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Kings of Šumava
Kings of Šumava

Release date
12.09.2024

Director
Kris Kelly

Kris Kelly brings a powerful vision of history relevant to current debates on immigration through a story about a cross-border smuggler, Josef Hasil, who helped Czechoslovakians seeking freedom in the West during the Cold War, while his actions condemned his own family to long term imprisonment. He combines narrative animation resembling modern film noir, conversations with witnesses, and shots of the beauty of the mysterious Šumava forests with emotional music score by David Holmes.

I Don't Love You Anymore
I Don't Love You Anymore

Release date
12.09.2024

Director
Zdeněk Jiráský

Thirteen years old Marek shoots videos with social themes, making him an outsider among his classmates. At home, his peaceful relationship with his mother is disrupted by his mother's new acquaintance . In the most sensitive phase of his life, Tereza enters his path. Despite their social differences, they develop a liking for each other. Soon teenage games spiral out of control with a simulated kidnapping, culminating in a runaway from home. They board a train and a series of spontaneus adventures pursue until they get lost in a labyrinth of endless freedom. The attraction of desperation turns into the taste of loneliness and fear of the unknown and emotional outbursts begin to drown in the loss of illusions.

Tiny Lights
Tiny Lights

Director
Beata Parkanová

Six-year-old Amálka is shut out of a family argument. She spends an idyllic afternoon at the lake with her grandparents and later learns the fuss was about her mother's plan to break away and live as an artist in Prague.

tata_bojs.doc
tata_bojs.doc

Director
Marek Najbrt

A feature-length documentary about the legendary Czech pop rock band Tata Bojs, a recapitulation of the life of the band and its members, a look back into the past. Instead of usual biographical portrait, we want to look not only in archival material but also to the future, to bring a unique insight into the making process here and now, to associate the film language and find out how their music originates. What is the motor for the successful band and where it draws inspiration for its fresh lyrics.

Introducing

Cinematographer Martin Žiaran (b. 1976) has worked several times with directors Peter Bebjak and Jiří Mádl. With the latter, he made the epic film Waves, set in the turbulent times of the late 1960s when hopes for a freer Czechoslovakia were shattered by the Soviet invasion. The film is set in the international news office of Czechoslovak Radio, where a group of passionate journalists spread the ideals of democracy and progressive, honest journalism.

by Vojtěch Rynda for CZECH FILM / Fall 2024

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