28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
War memorial
director: Martin Ježek
original title: Mohyla války
country: Czech Republic
year: 2019
running time: 35 min.
synopsis
The film essay brings the audience right into the heart of a historical battle re-enactment. The hundreds of soldiers fighting in historical costumes imitate organized violence; the film oscillates between a game, a theatre play, a Spartakiad and Land art. The multiplied projections evoke war turmoil, further enhanced by quotes from Karel Čapek’s anti-war drama The Mother.biography
Martin Ježek (1976) is one of the most distinctive representatives of Czech experimental film. He has graduated from production and film editing at FAMU. Since 1999, when the FOMA company started producing 8mm films again, he has been creating short structural films as well.more about film
director: | Martin Ježek |
producer: | Martin Ježek |
photography: | Adrian Hoc, Lenka Kerdová |