30th Days of European Film

During the festival, stop on your way to the movie at the Lucerna cafe to view the exhibition of the non-profit organization Voice of Animals. You will see photos and read stories of happy and less fortunate animals that were not lucky enough to have the right owners. Fortunately, Voice of the Animals found out about their abuse or neglect and arranged redress.

Do you also want to help defend the rights and interests of animals around the world? You can support the Voice of Animals with a financial contribution here (https://www.hlaszvirat.cz/podporte-nas)

Want to learn more about the work of Animal Voice experts? Come to the opening of the exhibition on April 21. from 6 p.m. in the Lucerna Café or for a discussion after the film Planeta Praha in the Lucerna cinema on 21.4.

The exhibition will last until 24.4. and is freely accessible in Cafe Lucerna (Vodičkova 36, Prague 1)

Supported by

Wild Prague

Planeta Praha

2022 85 min.

Prague. At first glance, it is a stone and, more recently, also a concrete jungle. But even here, in a city of millions, there is a surprising amount of wildlife. Documentary filmmaker Jan Hošek, author of the prized film Planeta Česko, uses modern technology to bring them up close.

Sections: There’s a hope

Country: Czech Republic

Directed by: Jan Hošek

Starring: Jiří Macháček (vypravěč), Richard Stanke (vypravěč)

Language: Czech with English subtitles

Side event program

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.

Supported by

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

Supported by:

Side event program

After the film Whale Nation screening, Czech world-renowned filmmaker Steve Lichtag (Stingl - Little Big Okima, Ocean Adventure, Aldabra: Once Upon a Time) will come to the Brno observatory for a discussion. The talk will be about their fascination with the underwater world and whales and his earlier and famous filming of a great white shark without a cage. The conference will be broadcast live at the Světozor cinema and online. The discussion recording will be available after further screenings of this film in the other festival cities.

After the screening of the film How We Were, Ľuboš Slovák will come to the Brno observatory for a discussion. Ľuboš deals with the relationship between man and non-human nature in various ways. At the Department of Environmental Studies, FSS MU philosophically examines changes in the concepts of nature and develops enlivening learning methods inspired by deep ecology. The talk will be broadcast live to the Světozor cinema and the online world.

Who We Were

Wer wir waren

2021 115 min.

Renowned German documentarian Marc Bauder adapts Roger Willemsen's book of the same name in his visually captivating novel How We Were. He visits scientists and philosophers, an astronaut or an underwater researcher who reflect on the problems of the current world and the planet - which they are also trying to save.

Sections: There’s a hope

Country: Germany

Directed by: Marc Bauder

Starring: Alexander Gerst, Sylvia Earle, Matthieu Ricard

Language: German with English and Czech subtitles

Supported by:

Whale Nation

2023 82 min.

When the sea washes up a live humpback whale on an uninhabited beach, a race for the whale's life begins. During the rescue of the rare animal, we slowly learn its life, habits, and unusually complex social life. A visually captivating natural history film about creatures perceived as guardians of our planet.

Sections: There’s a hope

Country: France

Directed by: Jean-Albert Lièvre

Starring: Jean Dujardin (vypravěč)

Language: Czech with English subtitles

Supported by:

Side event program

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.

Supported by

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: <a href='https://luxaward.eu/cs/ '>luxaward.eu/cs/ </a> FREE ENTRY

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

Supported by:

Side event program

Do you know how people figured out that they can also watch fairy tales, not just read or listen to them?

They found that the eyes "remember" what they saw a short time ago. Thanks to this, more than a hundred years ago, film was born. But it was a long journey full of interesting things. We will get to know them in the amusement park of film inventions. And we will also create our own short film stories. We will watch them in devices such as a praxinoscope, but also on a screen, with the help of a magic lantern.

The accompanying program is suitable for families with children aged 6 and over and is led by an experienced lecturer from the Free Cinema organization.

Entrance fee to Prague's Přítomnosti pro dětí for the film and workshop: CZK 200. Price for the film only: CZK 150.

Supported by

A Cat's Life

Mon chat et moi, la grande aventure de Rroû

2023 83 min.

The wild cat Rroû likes to hop on the rooftops of Paris. His fate changes when a ten-year-old girl, Clémence, adopts him and takes him to the countryside. Adaptation of the popular book by Maric Genevoix.

Sections: No parents

Country: France

Directed by: Guillaume Maidatchevsky

Starring: Corinne Masiero, Capucine Sainson-Fabresse

Language: Czech with English subtitles

Supported by:

Side event program

We invite all seniors to a special afternoon screening for reduced admission. A biographical film about the Swedish artist and pioneer of abstract art Hilma af Klint awaits you in Prague's Lucerná. Today, the world-renowned painter was influenced by spiritual currents and lived an extraordinary life.

Ticket price for seniors: CZK 75

Hilma

2022 119 min.

A biographical film about the Swedish pioneer of abstract art, Hilma af Klint, who lived at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Veteran Lasse Hallström (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Cider House Rules) cast his wife Lena Olin and daughter Tora Hallström in his new film.

Sections: Stars

Country: Sweden

Directed by: Lasse Hallström

Starring: Tora Hallström, Lena Olin, Lily Cole, Rebecca Calder, Maeve Dermody, Jazzy De Lisser, Tom Wlaschiha, Adam Lundgren, Paulius Markevičius

Language: English with Czech subtitles

Supported by:

Side event program

The Representation of the European Commission invites lovers of unconventional European films to watch a selected movie for free every second Wednesday. There is something for everyone from the broad spectrum of genres, themes, and filmmaking approaches of European provenance. We are a unique alternative to the usual commercial offer.

Film Burning Days competes for the LUX Audience Award. You can rate them until 12 June 2023 at luxaward.eu/cs/

FREE ENTRY

Supported by

Burning Days

Kurak Günler

2022 129 min.

A naive prosecutor Emre arrives in a town ravaged by corruption and a burning drought. First, a crazy boar hunt awaits him - and then the hero discovers how he becomes a piece on the chessboard of the powerful local families. The film competes for the LUX Audience Award. You can rate it until 12.6.2023 here: <a href='https://luxaward.eu/cs/ '>luxaward.eu/cs/ </a> FREE ENTRY Awards: European Film Awards 2022 - Eytan Ipeker, Özcan Vardar (Best Editing)

Sections: LUX Audience Award

Country: Turkey

Directed by: Emin Alper

Starring: Selahattin Paşalı, Ekin Koç, Erdem Şenocak, Selin Yeninci, Nizam Namidar, Ali Seçkiner Alıcı, Enver Hüsrevoğlu, Erol Babaoğlu

Language: Turkish with Czech and English subtitles

Supported by:

Side event program

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

Supported by

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

Supported by:

Side event program