28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Lecture: Early Czech Films and Problems of Transformation
director: Kamil Fila
original title: Přednáška: Jak ranné české filmy zobrazovaly problémy transformace
country: Czech Republic
year: 2019
running time: 100 min.
synopsis
Restitution and Prostitution Comedy of the 1990sThe 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
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