Czech Films 2014–2015
Sections of 50th KVIFF
- Official Selection - Competition
- Official Selection - Out of Competition
- East of the West - Competition
- Forum of Independents - Competition
- Documentary Films - Competition
- Special Events
- Horizons
- Another View
- Imagina
- Variety Critics’ Choice
- Midnight Screenings
- Czech Films 2014–2015
- Documentary Films - Out of Competition
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Tribute to Larisa Shepitko
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A Week of Lebanese Cinema
- Six Close Encounters
- Out of the Past
- Future Frames: Ten New Filmmakers To Follow
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Prague Short Film Festival Presents
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Little from the Fish Shop
Malá z rybárny /
Malá z rybárny
Directed by: Jan Balej
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Germany, 2015, 72 min
Everyone’s familiar with Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, the story of a love capable of forgiving even the greatest betrayal. In Balej’s film – a work filled with wonderful animation, expressive puppet designs and an imaginative, shifting score from French composer Chapelier Fou – the fairy-tale romance is replaced with a bleak portrayal of life in a city harbour, yet its enduring message remains. One of the first Czech feature-length puppet films to use both puppet and digital animation (stop motion + CGI).
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Photographer
Fotograf /
Fotograf
Directed by: Irena Pavlásková
Czech Republic, 2015, 133 min
Scenes from the unruly life of a popular artist-turned-celebrity based on the fortunes of photographer Jan Saudek (b. 1935), who was also involved in the screenplay. This acerbic comedy focuses on the maestro’s relationships with women, particularly the initially submissive Líba (in real life his former partner Sára).
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Places
Místa /
Místa
Directed by: Radim Špaček
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2014, 108 min
After his triumph with the Normalisation drama Walking Too Fast, director Radim Špaček turns his attention to the 1990s. Casting fresh young actors in an industrial setting in North Bohemia, he shot a film about two boys whose home town is beginning to make them feel claustrophobic.
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Schmitke
Schmitke /
Schmitke
Directed by: Štěpán Altrichter
Czech Republic, Germany, 2014, 94 min
This graduate film by Štěpán Altrichter is a visually enchanting comedy mystery set in the Ore Mountains (Krušné Hory), which form a natural border between Germany and the Czech Republic. A level-headed engineer played by familiar German actor Peter Kurth arrives to repair a creaking old wind turbine. Out there in the misty woods he also goes in search of something else deep inside him.
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Sunrise Supervising
Odborný dohled nad východem slunce /
Odborný dohled nad východem slunce
Directed by: Pavel Göbl
Czech Republic, 2014, 72 min
A black-and-white flick set in North Bohemia where three ex-prisoners are determined to get even with a local pub owner who wrecked their lives some years back. This Eastern comedy by director Pavel Göbl brings Vratislav Brabenec to the big screen, saxophonist of the rock band The Plastic People of the Universe, supported by Jiří Lábus in the role of the former STB agent.
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Three Brothers
Tři bratři /
Tři bratři
Directed by: Jan Svěrák
Czech Republic, Denmark, 2014, 90 min
Three brothers set out into the wide world to gather experience and, along the way, they get caught up in the familiar settings of celebrated fairy tales where they have to deal with various pitfalls and unexpected situations, but they might also find love... A major part in this epic film fairy tale is played by the catchy songs created by popular duo Zdeněk Svěrák and Jaroslav Uhlíř.
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US 2
MY 2 /
MY 2
Directed by: Slobodanka Radun
Czech Republic, 2014, 99 min
A love story about a surprise romance between a deceived wife and her gay hairstylist. The debut by Slobodanka Radun unfolds in contemporary Prague which, thanks to the film’s clear artistic vision, appears as a modern and volatile metropolis.