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Friday 15. 09. 17:00
ArtaThe Next One
Další
CZ/SK, 2020, 15 min.; sk / en sub
Director: Dominik György
About men without men… About children without children… About women without souls… In 1957, a law was passed in Czechoslovakia legalizing the targeted termination of pregnancy—abortion. Contraception was unavailable. So-called ethics commissions, popularly known as abortion commissions, were introduced. The…
Friday 15. 09. 17:00
ArtaThe Touching
Dotýkání
CZ/SK, 2020, 39 min.; cz / en sub
Director: Dominik György
Behind the door of the two brothers’ room lies the secret of their mutual self-discovery. But when the older Marek’s childlike curiosity fades as he grows up, he realises that they have crossed the boundaries of brotherly love, something the…
Tuesday 12. 09. 17:00
ArtaBest of AZYL 2022
Best of AZYL 2022
SK, 2022, 60 min.; sk
Director: rôzni / various
LET’S WATCH SHORTS! Showcase of the best 1-minute, 5-minute films and music videos from all around the world that had been submitted to the competition of film festival AZYL SHORTS 2022. Our international jury made up of film professionals from…
Tuesday 12. 09. 20:30
KinematografFathers and Mothers
Fædre & mødre
DK, 2022, 97 min.; dk / cz tit
Director: Paprika Steen
A comedy about a married couple trying to become part of the parent group at their 12-year-old daughter’s new school. During a popular school camping trip, they must quickly navigate the hierarchy and rivalries of the other parents. What will…
Wednesday 13. 09. 17:00
ArtaThe Kingdom Exodus
Riget
DK, 2022, 5 x 60 min.; dk, se, en / cz tit
Director: Lars von Trier
The Kingdom, a mysterious hospital built on a site where once there were only wetlands. Doctors here wrestle daily with the limits of medicine and their own colleagues. Swedes curse Danes here, and mystery and horror mix with exaggeration and…
Wednesday 13. 09. 19:00
ElektrárňaThe Idiots
Idioterne
DK/FR/NL/IT, 1998, 112 min.; dk / cz tit
Director: Lars von Trier
The Danish film The Idiots, subtitled Idiot film about idiots for idiots, has been provoking audiences since the day of its premiere. Shortly after its completion and screening at the Festival de Cannes, film critics and the public were divided…
Wednesday 13. 09. 20:30
KinematografBabylon
Babylon
US, 2022, 189 min.; en / sk tit
Director: Damien Chazelle
The wildest place on Earth. A place where stars rise and fall again. Hollywood. The story of a man on top, a girl who climbs to the top, and a boy who passed by. Three stories make up Damien Chazelle’s…
Thursday 14. 09. 17:00
ArtaPower
Moc
HU/SK/CZ, 2023, 88 min.; hu, sk, cz, en / en sub
Director: Mátyás Prikler
The feature-length film Power is the second feature film directed by Mátyás Prikler. It deals with the theme of power and powerlessness in contemporary society. A hunting accident in which a man dies is the beginning of a story that…
Thursday 14. 09. 19:00
ElektrárňaSummerlight… and Then Comes the Night
Sumarljós og svo kemur nóttin
IS, 2022, 111 min.; is / cz tit
Director: Elfar Aðalsteins
Icelandic director Elfar Adalsteins made a drama about a sparsely populated village in Iceland, where all its inhabitants live far from each other. The geographic setup is ideal for this kind of quirky and sweet-natured ensemble about just how different…
Thursday 14. 09. 20:00
Spa CinemaRebel
Rebel
BE/LU/FR, 2022, 135 min.; ar, fr, en, nl / cz tit
Director: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
When Kamal resolves to change his life for the better, he leaves Belgium to help war victims in Syria. But, having arrived, he is forced to join a militia and is left stranded in Raqqa. Back home, his younger brother…
Thursday 14. 09. 20:30
KinematografSisu
Sisu
FI/UK, 2022, 91 min.; en, fi / cz tit
Director: Jalmari Helander
At the end of World War II, a lone gold prospector (Jorma Tommila) finds a rich vein of gold in the wilderness of Lapland in northern Finland. When he travels to the nearest town with the find, he encounters a…
Friday 15. 09. 16:00
Fontána CinemaDisease
Choroba
SK, 2023, 7 min.; sk
Director: Jonáš Karásek
Jonáš Karásek is a successful Slovak director—both film and advertising. If anyone didn’t know him, they got to know him thanks to the film Invalid, which was one of the most successful films of this year’s film offer. His latest…
Friday 15. 09. 17:00
Spa CinemaAnd the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
SE/DK, 2023, 88 min.; en, ar, de, fr, se / cz tit
Director: Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine, an award-winning film at the Sundance Film Festival, charts the evolution of media over the last 150 years. The fascinating video collage captures humanity’s obsession with the image, skillfully interweaving famous viral…
Friday 15. 09. 19:00
ElektrárňaSparta
Sparta
AT/FR/DE, 2022, 101 min.; ro, de, en / cz tit
Director: Ulrich Seidl
Surrounded by controversy, Sparta was shown at the San Sebastian Film Festival Competition after being pulled from the Toronto Film Festival line-up just a few days before. It’s a dense, provocative and complicated work, as it could be expected from…
Friday 15. 09. 20:00
Spa CinemaThe Whale
The Whale
US, 2022, 117 min.; en / cz tit
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Brendan Fraser’s famous comeback as a 600-pound lonely teacher trying to rebuild a relationship with his estranged teenage daughter. Charlie teaches an online stylistics course at the university. He tries to teach his students to write clearly and persuasively. It’s…
Friday 15. 09. 20:30
ArtaOn the Adamant
Sur l’Adamant
JP/FR, 2023, 109 min.; fr / cz tit
Director: Nicolas Philibert
The Adamant ship is a day stationer. The unique barge is located in the heart of Paris on the river Seine and it offers care for people suffering from mental disorders. Nicolas Philibert, one of the most famous documentary filmmakers…
Friday 15. 09. 20:30
KinematografSuzume
Suzume no Tojimari
JP, 2022, 122 min.; jp / cz tit
Director: Makoto Šinkai
A modern adventure anime road movie where 17-year-old Suzume helps a mysterious young man close doors from another world appearing in abandoned places to prevent devastating disasters all over Japan. On the way to complete this mission, she must face…
Saturday 16. 09. 10:00
Fontána CinemaTony, Shelly and the Magic Light
Tonda, Slávka a kouzelné světlo
CZ/SK/HU, 2023, 82 min.; sk dub
Director: Filip Pošivač
Eleven-year-old Tony has a unique characteristic—he has been glowing since birth. His overprotective parents try to keep him at home to protect him from the outside world. When the mysterious Shelly moves into their house before Christmas break, Tony’s world…
Saturday 16. 09. 17:00
Spa CinemaSisu
Sisu
FI/UK, 2022, 91 min.; en, fi / cz tit
Director: Jalmari Helander
At the end of World War II, a lone gold prospector (Jorma Tommila) finds a rich vein of gold in the wilderness of Lapland in northern Finland. When he travels to the nearest town with the find, he encounters a…
Saturday 16. 09. 17:00
ArtaYoung Film Talents of the Workshop Azyl 2023
Mladé filmové talenty Workshopu Azyl 2023
SK, 2023, 60 min.; sk
Director: rôzni / various
The participants of the AZYL FILM WORKSHOPS had the opportunity to make their own short films under the guidance of professional lecturers. During five days, they tried almost all positions in the production of an audiovisual work. Come and watch…
Saturday 16. 09. 19:00
ElektrárňaThe Blue Caftan
Le bleu du caftan
FR/MA/BE/DK, 2022, 122 min.; ar / cz tit
Director: Maryam Touzani
A Moroccan clothing shop is the setting for an unexpected love triangle in a subtle and fragile story about the different forms of love. Mina and her husband Halim run a traditional clothing shop with kaftans in Morocco. Mina handles…
Saturday 16. 09. 20:00
Spa CinemaSuzume
Suzume no Tojimari
JP, 2022, 122 min.; jp / cz tit
Director: Makoto Šinkai
A modern adventure anime road movie where 17-year-old Suzume helps a mysterious young man close doors from another world appearing in abandoned places to prevent devastating disasters all over Japan. On the way to complete this mission, she must face…
Saturday 16. 09. 20:30
KinematografWhite Plastic Sky
Müanyag égbolt
HU/SK, 2023, 111 min.; hu / sk tit
Director: Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó
By 2123, fertile land will disappear from the face of the Earth. Flora and fauna will be extinct. Just before the total catastrophe, scientists develop an extremely nutritious plant, but one that can only grow in the human body. The…
Sunday 17. 09. 20:30
KinematografThe Northman
The Northman
US, 2022, 137 min.; en / cz tit
Director: Robert Eggers
How far will the young Viking warrior be willing to go to avenge his father’s murder? The Northman is a sweeping epic by Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse, The Witch), one of the most distinctive contemporary filmmakers. Directed by an admirable…
Thursday 14. 09. 17:00
Spa CinemaMucha – The Story of an Artist Who Created a Style
Svět podle Muchy
CZ/DE/FR, 2020, 100 min.; cz, en, jp / cz tit
Director: Roman Vávra
The film presents the fate of one of the most famous Czech painters. The story of Alfons Mucha is told by his son Jiří, who, writing his fathers’s biography, comes to terms with his legacy and the question of why…