Hope
Selected films by the artistic director.
“The difference between art and life is that art is more bearable.”
Heraclitus of Ephesus (540-480 BC)
Selected films by the artistic director.
“The difference between art and life is that art is more bearable.”
Heraclitus of Ephesus (540-480 BC)
Friday 11. 09. 20:00
House of ArtsThe Last Vermeer
The Last Vermeer
US, 2019, 117 min.; en / sk tit
Director: Dan Friedkin
While Joseph Piller, a Dutch Jew, was fighting in the Restistance during the Second World War, the witty, debonair aesthete, Han van Meegeren was hosting hedonistic soirées and selling Dutch art treasures to Hermann Göring and other top Nazis. Following…
Tuesday 15. 09. 17:00
Fontána CinemaThe Kindness of Strangers
The Kindness of Strangers
DK/CA/SE/FR/DE/GB/US, 2019, 112 min.; en / cz tit
Director: Lone Scherfig
Young mother Clara heads to New York City with her two sons in order to escape her abusive cop husband. When her car is impounded, Clara and her family must face the realities of life on the street. Elsewhere in…
Monday 14. 09. 20:00
Fontána CinemaYellow Rose
Yellow Rose
PH/US, 2019, 94 min.; en / sk tit
Director: Diane Paragas
Rose, an undocumented Filipino girl, dreams of one day leaving her small Texas town to pursue her country music dreams. Her world is shattered when her mom suddenly gets picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Rose, facing this new…
Tuesday 15. 09. 11:00
Cinema ClubThe Castle
Pilis
LT/IE, 2020, 90 min.; lt, en / en sub / sk tit
Director: Lina Luzyte
Monika’s dream to play a one in a lifetime concert is cut short by her mother. However, she stops at nothing to pursue her dream.
Thursday 10. 09. 14:00
House of ArtsFamily Romance, LLC
Family Romance, LLC
DE, 2019, 89 min.; jp / en sub / sk tit
Director: Werner Herzog
Romance is a business. Family, friends, followers. All available for hire. A man is hired to impersonate the missing father of a twelve-year-old girl. Shot in Japan, with Japanese actors, in Japanese language, Oscar-nominated auteur Werner Herzog brings to screen…
Tuesday 15. 09. 19:00
House of ArtsAll Hands on Deck
À l’abordage
FR, 2020, 95 min.; fr / cz tit
Director: Guillaume Brac
It was supposed to be a one-time shared ride, but everything became complicated already in Paris, when instead of the expected girls, the seats of Edouard’s car got occupied by stocky, good-natured Chérif and straightforward Félix. The gawky mama’s boy…
Saturday 12. 09. 20:00
House of ArtsHope
Håp
NO, 2019, 125 min.; no / cz tit
Director: Maria Sødahl
What happens with love when a woman in the middle of her life gets three months left to live? Anja (43) lives with Tomas (59) in a large family of biological children and stepchildren. For years, the couple have grown…
Friday 11. 09. 17:00
Cinema ClubThe Forgotten
Zabuti
UA/CH, 2019, 105 min.; ru, uk / en sub / sk tit
Director: Daria Onyshchenko
Nina (30), a Ukrainian language teacher who cannot leave the city of Luhansk, occupied by separatists in Eastern Ukraine, is forced to undergo retraining courses for teaching Russian. Andrii (17) is a student who was orphaned in the aftermath of…
Sunday 15. 09. 11:00
House of ArtsFamily Romance, LLC
Family Romance, LLC
DE, 2019, 89 min.; jp / en sub / sk tit
Director: Werner Herzog
Romance is a business.
Tuesday 10. 09. 19:00
House of ArtsWhere’d You Go, Bernadette
Where’d You Go, Bernadette
US, 2019, 104 min.; en / sk tit
Director: Richard Linklater
A loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family.
Saturday 14. 09. 14:00
House of ArtsAcid
Kislota
RU, 2018, 98 min.; ru / en sub / sk tit
Director: Alexander Gorchilin
Acid is an ode to youth—a film about 20-year-olds who are entering the real world for the first time.
Sunday 15. 09. 19:00
House of ArtsLate Night
Late Night
US, 2019, 102 min.; en / cz tit
Director: Nisha Ganatra
A late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her first and only female staff writer.