29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Lecture: Early Czech Films and Problems of Transformation

Lecture: Early Czech Films and Problems of Transformation

Kamil Fila / Czech Republic / 2019 / World Premiere / 100 min.


synopsis

Restitution and Prostitution Comedy of the 1990s

The post-Velvet Revolution era in Czechoslovakia brought along a huge transformation of the society. Millions of citizens started their own businesses and tens of thousands received previously nationalized estates. Czech film, impacted by privatization of Prague’s Barrandov Studios and an advent of independent producers, was continuously mirroring this situation.A lecture by Kamil Fila full of video fragments from films like e.g. The Sun, Hay and Erotica, Playgirls, Even Greater Dumbass Than We Hoped For and many others. Length: 100 minutes

biography

Kamil Fila is film journalist and critic. He graduated in Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture Theory at Masaryk University in Brno. His experience as editor includes internships in Cinepur bimonthly, Aktuálně.cz online daily and Respekt weekly.

more about film

director: Kamil Fila

contact

KAMIL FILA
http://www.jestevetsikritik.cz/

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2019
section:Studio 89
language:Czech

Info

director:Kamil Fila
original title:Přednáška: Jak ranné české filmy zobrazovaly problémy transformace
country:Czech Republic
year:2019
running time:100 min.

Section


Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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