Jubilee 15th ji. Hlava international documentary film festival
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are the filmmakers behind two winning documentaries in the Czech Joy section: Poustevna, das ist Paradies (2007) which looks at the loss of identity of today’s Czech-German border region, and Coal in the Soul (2010), whose two main protagonists stand on opposing sides in the battle for expanding coal mining in northern Bohemia.Director, screenwriter, and journalist Ondřej Provazník studied journalism at Charles University’s Faculty of Social Sciences and screenwriting and dramaturgy at FAMU. He has worked for the culture section of the Lidové noviny newspaper, was a contributing editor for Czech Television’s Kosmopolis show, and has contributed as scriptwriter and dramaturgist to TV Prima’s Airport. In 2007, he shot the short fiction film Not Today, a moody look at one day in the life of one character.Director Martin Dušek hails from northern Bohemia. He studied television journalism at Charles University’s Faculty of Social Sciences and documentary film at FAMU. He has worked as a contributing editor for Czech Television, in particular programs focused on the former Sudetenland, and also works in television comedies and children’s programs. While at FAMU, he shot the documentary Letter of Invitation (2004), about the fuss caused in an out-of-the-way Czech town when it was discovered that it was the hometown of an ancestor of a candidate for president of the United States.FASCINATIONSAlice Růžičková Filmmaker, teacher, and projectionist Růžičková decided to study documentary film at FAMU only after receiving her degree from Charles University’s Faculty of Natural Sciences, which has left an indelible imprint on her subsequent film work. Since 1996, she has collaborated on experimental film projects with cinematographer and editor Martin Čihák (Netopýrolog and the hand-made film 60 Clocks). In 2002 and 2003, she created the festival spot and a five-projector Polyekran performance for the Jihlava festival, with which she is connected on several levels. She has spent several years as a moderator of discussions with experimental Czech filmmakers, and is also a projectionist. Růžičková is the author of numerous documentary and experimental films, publishes texts on auteur film, has interviewed Czech documentary and experimental filmmakers, and teaches at FAMU and Charles University’s Faculty of Humanities. Selected filmography: Funfair (1992), Biostructures (1997-8), Otto Placht: Painter of the Jungle (1999), EXPRMNTL KBH (2001), festival spots for the Respect Music Festival in Prague (1999-2002). Jan Růžička Entomologist Jan Růžička (husband of Alice Růžičková) has been interested in entomology since a young boy. His current scientific interest is the taxonomy and ecology of scavenger insects and related beetles in the Czech Republic and China. He teaches invertebrate zoology at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague. Růžička has enjoyed going to the movies since high school, and enjoys French and British comedies (Les Charlots, Mr. Bean, Monty Python’s Flying Circus), Woody Allen, Terry Gilliam, the Russian classics, and the Czech New Wave. Vítek Růžička Vítek managed to graduate from high school in spite of the new exit exams, and is now in his first semester in Open Informatics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague. Since an early age, he has been interested in computers and literature, in particular philosophical sci-fi and fantasy (Lukyanenko, Orson Scott Card). His favorite video game genre is RPG (Planescape). His favorite directors are Jim Jarmush, the Coen brothers, Lars von Trier, and Terry Gilliam. In recent years, he has worked as a projectionist at the Jihlava festival alongside his mother. Kajetán Růžička Kajetán was born on a lucky day – 13. 11. 2010 at 13 minutes before noon. He is currently growing steadily and discovering the world on all fours. He likes round objects that he can stick in his mouth. 6. NON-COMPETITION PROGRAMSPECIAL EVENT24 (dir. Jan Němec, Jiří Krejčík, Helena Třeštíková and others, Czech Republic 2011) – One September day, hour by hour, always through the eyes of another person. The world premiere of this combined effort by 24 Czech documentarians will officially launch this year’s Ji.hlava festival. Co(te)lette Film (The Co(te)lette Film; dir. Mike Figgis, Great Britain/Belgium 2010) – Three women and space. Intimacy, sensuality, passion, body, rawness, and silence. A film adaptation of a dance performance by Ann Van den Broek. EM a ON (Em and He; dir. Vladimír Michálek, Czech Republic 2011) – Poet Em Rudenko and musician Xavier Baumaxa offer their uncensored views on pressing issues facing today’s Czech Republic, in particular northern Bohemia. Nejlepší film, jaký kdy byl prodán (The Greatest Movie Ever Sold; dir. Morgan Spurlock, USA 2011) – A new documentary comedy by the author of Super Size Me – this time about making a movie about advertising and product placement that will be financed by advertising and product placement in order to create the most commercially successful film of all time. Není to film (This Is Not a Film; dir. Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Iran 2010) – One day in the life of an Iranian director living under house arrest, including excerpts from the film he has been working on, for which the regime has banned him from making movies for 20 years. Tabloid (Tabloid; dir. Errol Morris, USA 2010) – The bizarre tale of a former beauty queen who in the 1970s kidnapped and raped the object of her obsessive love, a Mormon missionary, illustrated with tabloid headlines and personal interviews. ZOON POLITIKONZoon Politikon will be the featured section of this year’s anniversary festival. Subtitled, “The Czech land, my home,” it focuses on contemporary Czech documentaries exploring the domestic political scene. The section presents five world premieres. Hájek na zámku, Petr v podzámčí (Hájek at the Castle, Petr Below; dir. Apolena Rychlíková, Czech Republic 2011) – A portrait of Petr Hájek, advisor to the president of the Czech Republic, against a backdrop dialogue on Czech history. A film with the right hand of Václav Klaus about life on the right. Listopadové komety (Comets of November; dir. Marek Sklář, Czech Republic 2011) – After any change in regime, there follows a brief period when almost everything seems possible, and many people believe this. At first, government is taken over by dreamers who try out brand new ideas. After some time, the situation changes, and all we can do is regret that we failed to keep hold of the new ideas – or be ashamed that we failed to do so. A documentary reminiscence on the legacy of 17 November 1989. Národní galerie Šumava (National Gallery Šumava; dir. Hana Nováková, Czech Republic 2011) – An ironic look at the events and political intrigue surrounding the Šumava bark beetle. Using humorous analogies, the filmmaker tries to rehabilitate the beetle. Řekni, kde ti Němci jsou (Tell Me Where the Germans Are; dir. Petra Nesvačilová, Czech Republic 2011) – An unusual look at the expulsion of the German population of Bohemia in the second half of the 1940s, the Beneš Decrees, and the use of the expulsion as a tool for the political career of Sudeten German politician Bernd Posselt.
The Promised Land – but for whom? This mini-section looks at the current situation in Israel and Palestine, as well as relations between Jews and Arabs in Israel, thus again calling attention to this burning issue in the Near East. Vyspala by ses s Arabem? (Would You Have Sex with an Arab?; dir. Yolande Zauberman, France 2011) – A tour of Israeli bars and clubs where Jews and Arabs chat freely, as if the wall separating Israel and Palestine did not exist – but only until you ask them a seemingly banal question. Ženy Hamasu (Nashot ha’chamas / Women of Hamas; dir. Suha Arraf, Israel/Germany 2010) – A look at three of Hamas’ many active female members, who we don’t hear much about but without whom Hamas would never have attained its current position. Slzy Gazy (Tears of Gaza; dir. Vibeke Løkkeberg, Norway 2010) – This controversial documentary about Israel’s bombardment of Gaza during the 2008/2009 conflict offers emotional testimony that the people who suffer most in modern war are uninvolved women and children. Directory: press -> 2011 press -> Draft I film Screening press -> The milk carton kids press -> Embargoed until 15 december 2005 15H00 gmt press -> Press Release world meteorological organization press -> Introductory Text press -> The project is part of the wider cooperation between Eni and Rosneft sanctioned under the Strategic Cooperation Agreement entered into by the parties on 25th April 2012 press -> El Niño’s Effects May Be Limited This Winter press -> I am particularly pleased that my last year at Kunsthaus Bregenz was so successful. There are very few institutions in which the architecture, the staff, and the art encounter each other so productively Download 167.4 Kb. Share with your friends:
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