30th Days of European Film

Fathers and Mothers

Fædre & mødre

2022 97 min.

Piv and Ulrik place their daughter in a new school. While she copes in class, they are confronted by a group of other parents. A sharp comedy about a school trip from the well-known Danish actress and recently successful director Paprika Steen.

Sections: No parents

Country: Denmark

Directed by: Paprika Steen

Starring: Katrine Greis-Rosenthal, Jacob Lohmann, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Brygmann, Amanda Collin, Lise Baastrup, Line Kruse, Rasmus Bjerg

Language: Danish, Norwegian 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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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.

Entry: 170 CZK

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January

Janvaris

2021 95 min.

In 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed, Latvia was on its way to independence. Nineteen-year-old Jazis secretly records footage of the Soviet secret police occupying a Latvian press office. Viesturs Kairšs' film combines the coming of age of an individual with the national struggle for freedom.

Sections: To the point: Disinformation

Country: Latvia / Poland / Lithuania

Directed by: Viesturs Kairišs

Starring: Aleksas Kazanavičius, Baiba Broka

Language: Latvian / English with English and Czech subtitles

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DISINFORMATION: EASTERN EUROPE

23.04. 6 p.m.

Prague - Lucerna

In January 1991, Latvian efforts for complete independence culminated, and Moscow responded by sending Soviet army troops. At least seven people were killed and many injured in the bloody clashes between 13 and 27 January. The Latvians eventually defended their cities and their newly gained independence. After the screening of the film on 23.4. in Prague's Lucerna, together with the Representation of the European Commission of the Czech Republic and the Latvian Embassy, we prepared an extensive discussion on disinformation, interference in the rights of sovereign states, and hybrid threats. The film's topicality is also due to the current war in Ukraine.

The head of the Representation of the European Commission in the Czech Republic, Monika Landmannová, journalist Ondřej Soukup, historian Luboš Švec and cyber security expert Oldřich Bruža will participate in the debate, moderated by Mr. Michael Rozsypal.

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More Than Ever

Plus que jamais

2022 123 min.

Hélène (Vicky Krieps) and Mathieu (Gaspard Ulliel) seem like the perfect couple in modern, hectic Bordeaux. But then Hélène falls ill and decides to travel to Norway to find peace in life. The relationship drama directed by Emily Atef is the last film by the tragically deceased Gaspard Ulliel.

Sections: Stars

Country: Luxembourg / France / Germany / Norway

Directed by: Emily Atef

Starring: Vicky Krieps, Gaspard Ulliel, Bjørn Floberg, Jesper Christensen, Ulrich Tukur, Astrid Overå, Cyril Atef, Valérie Bodson

Language: French / English / Norwegian with Czech and English subtitles

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Alma Viva

2022 85 min.

Just like every summer, Salomé returns to the mountains to join her family. But this time, it's even sadder. Her grandmother died. While the adults deal with the earthly problems of the funeral ritual of a woman who many believe to be a witch, Salomé perceives the fleeting presence of her grandmother's soul.

Sections: First time

Country: Portugal

Directed by: Cristèle Alves Meira

Starring: Lua Michel, Ana Padrão, Catherine Salée, Duarte Pina, Pedro Lacerda, Nuno Gil, Jacqueline Corado

Language: Portuguese with English and Czech subtitles

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Triangle of Sadness

2022 149 min.

Influencer Yaya takes her boyfriend Carl on a reconciliation cruise on a luxury yacht. In the British satirical comedy, director Ruben Östlund deals with the world of social networks, with those intoxicated with power and, above all, with the influence of social roles on human society.

The film competes for the LUX Audience Award. You can rate it until 12.6.2023 here: luxaward.eu/cs/

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Sections: LUX Audience Award

Country: Sweden / France / Great Britain / Germany

Directed by: Ruben Östlund

Starring: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Zlatko Burić, Woody Harrelson, Dolly De Leon, Vicki Berlin, Henrik Dorsin, Iris Berben

Language: English with Czech subtitles

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ON ONE BOAT?

21.04. 7 p.m.

Prague - Lucerna

21.04. 7 p.m.

Ostrava - Minikino

30.04. 7:30 p.m.

Boskovice - Panorama

26.04. 7 p.m.

Vrchlabí - Kino Střelnice

The hit Triangle of Sadness will be followed by an extensive discussion about topics arising from the film itself: social roles, power, the state, and changes of Czech and European society. The talk will take place on 21.4. After the film screening in the Lucerna cinema in Prague and the recording of the discussion will be available for viewing after further screenings of this film in the other festival cities.

The debate will be attended by philosopher Anna Hogenová and sociologist Martin Tremčinský, moderated by Michael Rozsypal.

The Office of the European Parliament organizes the screening as part of the 'LUX Film Days' of the European Parliament and the European Film Academy.

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