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Event: Pavel Koutecký’s Retrospective

In the week from June 11 to 17, you can stream films by Czech director Pavel Koutecký (1956-2006) and award-winning films by Pavel Koutecký Award; FOR FREE...


In the week from June 11 to 17, you can stream films by Czech director Pavel Koutecký (1956-2006) and award-winning films by Pavel Koutecký Award; FOR FREE (the film Country of dreams is charged for fee).

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It's Spring in Prague Every Year/It's the Prague Spring Every Year, Opus No. 1

Každý rok je v Praze jaro, každý rok je Pražské jaro. Opus I (Orig.) / 2005 / Czech Republic / 58 min

Two clarinet players, one Czech and one Israeli, first sing to one another over the phone and then send each other emails with photographs of their concert gowns...

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Written for Prague Spring. Opus 3

Psáno pro pražské jaro. Opus 3 (Orig.) / 2007 / Czech Republic / 58 min

Opus Three - The final part of Pavel Koutecký's trilogy of Prague Spring is made up of two compositions specially created for the festival.

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The Years After, 1989-1994

Po letech 1989-1994 (Orig.) / 1994 / Czech Republic / 70 min

Another in the series of films in which the director interviews several people who were involved in the social developments after 1989.

How have they changed? What have they changed? Jan Ruml, Michael Kocáb, Marta Kubišová andMartin Mejstřík during the five years after 1989.

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The End of Czechoslovakia in Parliament

Zánik Československa v parlamentu (Orig.) / 1993 / Czech Republic / 75 min

This film captures the events which took place in the early 1990's in the famous building between the museum and theatre. The film gradates with each parliament session until the funeral feast for the federation at the end.

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Sweat and Tears - The Making of The Prague Spring.Opus No.2

Pot a slzy Pražského jara. Opus 2 (Orig.) / 2006 / Czech Republic / 58 min

The documentary Pot a slzy Pražského jara (The Sweat and Tears of the Prague Spring Festival), subtitled Opus 2, is the last completed film by the late director Pavel Koutecký. It captures two contrasting worlds: the story of young musicians starting out is intertwined with portraits of world-renowned masters.

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Oh, What a Struggle It Was!

Oj, to byl boj! (Orig.) / 1992 / Czech Republic / 7 min

In this playful experimental film, documentary maker and animator Pavel Koutecký captures Prague during campaigning for the first free elections in 1990.

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Citizen Havel

Občan Havel (Orig.) / 2007 / Czech Republic / 120 min

Begun in 1992 and stemming from a chain of historical events all wedded to the person of Václav Havel, director Pavel Koutecký set out to render a portrait of the first president of Czech Republic.

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Amici - Dancing With Friends

Amici, tanec s přáteli (Orig.) / 1993 / Czech Republic / 30 min

Amici is a London dance group formed from the mentally and physically handicapped as well as so- called "normal" people. Each member of the group lives his or er own life, they meet once a week, in order to enrich the lives of the others, so that they come to know one another and experience joy from common creative activities.

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American In Prague Or Partnership For Jazz

Kde byl Bill aneb partnerství pro jazz (Orig.) / 1994 / Czech Republic / 28 min

The jazz evening took place in the Reduta club in Prague on the 10th of Januay 1994 during which American President Bill Clinton performed on the saxophone with top Czechoslovak jazz musicians.

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The Sportsman

O sportovci (Orig.) / 1994 / Czech Republic / 11 min

Approximately 250 photographs by Roman Sejkot of a mentally handicapped swimmer which are wonderfully animated by the film's director...

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Four Velvet Men Then and Now (1/4) - Michael Kocab

Evoluce 4 z revoluce (1/4) - Michael Kocáb (Orig.) / 2010 / Czech Republic / 57 min

Portraits of 4 personalities of the Velvet Revolution captured within the span of twenty years...

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Four Velvet Men Then and Now (2/4) - Martin Mejstrik

Evoluce 4 z revoluce (2/4) - Martin Mejstřík (Orig.) / 2010 / Czech Republic / 57 min

Portraits of 4 personalities of the Velvet Revolution captured within the span of twenty years...

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Four Velvet Men Then and Now (3/4) - Jan Ruml

Evoluce 4 z revoluce (3/4) - Jan Ruml (Orig.) / 2010 / Czech Republic / 57 min

Portraits of 4 personalities of the Velvet Revolution captured within the span of twenty years...

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Four Velvet Men Then and Now (4/4) - Krystof Rimsky

Evoluce 4 z revoluce (4/4) - Kryštof Rímský (Orig.) / 2010 / Czech Republic / 57 min

Portraits of 4 personalities of the Velvet Revolution captured within the span of twenty years...

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Country of Dreams

Země snů (Orig.) / 2009 / Czech Republic / 57 min

The Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic is now in a very difficult situation.The majority of economic immigrants come to the Czech Republic already with huge debts.

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A Low-level Flight

Nízký let (Orig.) / Czech Republic / 52 min

A low-level flight is a story from 1960's and 70's of relationship of Káťa and Franta who was an ace fighter pilot in the Czechoslovak army.

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The Tadpole, the Rabbit and the Holy Ghost

Pulec, králík a duch svatý (Orig.) / 2007 / Czech Republic / 26 min

For four years, the orthodox priest Libor Halík has been singing psalms aloud outside the maternity hospital in Brno. This is his everyday protest against abortions. Watch for free!

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The Unwelcome

Nevítaní (Orig.) / 2009 / Czech Republic / 94 min

A documentary myth. Five stories about a journey from the Underworld...

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Earthlings, Who Are You Voting for?

Pozemšťané, koho budete volit? (Orig.) / 2010 / Czech Republic / 40 min

The film shows that even mentally handicapped people can get their bearings in public spaces and have a political opinion. The crew followed a phenomenon which affects all of us; elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic.

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News

DOC ALLIANCE SELECTION OF THE MOST INTERESTING FILMS

DOC ALLIANCE SELECTION OF THE MOST INTERESTING FILMS

We have prepared a retrospective of the films nominated for the Doc Alliance Selection Award (a distinctive choice of films from all DAFilms partner festivals).

You can stream 4 of them to May 26 FOR FREE: The Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi and 27 Years without Images – director Eric Baudelaire reveals one of the best kept secrets of Japanese cinematography and society associated with the Japanese red army. The story of a forgotten visionary, a maverick, a wanderer: One Billion Happy People. Or a filmic search for the worldwide phenomenon of the micronation movement Empire Me - New Worlds Are Happening. Work Hard, Play Hard (free stream from May 21) about a world in which people are completely committed to making their job their purpose in life.

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- 20.5.2013 -

Canada through poetic and experimental lens

Canada through poetic and experimental lens

We offer a selection of the most interesting Canadian documentaries from the database of the National Film Board. Until the end of the week, you have the opportunity to watch poetic, experimental and animated documentary films made in Canada. We will introduce, for instance, works by the noteworthy avant-garde author of film collages, Arthur Lipsett, and films such as Pour la suite du monde, Le règne du jour, Les voitures d'eau by the Canadian documentarist Pierre Perrault.

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- 13.5.2013 -

COOKING HISTORY

COOKING HISTORY

A documentary film about army cooks and how the everyday needs of thousands of armed stomachs affect the victories and defeats of statesmen. About the field kitchen as a model of a world where food preparation becomes a fight strategy; a fight for great ideals standing on strong legs of the kitchen table. The film is based on eleven recipes of the cooks since the Second World War till the war in Tchechenia; from France through the Balkans to Russia.

FOR FREE STREAM TO MAY 12.

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- 6.5.2013 -

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