28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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Empty Location / And what about you, Mireček?
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Empty Location / And what about you, Mireček?
Empty Location / And what about you, Mireček?
Empty Location / And what about you, Mireček?

Empty Location / And what about you, Mireček?

director: Jan Rousek
original title: Prázdná místa / A co ty, Mirečku?
country: Czech Republic
year: 2022
running time: 11 min.

synopsis

How do locations of iconic scenes in Czechoslovak classic cinema look like today? This film makes use of soundtracks to transfer viewers into the classic works of cinema of the past millennium, while, by way of contrasting footage of today’s real look of the places, it builds a provocative bridge between the past decades and contemporary times.

“We only serve tap water with coffee.”

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Source: Film Inheritence / in Empty Location / And what about you, Mireček? (7:36 - 7:39)

biography

Jan Rousek (b. 1984) is a director, cameraman, film editor and curator. He has a degree in history from the South Bohemian University and in documentary filmmaking from FAMU. At the latter film academy, he is currently writing a PhD thesis on colonialism in Czechoslovak cinema. At the 2020 Ji.hlava IFDF, he curated the section Into History: Expedition of a Colony.

more about film

director: Jan Rousek
producer: Jiří Žák
script: Lea Petříková
Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Creative Europe Media
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms