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KAREL VACHEK: U.S. RETROSPECTIVES 2009

date:
05.06.2009

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Throughout 2009, there will be a series of U.S. retrospectives of the films of Karel Vachek, one of the most original Czech filmmakers and winner of the 1990 Berlinale Golden Camera. Karel Vachek: Poet Provocateur, the first complete retrospective ever screened in the United States is held from May 31 to June 28 at the Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA, with Karel Vachek attending the screenings and discussions on June 21 and June 24. Following the screenings at PFA, Vachek's films will be presented at other institutions and festivals over the months to come.

Karel Vachek: Poet Provocateur
May 31 - June 28
Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley, CA

Sunday, May 31, 2009
2:00 p.m. New Hyperion, or Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Karel Vachek (Czechoslovakia, 1992)

Sunday, June 7, 2009
2:00 p.m. Bohemia Docta or The Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
Karel Vachek (Czech Republic, 2000)

Sunday, June 14, 2009
2:00 p.m. Who Will Watch the Watchman? Dalibor, or The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Karel Vachek (Czech Republic, 2003)

Sunday, June 21, 2009
2:00 p.m. What Is to Be Done? (A Journey from Prague to Český Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government)
Karel Vachek (Czech Republic, 1996). Karel Vachek in person.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009
7:00 p.m. Elective Affinities
Karel Vachek (Czechoslavakia, 1968). Karel Vachek in person. With short Moravian Hellas.

Sunday, June 28, 2009
2:00 p.m. Záviš, the Prince of Pornofolk Under the Influence of Griffith’s Intolerance and Tati’s Mr. Hulot’s Holiday or The Rise and Fall of Czechoslovakia (1918–1992)
Karel Vachek (Czech Republic, 2006)

The Film Novels of Karel Vachek
June 6 - 27
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.

The Little Capitalist tetralogy will be screened at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. from June 6 to June 27, with Karel Vachek in person on June 27.

Saturday, June 6, 2009
1:30 p.m. New Hyperion, or Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Karel Vachek (Czechoslovakia, 1992)

Saturday, June 13, 2009
1:30 p.m. What Is to Be Done? (A Journey from Prague to Český Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government)
Karel Vachek (Czech Republic, 1996)

Saturday, June 20, 2009
1:30 p.m. Bohemia Docta or The Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
Karel Vachek (Czech Republic, 2000)

Saturday, June 27, 2009
1:30 p.m. Who Will Watch the Watchman? Dalibor, or The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Karel Vachek (Czech Republic, 2003). Karel Vachek in person.

Other events will follow!

The series is produced by Radim Prochazka Production with the support of the Czech Republic State Fund for Support and Development of Cinematography. The series is organized by Irena Kovarova and Alice Lovejoy.

More about Karel Vachek can be found at www.karelvachek.cz.

Contacts:

In the U.S.:
Mikulas Novotny, Escort to Mr. Karel Vachek during the tour
+420 777 910 290
mik.novotny@me.com

In the Czech Republic:
Radim Procházka, Producer
+420 603 862 161
radim@radimprochazka.com

date:
05.06.2009

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