Documentary Films in Competition
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As You Like It / După FEL și CHIP |
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Directed by: Paula Oneț Romania, 2013, 21 min
4C3 - July 1, 2013, 15:30, Cas Cinema
5K6 - July 2, 2013, 18:00, Drahomira Cinema Film will be screened with following films: Beach Boy, The Day Has Conquered the Night Young Romanian documentarist Paula Onet’s award-winning film captures the poignant way in which a group of elderly Romanian villagers look after the portraits which already adorn their final resting place. Taken all together, the pictures might also be perceived as a public photo album. More... |
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Beach Boy / Beach Boy |
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Directed by: Emil Langballe United Kingdom, 2013, 27 min
4C3 - July 1, 2013, 15:30, Cas Cinema
5K6 - July 2, 2013, 18:00, Drahomira Cinema Film will be screened with following films: As You Like It, The Day Has Conquered the Night Danish filmmaker Emil Langballe describes what appears to be a budding romance between the young Kenyan boy Juma and the 50-year-old, overweight British woman Lynn, in a real-life version of the feature film by Ulrich Seidl Paradise: Love, set in Kenya, whose sex tourism trade promises women a romantic idyll, but all they hear are compassionate lies. Who’s seeing this film: Agent ČSFD.cz StarsFan More... |
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Captain Kang / Kang seonjang |
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Directed by: Won Ho-yeon South Korea, 2012, 82 min
6C3 - July 3, 2013, 15:30, Cas Cinema
7K5 - July 4, 2013, 17:00, Drahomira Cinema In his poetic and visually sophisticated movie, South Korean director Won Ho-yeon sensitively records the extent to which family solidarity can overcome the vicissitudes of fate in a story about an abandoned dream and a legless fisherman named Kang. Who’s seeing this film: Agent ČSFD.cz Caym More... |
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Cathedrals / Kathedralen |
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Directed by: Konrad Kästner Germany, 2013, 15 min
7C3 - July 4, 2013, 15:30, Cas Cinema
8K5 - July 5, 2013, 17:00, Drahomira Cinema Film will be screened with following films: Kiran, Rogalik More than two million inhabitants could live in the recently built Chinese city of Kangbashi. The majority of the buildings, however, remain empty because money-mad speculators have bought up all the apartments. Breathtaking images reveal the inanimate chill of a city that has lost the fight against humanity’s insane lust for wealth. More... |
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Cutie and the Boxer / Cutie and the Boxer |
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Directed by: Zachary Heinzerling USA, 2012, 82 min
2C4 - June 29, 2013, 18:30, Cas Cinema
3K3 - June 30, 2013, 14:00, Drahomira Cinema American filmmaker Zachary Heinzerling’s documentary is an extremely direct, powerfully scored portrait of a complicated relationship between larger-than-life Japanese artist Ushio Shinohara and his wife Noriko, who are finally accepted by New York’s art world after a 40-year struggle. Who’s seeing this film: Agent ČSFD.cz sinp More... |
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The Day Has Conquered the Night / Le jour a vaincu la nuit |
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Directed by: Jean-Gabriel Périot France, 2013, 28 min
4C3 - July 1, 2013, 15:30, Cas Cinema
5K6 - July 2, 2013, 18:00, Drahomira Cinema Film will be screened with following films: As You Like It, Beach Boy Award-winning French director Jean-Gabriel Périot, a specialist in highly original short documentaries, puts questions to eight unwilling inhabitants of an Orléans prison who appear in front of the camera to speak of their dreams and nightmares, allowing us to delve deep into minds altered by a life behind bars. Who’s seeing this film: Agent ČSFD.cz Caym More... |
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DK / DK |
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Directed by: Bára Kopecká Czech Republic, 2013, 73 min
7C4 - July 4, 2013, 18:30, Cas Cinema
8K3 - July 5, 2013, 14:00, 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. More... |
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Exhibits or Stories from the Castle / Exponáty alebo Príbehy z kaštieľa |
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Directed by: Pavol Korec Slovak Republic, 2013, 70 min
3C3 - June 30, 2013, 15:30, Cas Cinema
4K5 - July 1, 2013, 17:00, Drahomira Cinema From the loosely interwoven life stories of clients at an old people’s home in the Slovak town of Stupava, documentarist Pavol Korec pieces together a cheerful, light-hearted and, at the same time, highly compelling and varied mosaic portraying the fate of people “who have lost everything; all they have left is life.” Who’s seeing this film: Agent ČSFD.cz Sandiego More... |
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Gangster of Love / Gangster te voli |
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Directed by: Nebojša Slijepčević Croatia, Germany, Romania, 2013, 80 min
5C3 - July 2, 2013, 15:30, Cas Cinema
6K5 - July 3, 2013, 17:00, Drahomira Cinema In the European premiere of his tragicomedy, Nebojša Slijepčević investigates the mentality of the inhabitants of the Croatian town of Imotski through humorous situations and the disarming spontaneity of the main characters as they try to find a mate. Guided by the boss of the local dating agency, who looks like a gangster, maybe they´ll find “the one.” More... |
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Kiran / Kiran |
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Directed by: Bettina Timm, Alexander Riedel Germany, 2012, 30 min
7C3 - July 4, 2013, 15:30, Cas Cinema
8K5 - July 5, 2013, 17:00, Drahomira Cinema Film will be screened with following films: Cathedrals, Rogalik This documentary by Bettina Timm and Alexander Riedel, whose visuals were nominated for the German Camera Prize, tells us about eight-year-old Kiran, who lives with his mother in a yurt at the foot of the French Pyrenees. We discover that the boy no longer shares her alternative disposition and preference for a life without the creature comforts of civilisation. Who’s seeing this film: Agent ČSFD.cz Caym More... |
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The Man Who Made Angels Fly / The Man Who Made Angels Fly |
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Directed by: Wiktoria Szymańska United Kingdom, France, Poland, 2013, 64 min
3C4 - June 30, 2013, 18:30, Cas Cinema
4K3 - July 1, 2013, 14:00, Drahomira Cinema Deferring to the power of suggestion, Polish director Wiktoria Szymańska eschews a standard biopic of one of the world’s top living puppeteers, Michael Meschke, focusing instead on his uncanny ability to imbue his puppets for a few minutes with living emotion and inimitable expression. More... |
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The Manor / The Manor |
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Directed by: Shawney Cohen Canada, 2013, 78 min
4C4 - July 1, 2013, 18:30, Cas Cinema
5K4 - July 2, 2013, 15:30, Drahomira Cinema Shawney Cohen’s highly personal view of his Canadian Jewish family’s extravagant way of life, which includes running a strip joint. The home environment could hardly be described as ideal; even so, they are a remarkably close-knit family. More... |
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Moon Rider / Moon Rider |
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Directed by: Daniel Dencik Denmark, 2012, 83 min
5C4 - July 2, 2013, 18:30, Cas Cinema
6K3 - July 3, 2013, 14:00, Drahomira Cinema Made with 8mm film, this movie presents a portrait of talented Danish athlete Rasmus Quaade and his struggle to find a firm footing in the world of professional cycling. A captivating and, at the same time, unusually poetic film which probes the inner mechanisms of this contemplative young man who, more than anything else, has to overcome the obstacles he has placed in his own mind. Who’s seeing this film: Agent ČSFD.cz Kmotr More... |
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My Fathers, My Mother & Me / Meine keine Familie |
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Directed by: Paul-Julien Robert Austria, 2012, 99 min
2C3 - June 29, 2013, 15:30, Cas Cinema
3K5 - June 30, 2013, 17:00, Drahomira Cinema In his highly personal search for his biological father, Austrian filmmaker Paul-Julien Robert reveals the true nature of life in one of Europe’s biggest communes, formerly located in the town of Friedrichshof, whose members espoused common property ownership, free love, and a markedly controversial method of raising children. Who’s seeing this film: Agent ČSFD.cz sinp More... |
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Pipeline / Truba |
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Directed by: Vitaly Manskiy Russia, Germany, Czech Republic, 2013, 116 min
6C4 - July 3, 2013, 18:30, Cas Cinema
7K3 - July 4, 2013, 14:00, Drahomira Cinema 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. More... |
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