Burian's Women's Day: Helena Třeštíková

director: Erika Hníková

original title: Burianův den žen s Helenou Třeštíkovou

year: 2008

running time: 26 min.

synopsis

Helena Třeštíková has been collecting material for her time-lapse films for many years. The documentary programme dedicated to her was filmed over two days. One of the most successful Czech filmmakers is confronted with the limits of her own creative method and the fate of a female intellectual as a public figure.

“Jan Burian blamed me for not intervening, but at the same time for helping Marcela, for example, to find a job. These are contradictory accusations.”

Source: Respekt

biography

Erika Hníková (1976) graduated from the Department of Documentary Filmmaking at FAMU. Her graduate film, The Beauty Exchange (2003), which reflected on the phenomenon of idealized female beauty, won the Audience Award at Ji.hlava IDFF where her films are regularly screened.

more about film

director:	Erika Hníková
producer:	Petr Morávek
photography:	Vít Klusák

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