30th Days of European Film

-22.7°C

2022 38 min.

French music producer Molécule went all the way to frozen Greenland, where the sound of the arctic ocean inspired him to write a new song. The audiovisual expedition to the countries is named after the lowest temperature he recorded on his trip.

Sections: None

Country: Belgium / Canada / France

Directed by: Dirty Monitor, Molécule

Starring: Molécule

Language: English

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GALAXIE DEF

21.04. 6:30 p.m.

Ostrava - Planetárium

21.04. 5 p.m.

Ostrava - Planetárium

23.04. 3 p.m.

Brno - Hvězdárna

23.04. 5 p.m.

Brno - Hvězdárna

23.04. 7 p.m.

Brno - Hvězdárna

23.04. 7 p.m.

Brno - Hvězdárna

22.04. 2 p.m.

Brno - Hvězdárna

22.04. 3 p.m.

Brno - Hvězdárna

23.04. 2 p.m.

Brno - Hvězdárna

22.04. 6 p.m.

Ostrava - Planetárium

In Brno and Ostrava, seven films will be shown in astronomical observatories transformed into movie theaters. We will look at the Moon Base in a detailed project or Greenland, where the temperature is -22.7°C and the Arctic Ocean inspires electronic music. We will discuss planetary problems after the visually captivating documentary How We Were; we will celebrate Earth Day with the mostly invisible inhabitants of Planet Prague and the marine Nation of Whales, with always funny Lukáš Rumlena interviews. Families with children will enjoy the observatories and planetariums during the busy weekend. For the older ones, we are preparing an asteroid Mission, a search for the impact site of space debris. The youngest will go with the ever-hungry duo of animated squirrels to another planet for the tempting Hazelnuts!

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Alma Viva

2022 85 min.

Just like every summer, Salomé returns to the mountains to join her family. But this time, it's even sadder. Her grandmother died. While the adults deal with the earthly problems of the funeral ritual of a woman who many believe to be a witch, Salomé perceives the fleeting presence of her grandmother's soul.

Sections: First time

Country: Portugal

Directed by: Cristèle Alves Meira

Starring: Lua Michel, Ana Padrão, Catherine Salée, Duarte Pina, Pedro Lacerda, Nuno Gil, Jacqueline Corado

Language: Portuguese with English and Czech subtitles

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Blockade

Blokád

2022 90 min.

The year 1990, Hungarian taxi drivers are preparing to blockade their homeland to protest against rising gasoline prices. Director Ädám Tösér combines live action with documentary footage and follows the economic and political behind the scenes during the reign of Prime Minister József Antall, who tried to free the country from energy dependence on the Soviet Union.

Sections: To the point: Disinformation

Country: Hungary

Directed by: Ádám Tősér

Starring: Zoltán Seress, Attila Vidnyánszky ifj., Zsolt Végh, Tibor Gáspár, Ildikó Tóth, Luca Márkus, Máté Haumann, László Görög, Gábor Csőre

Language: Hungarian with English and Czech subtitles

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Bread and Salt

Chleb i sól

2022 99 min.

The gifted pianist Tymoteusz returns to his hometown during the summer holidays. He meets old friends in a new bistro with a kebab, and here he also perceives the growing tension between the local youth and the Arab employees of the bistro. Damian Kocuro's brilliant debut won a special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival.

Sections: First time

Country: Poland

Directed by: Damian Kocur

Starring: Tymoteusz Bies, Jacek Bies, Dawid Piejko, Nikola Raczko, Małgorzata Puzio

Language: Polish with English and Czech subtitles

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Hilma

2022 119 min.

A biographical film about the Swedish pioneer of abstract art, Hilma af Klint, who lived at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Veteran Lasse Hallström (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Cider House Rules) cast his wife Lena Olin and daughter Tora Hallström in his new film.

Sections: Stars

Country: Sweden

Directed by: Lasse Hallström

Starring: Tora Hallström, Lena Olin, Lily Cole, Rebecca Calder, Maeve Dermody, Jazzy De Lisser, Tom Wlaschiha, Adam Lundgren, Paulius Markevičius

Language: English with Czech subtitles

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SCREENING FOR SENIORS

21.04. 1:30 p.m.

Prague - Lucerna

We invite all seniors to a special afternoon screening for reduced admission. A biographical film about the Swedish artist and pioneer of abstract art Hilma af Klint awaits you in Prague's Lucerná. Today, the world-renowned painter was influenced by spiritual currents and lived an extraordinary life.

Ticket price for seniors: CZK 75

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January

Janvaris

2021 95 min.

In 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed, Latvia was on its way to independence. Nineteen-year-old Jazis secretly records footage of the Soviet secret police occupying a Latvian press office. Viesturs Kairšs' film combines the coming of age of an individual with the national struggle for freedom.

Sections: To the point: Disinformation

Country: Latvia / Poland / Lithuania

Directed by: Viesturs Kairišs

Starring: Aleksas Kazanavičius, Baiba Broka

Language: Latvian / English with English and Czech subtitles

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DISINFORMATION: EASTERN EUROPE

23.04. 6 p.m.

Prague - Lucerna

In January 1991, Latvian efforts for complete independence culminated, and Moscow responded by sending Soviet army troops. At least seven people were killed and many injured in the bloody clashes between 13 and 27 January. The Latvians eventually defended their cities and their newly gained independence. After the screening of the film on 23.4. in Prague's Lucerna, together with the Representation of the European Commission of the Czech Republic and the Latvian Embassy, we prepared an extensive discussion on disinformation, interference in the rights of sovereign states, and hybrid threats. The film's topicality is also due to the current war in Ukraine.

The head of the Representation of the European Commission in the Czech Republic, Monika Landmannová, journalist Ondřej Soukup, historian Luboš Švec and cyber security expert Oldřich Bruža will participate in the debate, moderated by Mr. Michael Rozsypal.

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Kalev

2022 91 min.

In the summer of 1990, the Baltic States declare their independence from the Soviet Union. The local Estonian basketball club Kalev nevertheless participates in the prestigious Soviet tournament. For the players, each match means not only a sporting event but a fight for their country's independence. Debutant director Ove Musting draws here from his memories of a turbulent time.

Sections: To the point: Disinformation

Country: Estonia

Directed by: Ove Musting

Starring: Mait Malmsten, Reimo Sagor, Priit Võigemast, Mihkel Kuusk, Veiko Porkanen, Kristjan Sarv, Kaspars Zale

Language: Estonian with English and Czech subtitles

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Karaoke Paradise

Karaokeparatiisi

2022 71 min.

Karaoke may sound like an obscure pastime. But traditional evenings with a microphone and well-known hits mean a welcome feeling of human belonging in the far north. A musical documentary reminds of the Kaurismäki brothers' films with solitary characters and unusual backdrops.

Sections: Film & Music

Country: Finland

Directed by: Einari Paakkanen

Starring: xyz

Language: Finnish with English and Czech subtitles

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Meet Me in the Bathroom

2022 105 min.

The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol. The music documentary of the duo Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern (Don't Shut Up and Play the Hits) tells about the rock scene in New York after 2000. The energetic film loosely adapts Lizzy Goodman's book of the same name.

Sections: Film & Music

Country: Great Britain

Directed by: Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern

Starring: Ryan Adams, Julian Casablancas, Brian Chase

Language: English with Czech subtitles

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Metronome

Metronom

2022 93 min.

Bucharest, 1972. seventeen-year-old Ana dreams of love and freedom. During the party, he and his friends write a letter to the Metronom music program, which the Free Europe station in Romania secretly broadcasts. Then the secret police break into the apartment. An exceptional debut in which Alexandru Belc openly tackles Romania's dark past.

Sections: First time

Country: Romania / France

Directed by: Alexandru Belc

Starring: Mara Bugarin, Vlad Ivanov, Mihai Călin, Andreea Bibiri, Andrei Miercure

Language: Romanian with Czech and English subtitles

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More Than Ever

Plus que jamais

2022 123 min.

Hélène (Vicky Krieps) and Mathieu (Gaspard Ulliel) seem like the perfect couple in modern, hectic Bordeaux. But then Hélène falls ill and decides to travel to Norway to find peace in life. The relationship drama directed by Emily Atef is the last film by the tragically deceased Gaspard Ulliel.

Sections: Stars

Country: Luxembourg / France / Germany / Norway

Directed by: Emily Atef

Starring: Vicky Krieps, Gaspard Ulliel, Bjørn Floberg, Jesper Christensen, Ulrich Tukur, Astrid Overå, Cyril Atef, Valérie Bodson

Language: French / English / Norwegian with Czech and English subtitles

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Off the Rails

2022 95 min.

Two friends have fun with daring parkour tricks in lazy Guilford, England. They dream of millions of views on social networks, but the death of their best friend frames their current lives. Peter Day's documentary debut has the emotional power of the legendary Trainspotting.

Documentary Edge Festival 2022 - DocEdge Award

Sections: First time

Country: Great Britain

Directed by: Peter Day

Starring: Rikke Brewer, Aiden Knox

Language: English with Czech subtitles

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Phi 1.618

2022 91 min.

Stylized Eastern Bloc sci-fi. Humanity approaches perfection, albeit in gloomy conditions inhabiting the brutalist Monument of the Bulgarian Communist Party on the Buzludzha hill. Krypton is tasked with rewriting all human books, but what will he do with the only forbidden one, written by the woman Gargara, Especially in this world where women are almost non-existent?

Sections: To the point: Disinformation

Country: Bulgaria

Directed by: Theodore Ushev

Starring: Kitodar Todorov, Irmena Chichikova, Martina Apostolova, Deyan Donkov

Language: Bulgarian with English and Czech subtitles

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Rhinegold

Rheingold

2022 140 min.

In his new film, director Fatih Akin adapts the autobiographical story of the German rapper Xatar. The Kurdish boy came to Germany as a boy. Although he inherited the genes of his conductor father, he quickly gained fame as a drug dealer on the streets of Bonn. Only when he outlives his career as a badass does the old call for beats and rhymes resound within him.

Sections: Film & Music

Country: Germany / Italy / Netherland

Directed by: Fatih Akin

Starring: Emilio Sakraya, Kardo Razzazi, Karim Günes, Mona Pirzad, Meto Ege, Greta Sophie Schmidt, Kazim Demirbas, Ilyes Moutaoukkil, Uwe Rohde

Language: German with English and Czech subtitles

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Sisters

Masas

2022 104 min.

Two sisters, Anastasia and Diana, live in a Latvian orphanage. When they learn that a family from the United States will adopt them, the girls have opposite reactions: Diana can't wait, but Anastasia suddenly doesn't want to leave home. In addition, their biological mother Alla appears in such a situation.

Sections: First time

Country: Latvia / Italy

Directed by: Linda Olte

Starring: Emma Skirmante, Gerda Aljena, Katrina Kreslina, Iveta Pole, Elita Kļaviņa, Victoria J. Mayers, Derwayne Mcbayne, Bella Alexandras

Language: Latvian / English with English and Czech subtitles

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Soul Kitchen

2009 99 min.

A comedy about the Berlin restaurateur Zinos. He had a girlfriend and a restaurant, but he suddenly lost both. Zinos must overcome his prejudices to regain everything.

Sections: MEDIA – Tribute to Fatih Akin

Country: Germany

Directed by: Fatih Akin

Starring: Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pheline Roggan, Anna Bederke, Birol Ünel, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Dorka Gryllus, Lucas Gregorowicz

Language: German with Czech and English subtitles

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The Edge of Heaven

Auf der anderen Seite

2007 122 min.

Nejat disapproves of his widowed father starting to live with the prostitute Yeter. But Nejat changes his mind when he discovers Yeter is sending money to his student daughter Ayten in Turkey. After Yeter dies suddenly, Najat leaves for Istanbul to find Ayten. However, he discovers that the girl fled from the police to Germany.

Sections: MEDIA – Tribute to Fatih Akin

Country: Germany / Turkey / Italy

Directed by: Fatih Akin

Starring: Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla, Nejat Isler, Lars Rudolph, Nurgül Yeşilçay, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Turgay Tanülkü, Annette Uhlen, Baki Davrak

Language: German with English and Czech subtitles

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The Golden Glove

Der goldene Handschuh

2019 110 min.

The life work of Fritz Honka, a drunkard from Hamburg's San Pauli district, is murdering local prostitutes. He hides their bodies in the walls of his attic apartment, where the stench of rotting flesh combines with the smell of old manhood and the fumes of the Greek restaurant on the ground floor. An extremely physical film by Fatih Akin.

Sections: MEDIA – Tribute to Fatih Akin

Country: Germany

Directed by: Fatih Akin

Starring: Jonas Dassler, Margarete Tiesel, Katja Studt, Marc Hosemann, Martina Eitner-Acheampong, Adam Bousdoukos, Victoria Trauttmansdorff

Language: German with English and Czech subtitles

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The Gravity

La Gravité

2022 85 min.

Daniel, a runner, trains on an oval near a housing estate where his wheelchair-bound brother sells drugs. So far, eight planets are aligned in the sky, which could have unprecedented consequences for the very attraction of the Earth. A very original sci-fi drama in which social gangsters from Parisian housing estates meet the apocalyptic mood of Lars von Trier's Melancholia.

Ocenění: Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film 2022 - Jury Special Prize

Sections: Film & Music

Country: France

Directed by: Cedric Ido

Starring: Hafsia Herzi, Steve Tientcheu, Olivier Rosemberg, Jean-Baptiste Anoumon

Language: French with English and Czech subtitles

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The Judgement

De veroordeling

2020 130 min.

In 1999, the brutal murder of a widow in Deventer shook the Netherlands. Although the police found the murderer, the court sentenced him, but many people disagreed with the verdict. Among them is TV reporter Bas Haan, who unleashes a media frenzy on another suspect. Who is the killer? Who is the victim? Can Bas tell the difference?

Sections: To the point: Disinformation

Country: Netherland

Directed by: Sander Burger

Starring: Fedja van Huêt, Yorick van Wageningen, Lies Visschedijk, Mark Kraan, George Tobal, Porgy Franssen, Bart Klever, Leon Voorberg

Language: Dutch with English and Czech subtitles

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The Quiet Girl

An Cailín Ciúin

2021 94 min.

It takes place in the year 1981. A nine-year-old girl named Cáit grows up with troubled parents in the Irish countryside. And because the mother is expecting another child, Cáit moves to a distant cousin's family for the summer. She likes her new home so much that she doesn't want to return to her parents.

Sections: First time

Country: Ireland

Directed by: Colm Bairéad

Starring: Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Michael Patric, Kate Nic Chonaonaigh, Joan Sheehy, Carolyn Bracken

Language: Irish, English with Czech and English subtitles

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MASTERCLASS - An Cailín Ciúin

23.04. 7 p.m.

Prague - Světozor

From a small debut to an Oscar nomination is a film masterclass presented by director Colm Bairéad and producer Cleona Ní Chrualaoí, creators of the Irish film drama An Cailín Ciúin, moderated by Louise H. Johansen.

An authentic picture from the Irish countryside about a girl who spends the summer in a foster family became a sensation last year. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best International Film, two BAFTA Award nominations, and was also the winner of the Irish National IFTA Awards.

Dublin native Colm Bairéad spent fifteen years making TV documentaries and short films before embarking on his debut The Silent Girl. It is an adaptation of the book Foster by Claire Keegan. In addition to awards and nominations, the film also resonated in Irish and British cinemas, where it became the most visited film in the Irish language.

Entry: 170 CZK

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The Worst Ones

Les pires

2022 99 min.

A director and his crew arrive at a forgotten housing estate and select four local children for his new film. In their debut, Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret masterfully handle both the environment in front of the camera and especially behind it.

Sections: First time

Country: France

Directed by: Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret

Starring: Johan Heldenbergh, Dominique Frot, François Creton, Carima Amarouche, Angélique Gernez, Matthias Jacquin, Mallory Wanecque

Language: French with English and Czech subtitles

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Thunder

Foudre

2022 92 min.

It takes place in the Swiss countryside at the end of the nineteenth century. Seventeen-year-old Elisabeth returns home from the convent after learning that her older sister has mysteriously died. Debutant Carmen Jaquier masterfully portrays the character of a restless girl on the threshold of adulthood.

Sections: First time

Country: Switzerland

Directed by: Carmen Jaquier

Starring: Sabine Timoteo, Lilith Grasmug

Language: French with English and Czech subtitles

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Triangle of Sadness

2022 149 min.

Influencer Yaya takes her boyfriend Carl on a reconciliation cruise on a luxury yacht. In the British satirical comedy, director Ruben Östlund deals with the world of social networks, with those intoxicated with power and, above all, with the influence of social roles on human society.

The film competes for the LUX Audience Award. You can rate it until 12.6.2023 here: luxaward.eu/cs/

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Sections: LUX Audience Award

Country: Sweden / France / Great Britain / Germany

Directed by: Ruben Östlund

Starring: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Zlatko Burić, Woody Harrelson, Dolly De Leon, Vicki Berlin, Henrik Dorsin, Iris Berben

Language: English with Czech subtitles

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ON ONE BOAT?

21.04. 7 p.m.

Prague - Lucerna

21.04. 7 p.m.

Ostrava - Minikino

30.04. 7:30 p.m.

Boskovice - Panorama

26.04. 7 p.m.

Vrchlabí - Kino Střelnice

The hit Triangle of Sadness will be followed by an extensive discussion about topics arising from the film itself: social roles, power, the state, and changes of Czech and European society. The talk will take place on 21.4. After the film screening in the Lucerna cinema in Prague and the recording of the discussion will be available for viewing after further screenings of this film in the other festival cities.

The debate will be attended by philosopher Anna Hogenová and sociologist Martin Tremčinský, moderated by Michael Rozsypal.

The Office of the European Parliament organizes the screening as part of the 'LUX Film Days' of the European Parliament and the European Film Academy.

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Vera

2022 115 min.

Vera Gemma plays herself as the daughter of the handsome Italian actor Giuliano Gemma, who became famous in spaghetti westerns. Vera lives off the family name, but at the same time, she perceives that everyone uses her because of it, so she seeks the meaning of life in helping those who would least expect it. An authentic, documentary-style film from melancholic Rome.

Sections: Stars

Country: Austria

Directed by: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel

Starring: Vera Gemma, Alessandra Di Sanzo, Walter Saabel

Language: Italian with English and Czech subtitles

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Zillion

2022 138 min.

Sharp businessman Frank Verstraeten had money and wanted to live disco. So he opened the biggest club in Antwerp, with an impressive program and the best sound in the city. Based on true events, the story shows that the 1990s were wild not only in the Czech Republic but also in Belgium.

Sections: Film & Music

Country: Belgium / Netherland

Directed by: Robin Pront

Starring: Charlotte Timmers, Matteo Simoni, Geert Van Rampelberg, Ward Kerremans, Barbara Sarafian, Jonas Vermeulen, Jennifer Heylen, Ella Leyers, Stilian Keli, Dirk Roofthooft, Poal Cairo

Language: Dutch with English and Czech subtitles

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