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Producer - Country
Czech Republic
Černá Kateřina
Katka
Helena Třeštíková's film is a remarkable documentary tracing fourteen years in the life of a young junkie and her futile battle with drug addiction. Why did she start taking drugs? She claims she wanted to be different. The year is 1996 and 19-year-old Katka lives in the Sananim therapy community in the town of Němčice with hope for a normal life – she dreams of having a boyfriend and even a family, some day. But there's no happy ending. The director records Katka's descent over the years into a spiral of theft, prostitution, physical and psychological deterioration – a spiral that is broken only by brief flashes of hope and resolutions to stop taking drugs. Katka's desire is sincere, but in the end drugs always win. Will Katka finally find the strength when she becomes pregnant and motherhood offers her life-sustaining motivation?
Troja - Changes in Time
A documentary exploring the history of Troja, a suburb on the outskirts of Prague.
On Grandma
A documentary film combining period material with interviews from a 92-year old lady and animated episodes capturing one person's life.
Marcela
The extraordinary life of an ordinary woman. The fifth part of a series entitled "Marriage Stories" featured Marcela, whose story started in 1980 at the Prague town hall. Still in black and white, the film follows events over a period of six years. In 1999 we re-enter her life, but shooting has to be interrupted after her daughter Ivana is hit by a train. Four months later, shooting resumes. The audience, moved by her difficult life, decided to help the despairing mother. The film captures the events of the past year.
Journey - Portrait of Vera Chytilova
A documentary about the current life and of Czech New Wave legend Věra Chytilová. Although the 74-year-old director is respected as a seminal director in the history of Czech film, she is yet to attain true happiness. At first glance her life seems perfect. She has been successful at everything she has touched: she made films and had the strength to stand up to the Communist malevolence. Many of her films are considered gems of world cinema and have taken corresponding awards. At one time she seemed content in her personal life as well: she married a fine man, a renowned director of photography, and they had two kids, a lovely house and garden, cats and a dog, everything to make a home. In spite of this, when she looks back, it's difficult for her to find meaning in her long and productive life...
René
This raw authentic documentary film tells the story of René whose life was being captured on camera since he was seventeen. The camera followed his hopeless journey between prison and brief periods outside the prison walls. In 2008 the film comes to an end, leaving the now 37-year-old René as a sick man who still gets in trouble with the law and who is also the author of two published books. René's story begins in prison under socialist posters, continues through the so-called Velvet Revolution of 1989 and gets a seemingly happy conclusion with the amnesty decree issued by President Václav Havel. Yet René soon heads back to prison and also celebrated our EU accession from behind the bars. During the years spent in prison - sentenced mainly for theft - René had his whole body covered in tattoos, escaped from prison only to be soon recaptured, burgled the director's home, was involved in a couple of romantic relationships, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis as well as a high IQ. René displays his outlook on life by flashing his "Fuck of People" tattoo on his neck.
Rises and Falls I, II
Documentary films on the life and work of the three important Czech photographers of the 20th century - Václav Chochola, Karel Ludwig a and Zdeněk Tmej.
The Day after a Long Night
Libuše Audrlická, a Czech, Barbara Müller, a Pole, and Inna Klimenko, an Ukrainian, were three women out of a total of 13 million people who were employed as forced labourers under the Third Reich during the Second World War. For the most part, the monotonous work in ammunition factories or in agriculture involved 12-hour shifts in difficult conditions. This was exacerbated by the awareness that their work helped support the hated Nazi regime. In his new film, director Tomáš Kudrna not only focuses on these women's recollections of their life as labourers for a totalitarian system, but also tries to ascertain how these experiences shaped their subsequent fates. While using a large quantity of unique archive material, family photographs and a disturbing musical score, he composes a vivid portrait of the turbulent destinies of three women whose lives were fundamentally affected by wartime events and forced labour in Nazi Germany.
Private Universe
Honza was born in 1974 into the cheerless era of socialism in Czechoslovakia. At that time, his parents Jana and Petr lived in one room in the apartment of Jana's divorced mother and her widowed grandmother. A few years later, the family moved from Prague to Liberec where Petr found a job and a little house for the family. When Honza was born, his father began writing a family chronicle and he has continued to do so for 37 years. Private Universe shows not only the life of one ordinary family but also how the Czech society has changed in the last four decades. Who are we, where do we come from and where do we go?
Helena Třeštíková's film is a remarkable documentary tracing fourteen years in the life of a young junkie and her futile battle with drug addiction. Why did she start taking drugs? She claims she wanted to be different. The year is 1996 and 19-year-old Katka lives in the Sananim therapy community in the town of Němčice with hope for a normal life – she dreams of having a boyfriend and even a family, some day. But there's no happy ending. The director records Katka's descent over the years into a spiral of theft, prostitution, physical and psychological deterioration – a spiral that is broken only by brief flashes of hope and resolutions to stop taking drugs. Katka's desire is sincere, but in the end drugs always win. Will Katka finally find the strength when she becomes pregnant and motherhood offers her life-sustaining motivation?
Troja - Changes in Time
A documentary exploring the history of Troja, a suburb on the outskirts of Prague.
On Grandma
A documentary film combining period material with interviews from a 92-year old lady and animated episodes capturing one person's life.
Marcela
The extraordinary life of an ordinary woman. The fifth part of a series entitled "Marriage Stories" featured Marcela, whose story started in 1980 at the Prague town hall. Still in black and white, the film follows events over a period of six years. In 1999 we re-enter her life, but shooting has to be interrupted after her daughter Ivana is hit by a train. Four months later, shooting resumes. The audience, moved by her difficult life, decided to help the despairing mother. The film captures the events of the past year.
Journey - Portrait of Vera Chytilova
A documentary about the current life and of Czech New Wave legend Věra Chytilová. Although the 74-year-old director is respected as a seminal director in the history of Czech film, she is yet to attain true happiness. At first glance her life seems perfect. She has been successful at everything she has touched: she made films and had the strength to stand up to the Communist malevolence. Many of her films are considered gems of world cinema and have taken corresponding awards. At one time she seemed content in her personal life as well: she married a fine man, a renowned director of photography, and they had two kids, a lovely house and garden, cats and a dog, everything to make a home. In spite of this, when she looks back, it's difficult for her to find meaning in her long and productive life...
René
This raw authentic documentary film tells the story of René whose life was being captured on camera since he was seventeen. The camera followed his hopeless journey between prison and brief periods outside the prison walls. In 2008 the film comes to an end, leaving the now 37-year-old René as a sick man who still gets in trouble with the law and who is also the author of two published books. René's story begins in prison under socialist posters, continues through the so-called Velvet Revolution of 1989 and gets a seemingly happy conclusion with the amnesty decree issued by President Václav Havel. Yet René soon heads back to prison and also celebrated our EU accession from behind the bars. During the years spent in prison - sentenced mainly for theft - René had his whole body covered in tattoos, escaped from prison only to be soon recaptured, burgled the director's home, was involved in a couple of romantic relationships, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis as well as a high IQ. René displays his outlook on life by flashing his "Fuck of People" tattoo on his neck.
Rises and Falls I, II
Documentary films on the life and work of the three important Czech photographers of the 20th century - Václav Chochola, Karel Ludwig a and Zdeněk Tmej.
The Day after a Long Night
Libuše Audrlická, a Czech, Barbara Müller, a Pole, and Inna Klimenko, an Ukrainian, were three women out of a total of 13 million people who were employed as forced labourers under the Third Reich during the Second World War. For the most part, the monotonous work in ammunition factories or in agriculture involved 12-hour shifts in difficult conditions. This was exacerbated by the awareness that their work helped support the hated Nazi regime. In his new film, director Tomáš Kudrna not only focuses on these women's recollections of their life as labourers for a totalitarian system, but also tries to ascertain how these experiences shaped their subsequent fates. While using a large quantity of unique archive material, family photographs and a disturbing musical score, he composes a vivid portrait of the turbulent destinies of three women whose lives were fundamentally affected by wartime events and forced labour in Nazi Germany.
Private Universe
Honza was born in 1974 into the cheerless era of socialism in Czechoslovakia. At that time, his parents Jana and Petr lived in one room in the apartment of Jana's divorced mother and her widowed grandmother. A few years later, the family moved from Prague to Liberec where Petr found a job and a little house for the family. When Honza was born, his father began writing a family chronicle and he has continued to do so for 37 years. Private Universe shows not only the life of one ordinary family but also how the Czech society has changed in the last four decades. Who are we, where do we come from and where do we go?
Projects in production: Katka (dir. Helena Třeštíková, 2009), Alois Nebel (Tomáš Luňák, 2011),
Full-length Feature Films: Ženy mého muže [Women of my Husband] (dir. Ivan Vojnár, 2009), Zoufalci [Despairers] (dir.Jitka Rudolfová, 2009), Protektor (dir. Marek Najbrt, 2009), Děti noci [Children of the Night] (dir. Michaela Pavlátová, 2008), Venkovský učitel [The CountryTeacher] (dir. Bohdan Sláma, 2008), Hezké chvilky bez záruky [Happy Moments with No Guarantee] (dir. Věra Chytilová, 2006), Štěstí [Happiness] (dir. Bohdan Sláma, 2005), Příběhy obyčejného šílenství [Tales of Ordinary Lunacy] (dir. Petr Zelenka, 2005), Mistři [Champions] (dir. Marek Najbrt, 2004), Nevěrné hry [Unfaithful Games] (dir. Michaela Pavlátová, 2003), Národ sobě [The Nation for Itself] (dir. Jan Gogola junior, 2003), Rok ďábla [Year of the Devil] (dir. Petr Zelenka, 2002), Láska shora [Love from Above] (dir. Petr Marek, 2002), Návrat idiota [The Return of the Idiot] (dir. Saša Gedeon, 1999), Šeptej [Whisper] (dir. David Ondříček,1996), Indiánské léto [Indian Summer] (dir. Saša Gedeon, 1995).
Documentary Films:Vítejte v KLDR! {Welcome to North Korea] (dir. Linda Jablonská, 2009), Ivetka, Hora, Atd. [Ivetka, Mountains, And so on] (dir. Vít Janeček, 2008), Jak se vařily dějiny [How History was Cooked] (dir. Peter Kerekes, 2009), René (dir. Helena Třeštíková, 2008), Občan Havel [Citizen Havel] (dir. Pavel Koutecký, Miroslav Janek, 2008), Marcela (dir. Helena Třeštíková, 2007), Kupředu levá, kupředu pravá [Left Ahead, Right Ahead] (dir. Linda Jablonská, 2006), Cesta [The Journey] (dir. Jasmina Blaževič, 2005), Night Talks (dir. Margareta Hruza, 2004), Dalibor (dir. Karel Vachek, 2002), Praha mizerná [Wretched Prague] - a cycle of documentary films, 1998-9 Animated Films:Karneval zvířat [Carnival of the Animals] (dir.Michaela Pavlátová, 2006);
Katka - director: Helena Třeštíková, 2009Alois Nebel - director: Tomáš Luňák, 2008Full-length Feature FilmsŽeny mého muže [Women of my Husband] - director: Ivan Vojnár, 2009Zoufalci [Despairers] - director: Jitka Rudolfová, 2009Protektor - director: Marek Najbrt, 2009Děti noci [Children of the Night] - director: Michaela Pavlátová, 2008Venkovský učitel [The CountryTeacher] - director: Bohdan Sláma, 2008Hezké chvilky bez záruky [Happy Moments with No Guarantee] - director: Věra Chytilová, 2006Štěstí [Happiness] - director: Bohdan Sláma, 2005Příběhy obyčejného šílenství [Tales of Ordinary Lunacy] - director: Petr Zelenka, 2005Mistři [Champions] - director: Marek Najbrt, 2004Nevěrné hry [Unfaithful Games] - director: Michaela Pavlátová, 2003Národ sobě [The Nation for Itself] - director: Jan Gogola junior 2003Rok ďábla [Year of the Devil] - director: Petr Zelenka, 2002 Láska shora [Love from Above] - director: Petr Marek, 2002 Návrat idiota [The Return of the Idiot] - director: Saša Gedeon, 1999 Šeptej [Whisper] - director: David Ondříček, 1996Indiánské léto [Indian Summer] - director: Saša Gedeon, 1995Documentary Films:Vítejte v KLDR! {Welcome to North Korea] - director: Linda Jablonská, 2009Ivetka, Hora, Atd. [Ivetka, Mountains, And so on] - director: Vít Janeček, 2008Jak se vařily dějiny [How History was Cooked] - director: Peter Kerekes, 2009René - director: Helena Třeštíková, 2008Občan Havel [Citizen Havel] - director: Pavel Koutecký, Miroslav Janek, 2008Marcela - director: Helena Třeštíková, 2007Kupředu levá, kupředu pravá [Left Ahead, Right Ahead] - director: Linda Jablonská, 2006Cesta [The Journey] - director: Jasmina Blaževič, 2005Night Talks - director: Margareta Hruza, 2004Dalibor - director: Karel Vachek, 2002Praha mizerná [Wretched Prague] - a cycle of documentary films, 1998-9Animated Films:Karneval zvířat [Carnival of the Animals] - director: Michaela Pavlátová, 2006
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Ostrovní 30
110 00 Prague 1
Ostrovní 30
110 00 Prague 1
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