Documentary projects at the Eurodoc Production and the Thessaloniki Doc Market

08 March 2017

Czech Film

Documentary projects at the Eurodoc Production and the Thessaloniki Doc Market

Czech Film

Documentary projects at the Eurodoc Production and the Thessaloniki Doc Market

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Two Czech documentary projects - Kiruna 2.0 by Greta Stocklassa and The Sound is Innocent by Johana Švarcová – attend the Eurodoc Production programme. Besides that Kiruna 2.0 also takes part at the Docs in Progress of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (5 – 11 March).

The Jury of the Docs in Progress granted to Kiruna 2.0 the Sound award by MuSou music group. 

About the movies:
The Sound Is Innocent (by Johana Švarcová) is a documentary essay about the electronic music, which emerged simultaneously at several different places in Europe, growing up from different ideological, technological and cultural backgrounds. One of the key paradigms in the post-war era was the faith in technologies. Techno-optimism was shared by artists and engineers on both sides of the Iron Curtain - despite of the different kinds of censorships, they all dreamed about music of the future. The documentary reflects the early days of electronic sound experimentation as a manifestation of the spirit of utopian future. On a dramatic historical background, the story follows the process of creation of a radio opera about the beginnings of electronic music and the influence on our digital society.

Both films were supported by the State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic.

Kiruna 2.0. (by Greta Stocklassa)
The northernmost city of Sweden is going to be moved three kilometers to the East. Despite the fact that similar situations has already occurred in history (for example in the Czech republic), this case is unique. The city has used its difficult situation and made it into a sensation. The newspapers from all around the world has started writing about the little city above the Arctic Circle, with 15 000 inhabitants, which will become the most modern city in the world. Kristina Zachrisson, the Chairwoman of the City Council, said on the stage at the summer Kiruna festival that, “We’ll start with a blank slate. People from all around the world will be coming to see how it’s done. How you move a city.”

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