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I, Olga Hepnarova
The festival's 20th edition will run from November 5 to December 2, celebrating the best of Czech cinema, music, art and theatre.
Strong women and family affairs are key themes in this year's festival, organised by London's Czech Centre, which will feature black and white existential drama I, Olga Hepnarová, about the life of the last woman to be hanged in Czechoslovakia. Classic films, including the 1920s avant-garde Erotikon, featuring live accompaniment by Lydia Kavina (theremin), Thomas Ang (piano), and foreign language Oscar winner The Shop On The High Street will also be shown.
There will also be an evening dedicated to A Country In Motion: Films From Burma followed by a discussion with Burmese filmmakers and experts, reflecting on the films and Czech – Burmese parallels, Václav Havel's friendship with Aung San Suu Kyi, and the input given by Czech filmmakers to Burmese documentarians.
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A family starts to disintegrate after the mother and father leave the children home alone.
A family struggle with their patriarch's idea of an alternative lifestyle.
Bleak lives intersect in a small town in the Czech Republic.
A rube named Pepa robs cottages for cash but the discovery of a strange video recording points him to a place where he’ll find a treasure of immense value... little realising there is a plan for those who turn up looking for it.
A level-headed engineer arrives to repair a creaking old wind turbine. Out there in the misty woods he also goes in search of something else deep inside him.
A glimpse into an ageing woman’s oppressive world where alcohol is quickening the process of decline.
Eliška moves back with her daughter Karolínka to her husband’s native village. But something strange is going on and, as the temperature rises, Eliška becomes increasingly jittery. Fear is all-pervading and spectres move freely between dream and reality.
A young girl must save her brothers from a curse.
A gamekeeper tracks a mysterious beast that has been awoken by poachers.
Two people struggle to share their space.
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