Many Czechs head to cinema to see the long-awaited new motion picture by popular and critically acclaimed father & son duo Zdeněk (*1936) and Jan Svěrák (*1965). However the responses are very differents. Director Jan Svěrák studied documentary at the Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). He even got the Student Academy Award for his 20 minutes long mockumentary Oil Gobblers in 1988. Nevertheless, he is better known for successful collaboration with his father screenwriter Zdeněk Svěrák which led in 1997 to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for their Kolya. The…
Author: Pavlina Koulova
The Czech National Film Archive (NFA) proceeds in digital restoration of Czech classics. After last year’s screening of Ikarie XB-1 (Jinřich Polák, 1963) in Berlin and Cannes, NFA is doing re-release of Miloš Forman’s Black Peter (1964) at the 74th edition of the Venice International Film Festival. The screening for public will take place in Sala Casino on Monday 4th at 17:30. The movie is in czech language with both italian and english subtitles. Filmovyprehled.cz offers following summary: “A tragicomedy about a 16-year-old young man who encounters the hypocrisy of the adult world during his first job at a small…
I admit, it was the title, that caught my eye. Based on the shot featured in this article (the one in the art gallery), I’ve prepared myself for German communist Wes Anderson. I guess it wasn’t a mistake, since pretty much nothing can prepare you on the Self-criticism of a bourgeois dog (premiered in 2017). The film is a comedy by young (33 years old) German director and actor Julian Radlmaier. In fact, it’s his third movie. The hero, Julian (played by Julian Radlmaier) is quite an annoying pretentious young German filmmaker. He’s annoying even for an average young intellectual.…
On Mars 23rd is starting Prague international film festival, also known as Febiofest. For 9 days, it’ll feature film from all around the globe for 99 CZK per screening (139 CZK if you want to support local charity) in cinemas in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. Then, from April 3rd, the festival moves to Czech regions, where only selected films will be shown until April 28th. Don’t hesitate to look through offered films even if you don’t speak czech. Most films include both czech and english subtitles and if they don’t, they are marked as “english unfriendly” in the…
Los Angeles, CA, Friday, March 17, 2017 – The Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles is delighted to unveil the exciting program of the 6th edition of Czech That Film festival (CTF) in Los Angeles as well as announce the festival’s new traveling film series. This year’s Czech That Film offers a wide selection of critically acclaimed films spanning multiple genres that will present in 15 new venues across North America. Regarding the 2017 CTF, Pavol Šepeľák, Consul General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles said, “C.S. Lewis said that art is something of a “window”…