28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Velvet FAMU
director: Jan Rousek, Lea Petříková
original title: Sametová FAMU
country: Czech Republic
year: 2019
running time: 52 min.
synopsis
The film shows the activity of students of the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) during the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Through the confrontation of archives, memories of former students – now figures of the cultural scene – and the input of current students, it examines the most important political initiative of the film school students in the late 1980s.biography
Lea Petříková (1992) and Jan Rousek (1984) are postgraduate students at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Lea Petříková focuses on visual art and theoretical research, and she is working on an experimental project entitled Podle čaroděje. Jan Rousek focuses on the reflection of history (Aktiv, 2017, Lidové milice, 2018).more about film
director: | Jan Rousek, Lea Petříková |
producer: | Martina Šantavá, FAMU |
photography: | Jan Rousek |
editing: | Jan Rousek |
sound: | Vojtěch Zavadil |