29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Of Special Merit
Of Special Merit
Of Special Merit
Of Special Merit
Of Special Merit

Of Special Merit

Hellmuth Costard / German Democratic Republic / 1968 / Czech Premiere / 11 min.


synopsis

A radical political gesture criticizing the new law on film funding in Germany, which included a clause on "immorality" that shook the film community into a sharp debate about whether or not to adopt the film at the Oberhausen festival. The initiator of the law is represented by a talking penis and manifestations of political propagation or servility towards power are made ironic through masturbation between the projected images.

biography

German artist Hellmuth Costard (1940-2000) began making films in the mid-sixties while studying psychology. He soon became a rebel who shocked with his pornographic-like works. His camera experiments for a super 8mm film culminated in the film Football As Never Before (1971). 

more about film

director: Hellmuth Costard

contact

DEUTSCHE KINEMATHEK - MUSEUM FÜR FILM UND FERNSEHEN
Diana Kluge
Potsdamer Str. 2
10785 / Berlin / Germany
+49 30 300903 32 / disposition@deutsche-kinemathek.de
www.deutsche-kinemathek.de

Film at festival

premiere type:Czech Premiere
festival edition:2019
section:Fascinations: Eroticism
format:Blu-ray
language:German
subtitles:English
colour:Colour

Info

director:Hellmuth Costard
original title:Besonders Wertvoll
country:German Democratic Republic
year:1968
running time:11 min.

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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