19th jihlava idff programme specials 4
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Exprmntl.czCompetition for the best Czech experimental documentary film 2015 Exprmntl.cz is a competition survey of the latest Czech experimental films that touch upon reality and never cease in their search for new ways of expressing reality through classical and digital film. Biotop (Adéla Kudlová, Czech Republic, 2015, 4 min); This video collage, showing urban space from Google Maps perspective mixed with shots of wild animals, is an impressive essay on the evolution of species. The wildlife, devastated by civilisation, adapts to new conditions and creates new environments and networks suitable for life – biotopes. Documentation (Eliška Vojtková, Czech Republic, 2015, 2 min); Czech premiere This very specific visualisation of the Czech anthem is composed primarily of visual associations, which paraphrase the impressions of randomly selected listeners. The series of individual notions and comments provides evidence of the typical motives of non-heroic Czechishness, which can be understood only by Czechs. Heliophilia #7 (Michael Kindernay, Czech Republic, 2015); A study of daylight and the movement of plants for an exhibition project depicting natural processes over time. Various sensors structuralise weather changes into a moving image and static large-format prints. The film captures and simultaneously reveals micro-dramatic events outside the window. Landscape (Petra Sklenářová, Czech Republic, 2015, 2 min); world premiere A series of short videos – moving images with natural themes – is created using spatial models and staged photos without the use of digital manipulation. Emphasis is placed on newly emerging surreal, even absurd principles obtained through intentional interventions into the character of ordinary situations, objects, and scenery. Mother City (Jiří Žák, Czech Republic, 2015, 20 min); world premiere Confrontation of the filmmaker’s personal relationship with his hometown, clenched forever in the grasp of the cult of Baťa. A combination of black and white archival material with newly created scenes is deprived of pathos through selective editing and simultaneous narrative commentary. Return of the Dinosaurs (František Týmal, Czech Republic, 2015, 9 min) A short experimental film about repopulating the biosphere with primitive forms of life, captured on film medium using a chemical etching technique. The filmmaker’s creative style is based on the tradition of abstract handmade films and explores the possibilities and limits of film material and its photochemical properties. You cannot (Petra Lelláková, Vladimíra Večeřová, Czech Republic); world premiere A series of short moving images suggests the need for the physical presence of other people and highlights the fragility of human relationships. Static, anonymous motifs and a depersonalised approach to characters - the filmmakers themselves – express the instability of human relationships in a complicated world. Polisaurus (Adrian Jansa, Czech Republic, 2015); world premiere An audiovisual collage of a thousand-headed transportation monster, the concentrated reality of the big city. By focusing on one single point where all level of traffic cross in space-time, it synthesizes the everyday experiences of the city’s residents. In its breaking down of perspective and deconstruction of space, the film is an example of audiovisual Cubism. Listen to the Horizon (Anna Kryvenko, Czech Republic, 2015, 22 min) This documentary found footage essay, made up of recycled video snippets, deals with the cold and detached depiction of war in the media and in cyberspace. During daily media operations, the terrifying, irrational, and monotonous machinery changes an event, giving it importance as needed. Yet it maintains a consistent distance from the comfort of our screens, oversaturated and dulled by an unsettling mishmash of images. Before the interception (Kryštof Strejc, Czech Republic, 2015, 13 min); world premiere This audio-visual composition stimulates the senses through its fascinating insight into transient reality. Its collage of images and scenes has no labels or definitions. They stir in the mind only to disappear as soon as they emerge, creating a visual poem on genesis and decay underscored by a raw soundscape. save as… (Jakub Korselt, Czech Republic, 2015, 2 min); world premiere An animated miniature of the devastated wasteland of a metropolis is strikingly reminiscent of a war-themed computer game. The video refers to the notion of warfare and the collapse of order in popular culture and new media, and examines in detail the retroactive effect of these images on reality. Concurrent Hopes (Lucie Rosenfeldová, Czech Republic, 2015, 8 min); world premiere A video essay addressing the ambiguity of human identity, which defies self-improvement and colonisation techniques through mind management. By revealing the instrumental nature of these psychological techniques, the filmmaker resists reducing “happiness” to economic benefits. The polysemic nature of human subjects is emphasised in the film by the never-ending shifts between the performance and its recording. The Earth Trembles (Michal Cáb, Aleš Čermák, Czech Republic, 2015, 16 min) An apocalyptic video essay demonstrating the pervasiveness of catastrophes as a specific type of permanent subconscious anxiety of all mankind. A series of question marks over human existence is based on a compelling commentary and visualisation by the OTCA Metapixel machine, which reveals to us the precise path to the extinction of all life on earth. 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