Lecture and Debate Recordings
from 2024
Take a look at selected lectures and debates that were part of the Tu+kino Roma Film Festival 2024.
LECTURE
The Image of Roma in Czech Cinema After 1990
Industry program
We are beyond the time when the best Roma character in film could only be played by Labuda or Polívka, but one Godla doesn’t make spring. How many Czech feature films about Roma actually exist, and what do they convey? How often does racism manifest, whether with good or bad intentions, or due to lack of thought? From Naked for Sale, Smelly People, and Roming to Bastards and The Bridge!, with detours to The Way Out and Report on the Journey of Students by Petr Jakub. Discussing the white savior syndrome, comedic tokens, relics from 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
PANEL DISCUSSION
Roma Actors in Mainstream Productions
Industry program
What challenges do Roma actors and actresses face in mainstream productions? Tradition vs. the present in the profession of actors and actresses with Roma ethnicity. Young artists from the film industry shared their needs and examples of good practices at the Tu+kino Roma Film Festival.
Guests:
Pavlína Matiová
Martina Znamenáčková
Michael Žolták
Moderator: Ivona Shafaq
PANEL DISCUSSION
Institutional Support for Roma Creators in the Czech Republic
Industry program
How can Czech film institutions respond to the growing interest of Roma creators? And how can these institutions be approached by the creators themselves? A discussion with representatives from key players in the Czech film market and a space for initiating dialogue at a structural level.
Guests:
Kamila Zlatušková – Director of the Television Institute and the Serial Killer Festival
Marta Švecová – Chairwoman of the State Cinematography Fund Council
Jiří Sádek – Director and Producer
Moderator: Alica Sigmund Heráková – Producer