Contemporary World Cinema

We Are Never Alone / Nikdy nejsme sami

CZ, FR 2016, 105 min
DIRECTOR Petr Vaclav

A paranoid prison guard befriends his new neighbor, an unemployed hypochondriac supported by his wife who works at the local grocery store. Weary of life and caring for her two sons, she develops an attraction to the nightclub bouncer, but he is in love with the club stripper, who is in turn waiting for the father of her child to return from the same prison where the prison guard works. No one is ever alone, no matter how lonely they feel.

 

CONTACT WIDE - Diane Ferrandes, df@widemanagement.com

SEP 8 12:30 Scotia 5 (P&I)
SEP 8 17:30 Scotia 4
SEP 9 12:00 TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
SEP 14 13:45 Jackman 

 

Primetime

Wasteland / Pustina

CZ 2016, 449 min
DIRECTOR Ivan Zachariáš, Alice Nellis

When Hana Sikorova, mayor of a northern Bohemian village, stands up to a large coal mining concern that offers villagers large compensation in exchange for abandoning their houses built on land containing brown coal deposits, her fourteen year old daughter Misha disappears. Under the pressure of unfolding events, the community starts to fall apart and show its true face. Solving the mystery divides the story into several interweaving narratives that ultimately connect in unexpected ways.

 

CONTACT Beta Cinema - Thorsten Ritter, thorsten.ritter@betacinema.com

SEP 9 10:15 Jackman
SEP 17 12:30 Scotia 3

 

Masters

Personal Shopper

FR, CZ, DE 2016, 105 min
DIRECTOR Olivier Assayas

Maureen is a young American in Paris making her living as a personal shopper for a celebrity. Also, she may have the psychic ability to communicate with spirits, just like her twin brother, Lewis, who recently passed away. Maureen soon starts receiving mysterious messages coming from an unknown source.

 

 

CONTACT MK2 - Ola Byszuk, ola.byszuk@mk2.com

SEP 8 11:45 Scotia 3 (P&I)
SEP 10 21:00 Scotia 1
SEP 18 18:30 Scotia 1

 

CZECH FILM CENTER AT TIFF 2016

Marketa Santrochova - Head of Czech Film Center
E: marketa@filmcenter.cz, M: +420 724 329 948
Sep 8 - 14

Irena Kovarova - New York Representative
E: irenakovarova@icloud.com, M: +1 646 645 6575
Sep 7 - 14

EUROPEAN UMBRELLA AT TIFF 2016

Czech Film Center will be part of European Umbrella, an initiative of European Film Promotion revived this year at Toronto International Film Festival (Sep 8 -18). The stand shared by 13 European countries will be at TIFF Industry Centre in the Hyatt Hotel.