offers up a lively documentary mosaic which follows the
career of Lordan Zafranović from his early days on set and his studies at Prague’s FAMU to the
worldwide success of the still contentious film Occupation in 26 Pictures and the period that
necessitated artistic compromise during the communist era.
Potom je černá | Then Is Black
Viktor Takáč | CZ 2013 | 9 min
Whether you’re looking for locations, talent or a co-producer, we have the resources and know-how to help you get
your production up and running quickly and smoothly. We speak Filmmaking.
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Espace Dorleans Cinema
Espace Dorleans Cinema
The world is moving ever so fast and humans are claiming
more and more space without necessarily considering the consequences. “Pandas” is caught in
the middle of a game where concepts of commercialism and pure voyeuristic entertainment are
put side by side with notions of animal preservation. Yet, the very same “saviors” are tampering
with natural selection processes and altering the mind of the panda, thus creating a hierarchy in
terms of the value of life. Panda is at this point existing at the mercy of man but all of a sudden
his compromising existence is altered by events beyond his control. From that point on, a new
chapter starts in the incessant struggle between man and the rest of nature.
1. 7. 2013 21:30
Karlovy Vary Theatre
A newly reconstructed film about the elixir of life and the
secret of the Black tower for the first time in decades as it
had been shot in the 1920s. Starring Theodor Pištěk and the international star to be Anny
Ondrak. Screening with live music by Andrea Rottin.
Pytel blech | A Bag of Fleas
Věra Chytilová | Czechoslovakia 1962 | 42 min
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Cinema B
This film highlights our fascination for the circus
environment, both in terms of its socio-architectural aspects, and the nostalgia and emotions we
have always associated with it. Obscuring the border between experience and representation, the
film and its multilayered concept here serve as an essential means of expression.
OUT OF THE PAST
Cesta do pravěku | Journey to the Beginning of Time
Karel Zeman | Czechoslovakia 1955 | 93 min
A film by Věra Chytilová about the quest for freedom and
authenticity in a girls’ boarding school. “During filming I essentially made no distinction
between documentary and fiction; both are equally adventurous processes. I was irritated by
stereotypes; I wanted to achieve authenticity of expression.”
Povídání o umění | Talking About Art
Roman Štětina | CZ 2012 | 9 min
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Zablácené město | Mud-Covered City
Václav Táborský | Czechoslovakia 1963 | 8 min
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Four boys and a little wooden boat are all the filmmaker needs
to develop the story of an unusual journey back in time to the very beginning of life on Earth. The
result is an adventure story full of discovery and wonder, and one in which the protagonists learn
the value of true friendship. And for the viewer, it’s an opportunity to succumb to the unique
enchantment of Zeman’s purity of spirit, his boundless imagination and artistic vision.
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Talking about art with Rudolf Hrušínský. The film makes
intriguing use of the various ways to modify temporal linearity, the narrative structures of verbal
expression, and the lexicon applied to visual phenomena. Sometimes the dialogue disappears
altogether, leaving a silent visual track with a highly distinctive atmosphere.
Šumění | Noise
Daniel Pitín | CZ 2012 | 8 min
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A video assigned to the “found footage” category of films that modify and process original early
film material in a post production studio. Here the author uses excerpts from the Czech
detective film The Murderer Hides His Face, directed in 1966 by Petr Schulhoff and starring
Rudolf Hrušínský.
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Karlovy Vary Theatre
Cinema B
Kým sa skončí táto noc | Before Tonight Is Over
Peter Solan | Czechoslovakia 1965 | 91 min
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Night after night, a trendy nightclub located in a Slovak
mountain resort provides the setting for casual
acquaintances among an assortment of patrons. In a place where they ought to be relaxing and
having a good time, fragments of conversations are overheard which allude to their various
traumas, failures, self-delusions, elusive dreams, and naive fantasies.
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This classic documentary by Václav Táborský depicts the
ups and downs of life on a new housing estate in Prague’s Malešice district. The film captures the
enthusiasm of young families moving into their new flats, but also the setbacks associated with
mass construction at the time: muddy streets, failures in the water supply, and heating problems.
Všichni dobří rodáci | All My Good Countrymen
Vojtěch Jasný | Czechoslovakia 1968 | 115 min
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Lazne III
This grand lyrico-epic narrative takes place just after WWII
in a small Moravian town where the inhabitants live in friendly solidarity. But, after the communist
takeover of February 1948, they are one by one pulled into the meshes of history and no one is
left unscathed. Director Jasný’s deep empathy for the lives of his numerous protagonists, as well
as Jaroslav Kučera’s emotive and painterly camerawork, render this a rare gem of a film.
MEDIA DEVELOPMENT
CZECH PROJECTS SUPPORTED IN 2012
MEDIA Programme is the European Union support programme for the audiovisual industry. MEDIA
Development is one of its key funding schemes to support development of audiovisual works. Independent
European production companies developing dramas, animations or creative documentaries may apply for
the support of single projects (smaller companies developing a single project) or for slate funding
(medium-sized companies having sufficient financial capacity to develop several projects at the same time).
In 2012, MEDIA Development support was granted to the following projects:
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Company
Veronika Finková
Bratři
Fog’n’Desire Films
Three Brothers
21/2011 Lucky Man Films
21/2011 Endorfilm
21/2011 Maur Film
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Lips Tullian / Vít Karas
An adventure film about a poor squire, Filip,
who’s beloved Hedvika is forced by her
father into marrying the wicked Vice-regent,
Martinic. Deep in the woods, he forms
a band of outlaws and, under his new name
LIPS TULLIAN, Captain of the Black
Company, he vows revenge on evil
noblemen Martinic. Lips Tullian is an
adaptation of the legendary comics by
Jaroslav Weigel and Kája Saudek.
Escape from Somalia / David Čálek
The film reveals the plight of Somali pirates,
mostly former fishermen, who as a result of
the global fishing industry can no longer
make a living from the sea as they once did
and have to join up with pirate cartels in
order to feed themselves and their families.
We follow former pirate Ali Muhammad
Warsame, who once spent endless days and
weeks at sea, taking drugs not to die of
hunger and exhaustion.
Clownwise / Viktor Tauš
Oskar, Max and Viktor, once a superstar
clown trio, which split up over a never
forgiven, heart-rending fight, are now
paying the price of 40 years of separate
grueling lives on and off the stage. Their
irresistible sense of humor is challenged by
fear of death, cancer, family dysfunction and
other joys of old age. They’re about to risk
everything to find out if there’s one more
show left in them, a re-staging of the
famous clownery that launched the group’s
career. A poignant comedy that proves it’s
literary impossible to be scared if one can
laugh.
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Lips Tullian / Vít Karas
Escape from Somalia / David Čálek
Clownwise / Viktor Tauš
Cyril and Methodius – Apostles to the Slavs /
Petr Nikolaev
Lost in Munich / Petr Zelenka
Family Film / Olmo Omerzu
Slate of Projects (The Caravan –
Hangman Jr., Biofilm, The Eleven)
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Cyril and Methodius – Apostles to the
Slavs / Petr Nikolaev
Cyril and Methodius were two Byzantine
Greek brothers born in the 9th century. They
became missionaries of Christianity. They
influenced the cultural development of all
Slavs and received the title “Apostles to the
Slavs”. It will be a cinema docu-drama,
which will map their lives.
Lost in Munich / Petr Zelenka
A ninety-year old grey parrot, once the
property of Edouard Daladier, the French
Prime Minister who signed the Munich Pact
in 1938, now the pet of a French actress,
finds itself at a press conference in Prague’s
French Institute. During the press conference,
the parrot upstages things by repeating
phrases he’d learned in those days, including
nice comments about Hitler and nasty words
regarding Czechs. In dramatic fashion, Czech
journalist Pavel abducts the parrot, setting off
an unwanted international scandal. But that’s
only half the story...
Family Film / Olmo Omerzu
Family Film breaks the family down into
prime factors. Husband and wife set sail on
the ocean, leaving their two children at home
to explore the freedom offered them by the
absence of parental supervision. But fear
clouds the kids’ seemingly carefree life after
they lose contact with their parents: their boat
capsizes and the father’s beloved dog is lost.
The timing of the parents’ return corresponds
to a tragedy at home. Their son lies in the
hospital in need of a kidney transplant. As the
crisis climaxes, we leave the family for
a desert island where the dog struggles for
survival – and not only his own.
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The Eleven / Denisa Grimmová
Abrhámová
Once upon a time, in a small kingdom, in
a poor cottage, there lived a smallholder
called Klapzuba with his wife. It’s normal to
give birth to a boy or a girl. It’s quite normal
to give birth to twins. Sometimes it even
happens that triplets or quadruplets aro born.
But Mrs. Klapzuba gave birth straight away to
eleventuplets! And all of them were boys. And
when they were eleven their father decided to
build up a football team from them.
CZECH
FILMS
at the 48th Karlovy Vary IFF
June 28 – July 6, 2013
OFFICIAL SELECTION
The Caravan / Hangman Jr.
Hangman Jr. is inspired by Wilhelm Hauff’s
romantic fairy-tales is going to be a puppet
horror.Ferda lived with his father, who was
a Hangman of the little kingdom and
everybody was afraid of hangman. The life
went on until one day, when he met a Death.
Finally he wants treat people and escapes
his fate. But the Kingdom was visited by
a scary Baron, the princess was kidnapped
and nobody was used to defend his country
against Baron. The only one who was not
afraid was...
Biofilm
Emil is a teenager – naughty, cheeky,
desperately longing for love. On top of it all
he is a bacteria from the human digestive
system. His name is Fusobacterium. No
wonder he’s having a tough time. Especially
since he sets off on a long and adventurous
expedition from the mouth to the place,
where the digestive tract ends. On his way
he meets the love of his life – the gorgeous
clostridium Lilli, a totalitarian bad bug
called Bac, some malicious gut-bacteria,
and maybe he finds the meaning of life and
also he manages to grow up.
MEDIA Desk Czech Republic, Národní 28, 110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic
Tel.: +420 221 105 209 – 210, Fax: +420 221 105 303, E-mail: info@mediadeskcz.eu
www.mediadeskcz.eu
Category
animation
documentary
fiction
fiction
COMPETITION
Honeymoon by Jan Hřebejk
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
IN COMPETITION
DK by Bára Kopecká,
Pipeline by Vitaly Manskiy
EAST OF THE WEST
IN COMPETITION
Velvet Terrorists by Peter Kerekes,
Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík,
Miracle by Juraj Lehotský
Czech Film Corner
The information point for Czech cinematography and film industry
at the Karlovy Vary IFF – an umbrella stand presented by
Czech Film Center, Czech Film Commission and MEDIA Desk CZ.
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Located on the 1 floor of the Hotel Thermal between the Film Industry office
and the Program Department office.
EAST OF THE WEST – FILMS IN COMPETITION
CZECH FILMS 2012 – 2013
CZECH FILMS 2012 – 2013
CZECH FILMS 2012 – 2013
DOCUMENTARY FILMS – OUT OF COMPETITION
Zázrak | Miracle
Juraj Lehotský | SK, CZ 2013 | 78 min
Bez doteku | Touchless
Matěj Chlupáček | CZ 2013 | 72 min
Můj pes Killer | My Dog Killer
Mira Fornay | SK, CZ 2013 | 90 min
Strach | Little Secret
Martin Krejčí | CZ 2013 | 20 min
Fulmaya, děvčátko s tenkýma nohama |
Fulmaya, the Girl with Skinny Legs
Vendula Bradáčová | CZ 2013 | 76 min
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Líbánky | Honeymoon
Jan Hřebejk | CZ, SK 2013 | 92 min
The girls are fourteen and fifteen years old and have
already experienced more than most adults. Truancy,
running away from home, prostitution, drugs, life on the streets and misguided loves, even
though they are still children. They have incomplete families and botched up lives. Reform
schools are full of them. Ela has the face of a child, but her body is very feminine despite her
age. The first evening after her mother drives her to the reform school she has to stand on an
impromptu stage where she is subjected to a public confession. We learn that she had a thirtyyear-old boyfriend named Roby who she met regularly and lived with when she ran away from
home. Ela loves him, but she is not allowed to contact him. She decides to run away from the
centre during the New Year’s Eve party.
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Zamatoví teroristi | Velvet Terrorists
Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, Peter Kerekes |
SK, CZ, HR 2013 | 87 min
Looking forward to seeing you there!
OFFICIAL SELECTION COMPETITION
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Grand Hall
Pupp
Drahomira Cinema
A wedding is supposed to be a joyous occasion, but
things can go awry. When an uninvited guest turns up at the church and later at the reception
as well, the newly-weds’ day turns sour. Shadows of the past can blight the most sumptuous of
banquets and rend the most affectionate of embraces.
DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION
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Lazne III
A film that balances on a fine line between
a docudrama and fiction, it shows the efforts of a few individuals to defy the communist regime.
Stano, Fero and Vladimír were once labelled as criminals, though when seen through today’s
eyes we see a winsome courage in their often comical actions, a courage that was sorely lacking
in the homogenous masses of the society under normalisation.
DK | DK
Bára Kopecká | CZ 2013 | 73 min
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Espace Dorleans Cinema
Cinema B
Touchless tells the story of a teenage girl, Jolana, who is the
subject of her stepfather’s sexual desire. She is not able to resolve her problems within her family
and also loses the ability to communicate with her friends and she sinks further and further into
the closed world of her imagination. At home she is not capable of pretending to be a happy
family, the world outside drains her. She is afraid, but she also allows herself to play submissive
erotic games.
Cesta do lesa | To the Woods
Tomáš Vorel | CZ 2012 | 110 min
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Honza Mařák has long since abandoned a career in IT and
has bought a cottage on the outskirts of a small village, where he’s settled in with his wife
Marketa, daughter Anyna and son Sayen. He works in the woods as a forest labourer repairing
roads and enclosures, cutting wood to sell and assisting the foresters. Markéta earns a living as
a masseuse and alternative healer, making use of various mind-altering plants and mushrooms,
which leads to conflict with the old inhabitants and eventually with drug enforcement.
Kulka pro Heydricha (České století) |
Bullet for Heydrich (The Czech Century)
Robert Sedláček | CZ 2013 | 70 min
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Cas Cinema
Drahomira Cinema
A builder who preferred to demolish. A timid
eccentric, a cold-blooded alarmist, an ascetic
hedonist, and a benevolent usurper. An inventor of life. Collage as method, fragments of
memory, the quest for identity, the “ich” form. A feature-length documentary about the life and
death of radical architect David Kopecký.
Roura | Pipeline
Vitaly Manskiy | RU, DE, CZ 2013 | 116 min
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Director Vitaly Manskiy sets off on the trail of the
Trans-Siberian gas pipeline to find out what it’s like
for ordinary people living in its vicinity. This visually refined road movie, eloquently illustrating
the absurd banality of modern Russia, is also an unsettling portrait of a gas line on which most
of Europe is reliant.
Revival | Revival
Alice Nellis | CZ 2013 | 115 min
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Revival tells the story of four musicians whose rock
band SMOKE broke up under uncertain circumstances
in 1972 and who, each for their own reasons, decide to attempt a spectacular comeback. The
reasons vary. But whatever the original motives they had, these aging men start playing
together again and as they start enjoying the music, their friendship and life on stage and
behind the scenes, their plans and ambitions also change. And they themselves also ultimately
change. And one great secret is also finally revealed – why the band actually broke up in 1972.
Drahomira Cinema
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Drahomira Cinema
A one-day drama of eighteen-year-old Marek living near the Slovak-Moravian border with his
dad and his racist friends – hooligans. Marek’s best friend is only his dog. Marek’s life is shaken
up when he discovers the secret of his lost mother Marika.
We’ve all covered things up, but what happens when the
consequences begin to snowball, and every minute it becomes harder and harder to take back
the lie. Little Secret is inspired by a true story that happened in April 2012 in the Czech
Republic and became a national scandal.
Nový život | New Life of Family Album
Adam Oľha | CZ, SK 2012 | 77 min
Šmejdi | Crooks
Silvie Dymáková | CZ 2013 | 78 min
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In 2005, documentary filmmaker Adam Oľha’s father decided
to leave his wife and six children in order to start a new life. As the oldest of the siblings and the
only remaining man in the family, Adam explores his father’s old photographs, compares them
with the present, and tries to discover what led to such a radical decision. He traces his parents’
relationship from its beginnings, reveals problems in communication between husband and wife
at a particular time, and observes how they are reflected in the lives of his sisters.
Odpad město smrt | Garbage, The City and Death
Jan Hřebejk | CZ 2012 | 70 min
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Cas Cinema
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Espace Dorleans Cinema
Silvie Dymáková’s raw documentary uncovers the manipulation,
humiliation and pressure that exist behind the closed doors of “product demonstration excursions
for seniors” in the Czech Republic. The sad heroes of her film show us the non-functional
saucepans, unused vacuum cleaners, “wool” blankets and bio-lamps they bought during such
excursions for tens or even hundreds of thousands of crowns… and that is the best-case scenario.
In exchange for their ID cards, which have been confiscated by sellers, many have signed loan
contracts. Despite their shocking experiences, the elderly take part in these events again and again in
a bid to escape their loneliness or because they can’t say no to the offers.
Ve stínu | In the Shadow
David Ondříček | CZ, PL, SK, US, IL 2012 | 106 min
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Kdekoli jinde | Anywhere Else
Asmara Beraki | CZ, USA 2012 | 44 min
Romi, a prostitute, is anything but successful at her job: she
is of far too gentle a nature for her clients. The more obstinately she is pushed to the streets by
her pimp Franz, the closer she is to a complete breakdown. One day Romi is addressed by
a property speculator referring to himself as a “wealthy Jew.” He does not demand any sexual
services of her. He satisfies himself with Romi telling him stories, for which he lavishly rewards
her. However, no one shares the sudden happiness with Romi. Her work-mates and current
clients turn their backs on her, as does Franz, with whom Romi is in love. The whole story takes
place in the setting of a dilapidated city, during the clean-up of which politicians openly split
their profit with speculators and lobbyists, all under protection from the police.
Set in Prague of 1950s, the film follows Hakl, a member of the
Communist police force, and his investigation of a seemingly mundane robbery at a goldsmith’s
shop. His desire for the truth, though, leads him to new evidence indicating that the case is far
more complicated than it seems. State Security takes over the investigation, replacing him with
a German specialist in Zionist crime, Zenke, whose ominous arrival feels like more than a mere
coincindence. Hakl defiantly continues his investigation on his own, sending both men on
a collision course with governmental powers beyond anything they could have suspected.
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Pevnost | Fortress
Lukáš Kokeš, Klára Tasovská | CZ 2012 | 70 min
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Hořící keř | Burning Bush
Agnieszka Holland | CZ, PL 2013 | 240 min
OFFICIAL SELECTION – OUT OF COMPETITION
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Czech President Beneš’s exile government and intelligence
agency is concerned about the situation in their occupied homeland. The views differ, however,
on how to stir up a nation that some have stopped noticing. Is an assassination a legitimate
tool? One of nine parts of a television series uncovering key moments in Czechoslovak history.
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Drahomira Cinema
Anywhere Else is a prosaic, almost documentary portrait of
four characters in Washington, D.C. Tesfai, the tax driver is babysitting his two adolescent
children while his former wife is off on her honeymoon. He tries to get closer to his new guest,
Sofie. Their relationships are affected by a feeling of anxiety and uneasiness because some of
them feel that they should be somewhere else, anywhere else.
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Espace Dorleans Cinema
This Czech documentary presents a visit to the
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (a.k.a. Trans-Dniestr) as a trip to a museum of communist
totalitarianism. The country, whose independence has been recognized by only a few other
states, remains an isolated multi-ethnic enclave held together by an authoritarian regime. In
a country where you are only allowed to film out the window of a train, the locals are afraid
of being denounced but are glad to live in a comfortable refuge from the hectic modern world,
and songs on television celebrate the president.
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1. 7. 2013 10:00
5. 7. 2013 16:00
Karlovy Vary Theatre
Karlovy Vary Theatre
This film, which opens with a scene portraying the
self-immolation of Jan Palach, presents a suggestive panorama of Czech society on the
threshold of the oppressive twenty-year normalisation era. It centres on the female lawyer who
defended Palach’s sacrifice in the wake of false allegations; in her judicial defeat, and in her
moral victory, she represents the countless numbers of similar conflicts that arose between the
individual and totalitarian power.
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29. 6. 2013 19:00
5. 7. 2013 10:00
Espace Dorleans Cinema
Cinema B
An unusual story taking place in lowlands of Himalaya in Kathmandu in Nepal about desire for
freedom and great life expectations. The main subject of this new Czech feature documentary is
Slovak musician and actress Dorota Nvotová and her Nepali alter ego Fulmaya. The film shows
the sequence of authentical situations, feelings of diffferent and distant world, true humanity
and music composed for this film by Dorota Nvotová herself.
Otázky pana Lásky | The Story of Mr. Love
Dagmar Smržová | CZ 2013 | 75 min
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30. 6. 2013 13:00
2. 7. 2013 12:30
Espace Dorleans Cinema
Cinema B
“There is a major difference between Láska (Love) and láska.
Some people always get it wrong but I have nothing to do with love,” says Jiří Láska,
a schizophrenic born to schizophrenic parents, on his way to a better life. A feature
documentary film by Dagmar Smržová, director of the award-winning film Saving Edwards, tells
the story of a gifted schizophrenic Jiří and his family.
Život s Kašparem | Life with Jester
Helena Třeštíková | CZ 2013 | 89 min
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28. 6. 2013 16:00
3. 7. 2013 16:00
Espace Dorleans Cinema
Espace Dorleans Cinema
The documentary film was shot for over 23 years. Film
observes life of an theatrical director Jakub Špalek. First days of the shooting were during
autumn 1989 when Jakub became one of the initiator of the Velvet Revolution. Jakub’s dream
was to open his own theatre that became true and Jakub now is a chief of theatre Jester in
Prague. Film catches not only difficult times of a man who tries to success with independent
theatre stage but also his turbulent private life filled with love and drama.