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Miloš Zeman – Politician’s Obituary and a Celebration of the Vysočina Hills

Miloš Zeman – Politician’s Obituary and a Celebration of the Vysočina Hills
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Prayer

Prayer
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This is the last five years in the lives of an elderly couple who, living in the country, keep fighting for their daily bread...

Returning to Gobustan

Returning to Gobustan
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Gobustan is one of the cradles of mankind. Petroglyphs of Gobustan are approximately 20,000 years old. All epochs have left their marks on these stones, from sacral signs of prehistoric tribes to inscriptions of Roman legionaries and people of the Soviet period. Tarlan has grown up among these stones, he has known them since his childhood. Tarlan will guide us around all ritual caves of Gobustan, showing us wonderful rock carvings, ruins of Sun Temple, sacred stones and other things that one can come across only in Gobustan.

Lucie Is Already in Bed

Lucie Is Already in Bed
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A documentary portraying a young woman trying to find and define issues concerning her unstable marriage. Using an expressive style, the film explores extremely intimate areas of married life. Although the issues concern a specific case, the protagonist manages to relate them to aspects found in most marriages, revealing the faults of generally accepted relationship models that lack in mutual respect and tolerance. Lucie's journey through life moved from her career as a model through documentary filmmaking studies and unfinished medical studies to life as a religious person and second-time mother.

I Guess We Will Meet at the Eurocamp

I Guess We Will Meet at the Eurocamp
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A documentary about a village with no traditional Czech pub on the square, but a Eurocamp on the periphery instead. A film about opportunities and about the ironic reality of a Czech village in the European Union. What is there to unite the inhabitants of the village of Běšiny? The present time confuses them, their traditions are nearly extinct and new opportunities are as nebulous as the past. The European reality of this Czech village is bound by the uniformity of the past and the tension of interpersonal relations. Three "uniformed" associations still operate in the village - a voluntary fire brigade, a hunting group and the Sokol organisation. Their only common meeting point is the derelict pub Zenit on the square, reminiscent of a time when they all co-existed and sorted things out face to face. Can a deserted gym or a strange Eurocamp built on the edge of the village with EU money replace the pub as the meeting point?

To Meet the Film

To Meet the Film
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A documentary film about the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, co-directed by the citizens of Jihlava - jury members of the Czech Joy competition 2000 - 2006 and five Czech directors. Creative meetings of the Jihlava grammar school teacher Zdeněk Krásenský with Jiří Krejčík, dispatcher of the Jihlava train station Miroslav Kalina with Martin Mareček, dentist Milan Hanusek with Kristina Vlachová, businessman Vít Sedláček with Karel Vacek and book publisher Veronika Reynková with Jan Šikl.

Tadpole, the Rabbit and the Holy Spirit

Tadpole, the Rabbit and the Holy Spirit
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For four years, the orthodox priest, Libor Halík, has been singing psalms outside the maternity hospital in Brno. This is his everyday protest against abortions. The documentary features a man who is convinced that Czech people prefer laziness to hard-working Christian love, that abortion is murder, homosexuality is perversion, and atheism is a deadly sin. His prayer-protesting outside the "abortion factory" is met with opposition, but he goes on, holding the cross and saying: You can never be a prophet in your own house and land.

Romale

Romale
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Rudnany Roma settlement is segregated on an extremely dangerous mining site, which is contaminated by the toxic element mercury. The filmmaker follows several characters from the East Slovakian settlement as they attempt to fulfill their dreams and leave the community's cycle of poverty, imprisonment and death. However, throughout the course of the film, the chaotic and tragic life circumstances of the Roma community overwhelm even the characters' most modest dreams. Made over 5 years, Romale is a cutting edge document of individual dreams verses realities, and at the same time a poetic shout for equality for the Roma People.

Revolution that Wasn't

Revolution that Wasn't
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The Russian opposition, fragmented by different extreme ideas, was faced with a dilemma before the 2008 presidential elections: whether to remain in history, or to get lost in it. This film is a story told from inside the Russian oppositon. This is also the story of a Russian revolutionary, who shot into the political fight, grabbed the leadership role while the real party leader was in prison, and had his moment of glory; later to lose his comrades' trust and be degraded down to a mere party member. He withdraws to a monastery.

Summer Frost

Summer Frost
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The three siblings Renate, Ferdinand and Peter were brought up on a small mountain farm in the Austrian alps. Renate and Ferdinand still live on the farm. Peter, the older one of the two brothers, has moved out and lives in the nearby valley. Out of the three siblings, he is the only one who has already found a partner. Nevertheless, giving up the farm is out of the question for the other two. "Summer Frost" is a personal film about three young adults who won't be able to live their lives the way their parents have lived theirs.

 

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