30th Days of European Film

Rebel

2022 135 min.

Kamal leaves his younger brother and a comfortable Belgian home to help Syrian rebels fight the government. Shortly after his arrival, however, his unit comes under the command of ISIS thugs, and Kamal's position changes dramatically. A dynamic drama unexpectedly cut by a Bollywood musical.

Sections: No parents

Country: Belgium / Luxembourg / France

Directed by: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah

Starring: Aboubakr Bensaihi, Lubna Azabal, Ala Riani, Tara Abboud, Fouad Hajji, Amir El Arbi, Elodie Barthels

Language: French with English and Czech subtitles

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Zillion

2022 138 min.

Sharp businessman Frank Verstraeten had money and wanted to live disco. So he opened the biggest club in Antwerp, with an impressive program and the best sound in the city. Based on true events, the story shows that the 1990s were wild not only in the Czech Republic but also in Belgium.

Sections: Film & Music

Country: Belgium / Netherland

Directed by: Robin Pront

Starring: Charlotte Timmers, Matteo Simoni, Geert Van Rampelberg, Ward Kerremans, Barbara Sarafian, Jonas Vermeulen, Jennifer Heylen, Ella Leyers, Stilian Keli, Dirk Roofthooft, Poal Cairo

Language: Dutch with English and Czech subtitles

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Kalev

2022 91 min.

In the summer of 1990, the Baltic States declare their independence from the Soviet Union. The local Estonian basketball club Kalev nevertheless participates in the prestigious Soviet tournament. For the players, each match means not only a sporting event but a fight for their country's independence. Debutant director Ove Musting draws here from his memories of a turbulent time.

Sections: To the point: Disinformation

Country: Estonia

Directed by: Ove Musting

Starring: Mait Malmsten, Reimo Sagor, Priit Võigemast, Mihkel Kuusk, Veiko Porkanen, Kristjan Sarv, Kaspars Zale

Language: Estonian with English and Czech subtitles

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Karaoke Paradise

Karaokeparatiisi

2022 71 min.

Karaoke may sound like an obscure pastime. But traditional evenings with a microphone and well-known hits mean a welcome feeling of human belonging in the far north. A musical documentary reminds of the Kaurismäki brothers' films with solitary characters and unusual backdrops.

Sections: Film & Music

Country: Finland

Directed by: Einari Paakkanen

Starring: xyz

Language: Finnish with English and Czech subtitles

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The Worst Ones

Les pires

2022 99 min.

A director and his crew arrive at a forgotten housing estate and select four local children for his new film. In their debut, Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret masterfully handle both the environment in front of the camera and especially behind it.

Sections: First time

Country: France

Directed by: Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret

Starring: Johan Heldenbergh, Dominique Frot, François Creton, Carima Amarouche, Angélique Gernez, Matthias Jacquin, Mallory Wanecque

Language: French with English and Czech subtitles

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The Gravity

La Gravité

2022 85 min.

Daniel, a runner, trains on an oval near a housing estate where his wheelchair-bound brother sells drugs. So far, eight planets are aligned in the sky, which could have unprecedented consequences for the very attraction of the Earth. A very original sci-fi drama in which social gangsters from Parisian housing estates meet the apocalyptic mood of Lars von Trier's Melancholia.

Ocenění: Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film 2022 - Jury Special Prize

Sections: Film & Music

Country: France

Directed by: Cedric Ido

Starring: Hafsia Herzi, Steve Tientcheu, Olivier Rosemberg, Jean-Baptiste Anoumon

Language: French with English and Czech subtitles

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Rhinegold

Rheingold

2022 140 min.

In his new film, director Fatih Akin adapts the autobiographical story of the German rapper Xatar. The Kurdish boy came to Germany as a boy. Although he inherited the genes of his conductor father, he quickly gained fame as a drug dealer on the streets of Bonn. Only when he outlives his career as a badass does the old call for beats and rhymes resound within him.

Sections: Film & Music

Country: Germany / Italy / Netherland

Directed by: Fatih Akin

Starring: Emilio Sakraya, Kardo Razzazi, Karim Günes, Mona Pirzad, Meto Ege, Greta Sophie Schmidt, Kazim Demirbas, Ilyes Moutaoukkil, Uwe Rohde

Language: German with English and Czech subtitles

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The Golden Glove

Der goldene Handschuh

2019 110 min.

The life work of Fritz Honka, a drunkard from Hamburg's San Pauli district, is murdering local prostitutes. He hides their bodies in the walls of his attic apartment, where the stench of rotting flesh combines with the smell of old manhood and the fumes of the Greek restaurant on the ground floor. An extremely physical film by Fatih Akin.

Sections: MEDIA – Tribute to Fatih Akin

Country: Germany

Directed by: Fatih Akin

Starring: Jonas Dassler, Margarete Tiesel, Katja Studt, Marc Hosemann, Martina Eitner-Acheampong, Adam Bousdoukos, Victoria Trauttmansdorff

Language: German with English and Czech subtitles

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Soul Kitchen

2009 99 min.

A comedy about the Berlin restaurateur Zinos. He had a girlfriend and a restaurant, but he suddenly lost both. Zinos must overcome his prejudices to regain everything.

Sections: MEDIA – Tribute to Fatih Akin

Country: Germany

Directed by: Fatih Akin

Starring: Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pheline Roggan, Anna Bederke, Birol Ünel, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Dorka Gryllus, Lucas Gregorowicz

Language: German with Czech and English subtitles

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The Edge of Heaven

Auf der anderen Seite

2007 122 min.

Nejat disapproves of his widowed father starting to live with the prostitute Yeter. But Nejat changes his mind when he discovers Yeter is sending money to his student daughter Ayten in Turkey. After Yeter dies suddenly, Najat leaves for Istanbul to find Ayten. However, he discovers that the girl fled from the police to Germany.

Sections: MEDIA – Tribute to Fatih Akin

Country: Germany / Turkey / Italy

Directed by: Fatih Akin

Starring: Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla, Nejat Isler, Lars Rudolph, Nurgül Yeşilçay, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Turgay Tanülkü, Annette Uhlen, Baki Davrak

Language: German with English and Czech subtitles

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Off the Rails

2022 95 min.

Two friends have fun with daring parkour tricks in lazy Guilford, England. They dream of millions of views on social networks, but the death of their best friend frames their current lives. Peter Day's documentary debut has the emotional power of the legendary Trainspotting.

Documentary Edge Festival 2022 - DocEdge Award

Sections: First time

Country: Great Britain

Directed by: Peter Day

Starring: Rikke Brewer, Aiden Knox

Language: English with Czech subtitles

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Meet Me in the Bathroom

2022 105 min.

The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol. The music documentary of the duo Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern (Don't Shut Up and Play the Hits) tells about the rock scene in New York after 2000. The energetic film loosely adapts Lizzy Goodman's book of the same name.

Sections: Film & Music

Country: Great Britain

Directed by: Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern

Starring: Ryan Adams, Julian Casablancas, Brian Chase

Language: English with Czech subtitles

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The Quiet Girl

An Cailín Ciúin

2021 94 min.

It takes place in the year 1981. A nine-year-old girl named Cáit grows up with troubled parents in the Irish countryside. And because the mother is expecting another child, Cáit moves to a distant cousin's family for the summer. She likes her new home so much that she doesn't want to return to her parents.

Sections: First time

Country: Ireland

Directed by: Colm Bairéad

Starring: Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Michael Patric, Kate Nic Chonaonaigh, Joan Sheehy, Carolyn Bracken

Language: Irish, English with Czech and English subtitles

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MASTERCLASS - An Cailín Ciúin

23.04. 7 p.m.

Prague - Světozor

From a small debut to an Oscar nomination is a film masterclass presented by director Colm Bairéad and producer Cleona Ní Chrualaoí, creators of the Irish film drama An Cailín Ciúin, moderated by Louise H. Johansen.

An authentic picture from the Irish countryside about a girl who spends the summer in a foster family became a sensation last year. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best International Film, two BAFTA Award nominations, and was also the winner of the Irish National IFTA Awards.

Dublin native Colm Bairéad spent fifteen years making TV documentaries and short films before embarking on his debut The Silent Girl. It is an adaptation of the book Foster by Claire Keegan. In addition to awards and nominations, the film also resonated in Irish and British cinemas, where it became the most visited film in the Irish language.

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The Judgement

De veroordeling

2020 130 min.

In 1999, the brutal murder of a widow in Deventer shook the Netherlands. Although the police found the murderer, the court sentenced him, but many people disagreed with the verdict. Among them is TV reporter Bas Haan, who unleashes a media frenzy on another suspect. Who is the killer? Who is the victim? Can Bas tell the difference?

Sections: To the point: Disinformation

Country: Netherland

Directed by: Sander Burger

Starring: Fedja van Huêt, Yorick van Wageningen, Lies Visschedijk, Mark Kraan, George Tobal, Porgy Franssen, Bart Klever, Leon Voorberg

Language: Dutch with English and Czech subtitles

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Bread and Salt

Chleb i sól

2022 99 min.

The gifted pianist Tymoteusz returns to his hometown during the summer holidays. He meets old friends in a new bistro with a kebab, and here he also perceives the growing tension between the local youth and the Arab employees of the bistro. Damian Kocuro's brilliant debut won a special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival.

Sections: First time

Country: Poland

Directed by: Damian Kocur

Starring: Tymoteusz Bies, Jacek Bies, Dawid Piejko, Nikola Raczko, Małgorzata Puzio

Language: Polish with English and Czech subtitles

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