Respect: Lucile Hadžihalilović
Friday 16. 09. 20:00
Fontána CinemaEarwig
Earwig
GB/FR/BE, 2021, 114 min.; fr / en sub / sk tit
Director: Lucile Hadžihalilović
Somewhere in Europe, mid-20th century. Albert is employed to look after Mia, a girl with teeth of ice. Mia never leaves their apartment, where the shutters are always closed. The telephone rings regularly and the Master enquires after Mia’s wellbeing.
Wednesday 14. 09. 23:00
House of ArtsEvolution
Évolution
FR/BE/ES, 2015, 81 min.; fr / en sub / sk tit
Director: Lucile Hadžihalilović
10-year-old Nicolas lives with his mother on a remote island, in a village inhabited solely by women and young boys. In a hospital overlooking the ocean, all the boys are subjected to a mysterious medical treatment. Only Nicolas questions what…
Thursday 15. 09. 11:00
Fontána CinemaDe Natura
De natura
RO/FR, 2018, 6 min.; bez dialógov / no dialogues
Director: Lucile Hadžihalilović
Two little girls are walking through the woods, far away from the adult world. Joy is gradually replaced by nostalgia. Just as day inevitably turns to night, so will childhood be gone one day.
Thursday 15. 09. 11:00
Fontána CinemaJean-Pierre’s Mouth
La bouche de Jean-Pierre
FR, 1996, 50 min.; fr / en sub / sk tit
Director: Lucile Hadžihalilović
Modern-day France. One night, little Mimi helplessly watches her mother try to commit suicide. As she slowly recovers in hospital her aunt Solange takes the little girl to her house. But, from the first night on, Mimi’s sleep is disturbed…
Thursday 15. 09. 11:00
Fontána CinemaNectar
Nectar
FR, 2014, 18 min.; bez dialógov / no dialogues
Director: Lucile Hadžihalilović
A round chamber in a park, where five women perform a ritual they know well. The queen gives her nectar initiating a new cycle……
Tuesday 13. 09. 14:00
House of ArtsThe Spirit of the Beehive
El espíritu de la colmena
ES, 1973, 98 min.; es / en sub / sk tit
Director: Víctor Erice
I discovered this Spanish masterpiece when I was still a teenager, in the middle of the seventies, and it has deeply fascinated and moved me since then. The film transports you into the mind of a child for whom dreams…
Wednesday 14. 09. 14:00
House of ArtsInnocence
Innocence
BE/FR/GB/JP, 2004, 115 min.; fr / en sub / sk tit
Director: Lucile Hadžihalilović
A subterranean rumbling resonates in the heart of a forest. Hidden by foliage, a metal grate reveals underground passageways, which lead to the cellars of five houses scattered throughout a great park. The park is cut off from the outside…
Thursday 15. 09. 11:00
Cinema ClubValerie and Her Week of Wonders
Valerie a týden divů
CS, 1970, 73 min.; cz / en sub
Director: Jaromil Jireš
This exquisite and amazing film from 1970 belongs to that group of surrealist Czechoslovakian films such as those of Juraj Herz or Jan Švankmajer. Beautiful, erotic, dreamlike, enigmatic, disturbing… Valerie is a “coming of age” story like no other, and…