Saturday 14. 9. 2024
Saturday’s theme focuses on Roma filmmakers. The Industry section of the program will be dedicated to them, and all films screened on Saturday will be by Roma creators.
Saturday 14. 9. 2024
LECTURE
The Image of Roma in Czech Cinema after 1990
Industry program
We have already passed the point where the best Roma in film could only be Labuda or Polívka, but one Godla doesn't make a spring. How many Czech feature films about Roma actually exist, and what do they tell us? How often does racism manifest, both from bad and good intentions, or from a lack of thought? From Naked Sales to Smrady, Roming, Bastards, and Most! with detours to Cesta ven (The Way Out) or Zpráva o putování studentů Petra Jakuba (Report on the Journey of Students of Petr Jakub). The white savior syndrome, comical tokens, relics of the past regime, and Lakatoš from Obecná škola (The Elementary School), who will be a Slav "next time."
Lecturer
Kamil Fila – Film critic and theorist
foto: MFF Karlovy Vary
CASE STUDY
The Image of Roma in Czech Cinema after 1990
Industry program
Meet the emerging generation of Roma filmmakers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Four study cases, four creators, three documentary and one feature film project. A wide range of approaches and topics through which Roma filmmakers reflect — not only Roma — society and contemporary cinema.
Director Vera Lacková will be introduced by Alica Sigmund Heráková. The discussion will focus on her third documentary project titled Čaruj (Spell). The plot of the documentary is a search for a real witch who might help lift an ancient curse.
Slovak director and visual artist
Denis Kozerawski will present a cross-section of his work, which includes projects utilizing film, animation, and serious games to engage with societal consciousness.
Documentary filmmaker Viola Tokárová will present her freshly completed documentary about boys living in Srebrenica, the site of the massacre that occurred in 1995 during the Bosnian War.
Screenwriter Robert Poupátko and producer Jiří Sádek will present the feature horror film Mulo, currently in development. The project has received support from the Czech Film Fund and draws on Roma mythology.
SCREENING
Institutional Support for Roma Filmmakers in the Czech Republic
Industry program
How can Czech film institutions respond to the growing interest of Roma filmmakers? And how can filmmakers themselves engage with these institutions? A discussion featuring representatives of the major players in the Czech film market, with an opportunity to initiate dialogue at the structural level.
Guests:
Kamila Zlatušková – Director of the Television Institute and Serial Killer Festival
Marta Švecová – Chairwoman of the Czech Film Fund Council
Jiří Sádek – producer and director
Moderator: Alica Sigmund Heráková
SCREENING
Chavo
Directed by: Alecio Araci
Sweden, 2023, Drama, 15 minutes
Tommy is a Roma man whose view of the world shattered after his son’s suicide. A year later, a young man named Antonio appears in Tommy’s restaurant and stays until closing time. A bond begins to form between the grieving father and the young outcast, with the sense that they have more in common than Tommy initially realized.
This short film is created by Roma queer director Alecio Araci and won the Best Short Film award at the Ake Dikhea? Film Festival in Berlin 2023.
SCREENING
Chavo
Directed by: Alecio Araci
Sweden, 2023, Drama, 15 minutes
Tommy is a Roma man whose view of the world shattered after his son’s suicide. A year later, a young man named Antonio appears in Tommy’s restaurant and stays until closing time. A bond begins to form between the grieving father and the young outcast, with the sense that they have more in common than Tommy initially realized.
This short film is created by Roma queer director Alecio Araci and won the Best Short Film award at the Ake Dikhea? Film Festival in Berlin 2023.
SCREENING
Chavo
Directed by: Alecio Araci
Sweden, 2023, Drama, 15 minutes
Tommy is a Roma man whose view of the world shattered after his son’s suicide. A year later, a young man named Antonio appears in Tommy’s restaurant and stays until closing time. A bond begins to form between the grieving father and the young outcast, with the sense that they have more in common than Tommy initially realized.
This short film is created by Roma queer director Alecio Araci and won the Best Short Film award at the Ake Dikhea? Film Festival in Berlin 2023.
SCREENING
Chavo
Directed by: Alecio Araci
Sweden, 2023, Drama, 15 minutes
Tommy is a Roma man whose view of the world shattered after his son’s suicide. A year later, a young man named Antonio appears in Tommy’s restaurant and stays until closing time. A bond begins to form between the grieving father and the young outcast, with the sense that they have more in common than Tommy initially realized.
This short film is created by Roma queer director Alecio Araci and won the Best Short Film award at the Ake Dikhea? Film Festival in Berlin 2023.
Saturday 14. 9. 2024
LECTURE
The Image of Roma in Czech Cinema after 1990
Industry program
We have already passed the point where the best Roma in film could only be Labuda or Polívka, but one Godla doesn't make a spring. How many Czech feature films about Roma actually exist, and what do they tell us? How often does racism manifest, both from bad and good intentions, or from a lack of thought? From Naked Sales to Smrady, Roming, Bastards, and Most! with detours to Cesta ven (The Way Out) or Zpráva o putování studentů Petra Jakuba (Report on the Journey of Students of Petr Jakub). The white savior syndrome, comical tokens, relics of the past regime, and Lakatoš from Obecná škola (The Elementary School), who will be a Slav "next time."
Lecturer
Kamil Fila – Film critic and theorist
foto: MFF Karlovy Vary
CASE STUDY
The Image of Roma in Czech Cinema after 1990
Industry program
Meet the emerging generation of Roma filmmakers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Four study cases, four creators, three documentary and one feature film project. A wide range of approaches and topics through which Roma filmmakers reflect — not only Roma — society and contemporary cinema.
Director Vera Lacková will be introduced by Alica Sigmund Heráková. The discussion will focus on her third documentary project titled Čaruj (Spell). The plot of the documentary is a search for a real witch who might help lift an ancient curse.
Slovak director and visual artist
Denis Kozerawski will present a cross-section of his work, which includes projects utilizing film, animation, and serious games to engage with societal consciousness.
Documentary filmmaker Viola Tokárová will present her freshly completed documentary about boys living in Srebrenica, the site of the massacre that occurred in 1995 during the Bosnian War.
Screenwriter Robert Poupátko and producer Jiří Sádek will present the feature horror film Mulo, currently in development. The project has received support from the Czech Film Fund and draws on Roma mythology.
Saturday 14. 9. 2024
LECTURE
The Image of Roma in Czech Cinema after 1990
Industry program
We have already passed the point where the best Roma in film could only be Labuda or Polívka, but one Godla doesn't make a spring. How many Czech feature films about Roma actually exist, and what do they tell us? How often does racism manifest, both from bad and good intentions, or from a lack of thought? From Naked Sales to Smrady, Roming, Bastards, and Most! with detours to Cesta ven (The Way Out) or Zpráva o putování studentů Petra Jakuba (Report on the Journey of Students of Petr Jakub). The white savior syndrome, comical tokens, relics of the past regime, and Lakatoš from Obecná škola (The Elementary School), who will be a Slav "next time."
Lecturer
Kamil Fila – Film critic and theorist
foto: MFF Karlovy Vary
CASE STUDY
The Image of Roma in Czech Cinema after 1990
Industry program
Meet the emerging generation of Roma filmmakers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Four study cases, four creators, three documentary and one feature film project. A wide range of approaches and topics through which Roma filmmakers reflect — not only Roma — society and contemporary cinema.
Director Vera Lacková will be introduced by Alica Sigmund Heráková. The discussion will focus on her third documentary project titled Čaruj (Spell). The plot of the documentary is a search for a real witch who might help lift an ancient curse.
Slovak director and visual artist
Denis Kozerawski will present a cross-section of his work, which includes projects utilizing film, animation, and serious games to engage with societal consciousness.
Documentary filmmaker Viola Tokárová will present her freshly completed documentary about boys living in Srebrenica, the site of the massacre that occurred in 1995 during the Bosnian War.
Screenwriter Robert Poupátko and producer Jiří Sádek will present the feature horror film Mulo, currently in development. The project has received support from the Czech Film Fund and draws on Roma mythology.
LECTURE
The Image of Roma in Czech Cinema after 1990
Industry program
We have already passed the point where the best Roma in film could only be Labuda or Polívka, but one Godla doesn't make a spring. How many Czech feature films about Roma actually exist, and what do they tell us? How often does racism manifest, both from bad and good intentions, or from a lack of thought? From Naked Sales to Smrady, Roming, Bastards, and Most! with detours to Cesta ven (The Way Out) or Zpráva o putování studentů Petra Jakuba (Report on the Journey of Students of Petr Jakub). The white savior syndrome, comical tokens, relics of the past regime, and Lakatoš from Obecná škola (The Elementary School), who will be a Slav "next time."
Lecturer
Kamil Fila – Film critic and theorist
foto: MFF Karlovy Vary
CASE STUDY
The Image of Roma in Czech Cinema after 1990
Industry program
Meet the emerging generation of Roma filmmakers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Four study cases, four creators, three documentary and one feature film project. A wide range of approaches and topics through which Roma filmmakers reflect — not only Roma — society and contemporary cinema.
Director Vera Lacková will be introduced by Alica Sigmund Heráková. The discussion will focus on her third documentary project titled Čaruj (Spell). The plot of the documentary is a search for a real witch who might help lift an ancient curse.
Slovak director and visual artist
Denis Kozerawski will present a cross-section of his work, which includes projects utilizing film, animation, and serious games to engage with societal consciousness.
Documentary filmmaker Viola Tokárová will present her freshly completed documentary about boys living in Srebrenica, the site of the massacre that occurred in 1995 during the Bosnian War.
Screenwriter Robert Poupátko and producer Jiří Sádek will present the feature horror film Mulo, currently in development. The project has received support from the Czech Film Fund and draws on Roma mythology.
LECTURE
The Image of Roma in Czech Cinema after 1990
Industry program
We have already passed the point where the best Roma in film could only be Labuda or Polívka, but one Godla doesn't make a spring. How many Czech feature films about Roma actually exist, and what do they tell us? How often does racism manifest, both from bad and good intentions, or from a lack of thought? From Naked Sales to Smrady, Roming, Bastards, and Most! with detours to Cesta ven (The Way Out) or Zpráva o putování studentů Petra Jakuba (Report on the Journey of Students of Petr Jakub). The white savior syndrome, comical tokens, relics of the past regime, and Lakatoš from Obecná škola (The Elementary School), who will be a Slav "next time."
Lecturer
Kamil Fila – Film critic and theorist
foto: MFF Karlovy Vary
CASE STUDY
The Image of Roma in Czech Cinema after 1990
Industry program
Meet the emerging generation of Roma filmmakers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Four study cases, four creators, three documentary and one feature film project. A wide range of approaches and topics through which Roma filmmakers reflect — not only Roma — society and contemporary cinema.
Director Vera Lacková will be introduced by Alica Sigmund Heráková. The discussion will focus on her third documentary project titled Čaruj (Spell). The plot of the documentary is a search for a real witch who might help lift an ancient curse.
Slovak director and visual artist
Denis Kozerawski will present a cross-section of his work, which includes projects utilizing film, animation, and serious games to engage with societal consciousness.
Documentary filmmaker Viola Tokárová will present her freshly completed documentary about boys living in Srebrenica, the site of the massacre that occurred in 1995 during the Bosnian War.
Screenwriter Robert Poupátko and producer Jiří Sádek will present the feature horror film Mulo, currently in development. The project has received support from the Czech Film Fund and draws on Roma mythology.
Saturday 14. 9. 2024
LECTURE
The Image of Roma in Czech Cinema after 1990
Industry program
We have already passed the point where the best Roma in film could only be Labuda or Polívka, but one Godla doesn't make a spring. How many Czech feature films about Roma actually exist, and what do they tell us? How often does racism manifest, both from bad and good intentions, or from a lack of thought? From Naked Sales to Smrady, Roming, Bastards, and Most! with detours to Cesta ven (The Way Out) or Zpráva o putování studentů Petra Jakuba (Report on the Journey of Students of Petr Jakub). The white savior syndrome, comical tokens, relics of the past regime, and Lakatoš from Obecná škola (The Elementary School), who will be a Slav "next time."
Lecturer
Kamil Fila – Film critic and theorist
foto: MFF Karlovy Vary
Saturday 14. 9. 2024
LECTURE
The Image of Roma in Czech Cinema after 1990
Industry program
We have already passed the point where the best Roma in film could only be Labuda or Polívka, but one Godla doesn't make a spring. How many Czech feature films about Roma actually exist, and what do they tell us? How often does racism manifest, both from bad and good intentions, or from a lack of thought? From Naked Sales to Smrady, Roming, Bastards, and Most! with detours to Cesta ven (The Way Out) or Zpráva o putování studentů Petra Jakuba (Report on the Journey of Students of Petr Jakub). The white savior syndrome, comical tokens, relics of the past regime, and Lakatoš from Obecná škola (The Elementary School), who will be a Slav "next time."
Lecturer
Kamil Fila – Film critic and theorist
foto: MFF Karlovy Vary