CLOSING REPORT
Finále 2010
23rd festival of Czech Films took place in Plzeň from 18th to 24th April 2010.
Competitions and Accompanying Programme
Within seven days in 110 screenings (104 regular and 6 added) 140 films were shown in fifteen sections:
- NEW PRODUCTION
- NEW CZECH FEATURE FILM - COMPETITION
- NEW CZECH FEATURE FILM - OUT OF COMPETITION
- NEW CZECH DOCUMENTARY - COMPETITION
- NEW CZECH DOCUMENTARY - OUT OF COMPETITION
- FILM PROMISE
- ARCHIVE SECTIONS
- THOSE WONDERFUL MOVIE CRANKS
- CZECH CINEMA´S MOST TURBULENT DECADE - YEAR 1970
- TRIBUTE TO PETR ČEPEK
- TRIBUTE TO DRAHOMÍRA VIHANOVÁ
- PHENOMENON OF TIMES
- CZECH UNDERGROUND
- CHILDREN
- TRIBUTE TO KAREL ZEMAN
- VEČERNÍČEK TURNS 45
- OTHERS
- CZECH WAR FILM
- SPECIAL MENTION
- SILENT MASTERPIECE
- ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME
- CEREMONIES
- EXHIBITIONS
- CONCERTS
The accompanying programme contained:
• PRAGUE BRANCH OF THE FESTIVAL
- PRAGUE - ATLAS CINEMA
• AUTHOR READINGS:
- IVAN MARTIN JIROUS
- PAVEL ZAJÍČEK
• EXHIBITIONS, MEETINGS AND PANNELS
- JIŘÍ SOZANSKÝ: SUTINY - TRIBUTE TO MAGOR
- BOHDAN HOLOMÍČEK: OSTROV ZVANÝ HRÁDEČEK
- PRESENTATION OF A MEMORY BOOK "VARIATIONS ON DRAHOMÍRA VIHANOVÁ"
- PANNEL OF UPCOMING FILMS
Following films entered competition:
• FEATURE FILMS COMPETITION:
- MEN IN RUT, (d. Robert Sedláček)
- UNKNOWN HOUR, (d. Dan Svátek)
- JÁNOŠÍK. THE TRUE STORY., (d. Agnieszka Holland, Kasia Adamik)
- FOXES, (d. Mira Fornay)
- PROTEKTOR, (d. Marek Najbrt)
- AN EARTHY PARADISE FOR THE EYES, (d. Irena Pavlásková)
- TWOSOME, (d. Jaroslav Fuit)
- KAWASAKIŠ ROSE, (d. Jan Hřebejk)
- WALKING TOO FAST, (d. Radim Špaček)
OUT OF COMPETITION:
- THE FERRARI DINO GIRL, (d. Jan Němec)
- TURNOVER, (d. Tomáš Řehořek)
- IN THE NAME OF THE KING, (d. Petr Nikolaev)
- THE CASE OF UNFAITHFUL KLARA, (d. Roberto Faenza)
- THE MYSTERIOUS ADDRESS, (d. Juraj Herz)
- OPERATION DANUBE, (d. Jacek Glomb)
- VENI, VIDI, VICI, (d. Pavel Göbl)
- THE LITTLE KEY, (d. Jan Novák)
- CATCH THE BILLIONAIRE, (d. Tomáš Vorel)
- THE LITTLE KNIGHTS, (d. Karel Janák)
- 2GRAPES, (d. Vlad Lanné)
- CONTEMPORARY, (d. Vlado Štancel)
- DREAMERS, (d. Jitka Rudolfová)
- EYE IN THE WALL, (d. Miloš J. Kohout)
- NO ESCAPE FROM THE SHADOW, (d. Lenka Kny)
- THE RAIN FAIRY, (d. Milan Cieslar)
- THE DOCTOR FROM HIPPOPOTAMUS LAKE, (d. Zdeněk Troška)
- MARKET CHALET, (d. Pavel Dražan)
- WOMEN IN TEMPTATION, (d. Jiří Vejdělek)
• DOCUMENTARIES COMPETITION
- AUTO*MATE, (d. Martin Mareček)
- THE UMWELCOME, (d. Tomáš Škrdlant)
- THE CHILDREN OF OUR PARENTS ..., (d. Tom Feierabend )
- OVERHEAD - STARS, THE HAMER AND SICKLE, (d. Josef Císařovský)
- SHORT LONG JOURNES, (d. Martin Hanzlíček)
- FORGOTTEN TRANSPORTS TO POLAND, (d. Lukáš Přibyl)
- CZECH ON THE STRING, (d. Jan Gogola ml.)
- THE ROMANY KING, (d. Viliam Poltikovič)
- SLAUGHTER, (d. Črt Brajnik)
- WELCOME TO NORTHE KOREA!, (d. Linda Jablonská)
- COOKING HISTORY, (d. Peter Kerekes)
- 59/184/84, (d. Lukáš Kokeš)
- THE BEAUTIFUL FLIGHT OF THE BEES, (d. Karel Čtveráček)
- LAND OF DESTINY, (d. Pavel Kolaja)
- F. KUPKA, SYMPHONIST OF COLOURS AND PAINTER OF THE COSMOS, (d. Daniela Gébová)
- CZECH HUMP, (d. Lucie Králová)
- MEMORY OF SNOVÍDKY, (d. Kateřina Krusová)
- SHITCREDIT, (d. Martin Řezníček)
- PHANTOM OF LIBERTY II., (d. Karel Žalud)
OUT OF COMPETITION:
- EYE OVER PRAGUE, (d. Olga Špátová)
- MY FATHER AND HIS FAVOURITE CONCENTRATION CAMPS, (d. Josef Lustig)
- OVERCAST DEMOCRACY, (d. Oliver Malina Morgenstern)
- MILOŠ FORMAN: WHAT DOESN´T KILL YOU... , (d. Miloslav Šmídmajer)
- POŽÁR MLÝNA, (d. Hana Boříková)
- THE MAN FROM PARADISE, (d. Jan Loučím)
Juries and awards
• International jury of feature films composed of:
Maria Procházková (Czech Republic), director - chairperson of the jury
Sasha Wieser (Austria), film distributor
Csaba Bollók (Hungary), director
Doru Nitescu (Romania), scriptwriter, director, vice-rector of Romanian film university
Has decided to confer the main statutory award of the festival
THE GOLDEN KINGFISHER
In the best feature film category on film
Kawasaki's Rose
Directed by Jan Hřebejk
For its emotional interpretation of the recent past, and especially for its several virtous scenes, that were entertaining on one hand, and on the other hand helped to deal with our guilts from the past which still influence our life up to day.
And further it decide to confer
Special award to film
Walking Too Fast
directed by Radim Špaček
REASON FOR THE VERDICT
For its consequent way in creating the grey atmosphere of the 80s, and in presenting a character that embodied the nonsense brutality of the political system.
The international jury of documentaries together with the Foundation of Dagmar and Václav Táborský further conferred:
The award of Dagmar Táborská for the most original documentary made by a female author under the age of 35 on film
Memory of Snovídky
directed by Kateřina Krusová
REASON FOR THE VERDICT
For non-moralising film story about unpopular moral values.
The international jury of documentaries together with the Foundation of Dagmar and Václav Táborský further conferred:
The award of Václav Táborský for the best documentary made by an author under the age of 35 on film
59/184/84
directed by Lukáš Kokeš
REASON FOR THE VERDICT
For his merry interpretation of a sad topic and for his strong and decisive approach to direction.
• International jury of documentaries composed of:
Miroslav Janek (Czech Republic), director, cameraman - chairperson
Zuzana Piussi (Slovensko), director
Ivana Milošević (Czech Republic), Institute of Documentary Film, director, pedagogue
Has decided to confer the main statutory award of the festival
THE GOLDEN KINGFISHER
in the best documentary category on film
Land of Destiny
Directed by Pavel Kolaja
REASON FOR THE VERDICT
The author did rely only on a mere documentation of the magic of prof. Vyskočil' s personality, but ha also dutifully created his own film method, which reflects mind processes of the main character.
And further it has decided to confer the
Special award on film
Phantom of Liberty II
Directed by Karel Žalud
REASON FOR THE VERDICT
For bold step beyond the borders of documentary genre and for experimentation with film time.
• The audience award for the best film
awarded on the basis of audience voting goes to
film Kawasaki's Rose
directed by Jan Hřebejk
• Based on the voting on www.filmfestfinale.cz
the Best Actress/Actor Award was given to
Ondřej Malý
For his role in film Walking Too Fast
• The annual award of the Association of Czech Film Clubs for the best feature film
(the winner was chosen by Film Clubs in AČFK)
is given to film
Protektor (d. Marek Najbrt)
(the winner was chosen by Film Clubs in AČFK)
Is given to film
Forgotten transport to Poland (d. Lukáš Přibyl)
Accredited guests and journalists
The total of 414 people accredited at the festival, out of which 67 were journalists and 32 foreign guests. Remaining accreditations were for home guests, members of juries, students and film clubs members.
By Friday 23rd April Finále was attended by more than 12 000 visitors.
• FOREIGN GUESTS
Walter Annuss, university professor, REGENSBURG, Germany; Jozef Bábik, Kinorama, Slovakian Republic; Magdalena Banasik, Warsaw Film Festival, Poland; Zuzana Bieliková, Negativ s.r.o., Czech Republic; Klaus Blanc, director of cultural studies, Germany; Aleš Březina, journalist, SATELLITE, Canada; Renata Clark, Czech Centre Munich, Great Britain; Michal Drobný, CONTINENTAL FILM, S.R.O., Slovakian Republic; Christina Frankenberg, programme coordinator, Czech Centre, Germany; Martin Hasák, director, Kinorama, Slovakian Republic; Maroš Hečko, Kinorama, Slovakian Republic; Ján Heteš, Kinorama, Slovakian Republic; Andrzej Kawala, LUBUSKIE LATO FILMOWE - LUBUSKIE FILM SUMMER, Poland; Vladimír Krajniak, producer, IFF BRATISLAVA, Slovakian Republic; Zuzana Jürgens, Czech Centre Munich, Germany; Robert Kirchhoff, director, Slovakian Republic; Piotr Kotowski, film publicist, SUMMER FILM ACADEMY, Poland; Irena Kovářová, INDEPENDENT FILM PROGRAMMER, USA; Stefan Kügel, journalist, JUNGE PRESSE BAYERN E.V., Germany; Louisa Luckert, FILMFEST HAMBURG, Germany; Marcel Maiga, IFF COTTBUS, Germany; Cathy Meils, journalistka, FILM NEW EUROPE, USA; Freddy Olsson, BOKOMOTIV FILMPRODUKTION AB, Switzerland; Radka Ondráčková, French embassy, Festival of French Films, Czech Republic; Volker Petzold, film professiona, Germany; Robert Richter, film professional, Cinélibre, Switzerland; David Stecher, director of CZECH CENTRE TEL AVIV, Izrael; Václav Táborský, director and writer, Canada; Jörg Taszman, journalist, Germany; Will Tizard, journalist, Variety/Time Out Prague Guide , Czech Republic; Katarína Tomková, Slovakian Film Institute, Slovakian Republic; Miroslav Ulman, journalist, FILM.SK, Slovakian Republic
• SOME HOME GUESTS
Pavel Abrahám - director; Pavel Anděl - journalist, presenter; Dagmar Bláhová - actress, teacher at FAMU; Črt Brajnik - director; Josef Císařovský - director; Kateřina Černá - producer; Miroslav Donutil - actor; Taťána Fischerová - actress; Jan Foll - staffer; Mira Fornay - director; Saša Gedeon - director, scriptwriter, ČFTA; Jan Gogola - director, scriptwriter, chief of programme department; Jana Hádková - director; Jan Hřebejk - director, scriptwriter; Ivan Hubač - chief dramaturge; Jarek Hylebrant - actor; Petr Jákl - producer; Miroslav Janek - director, scriptwriter; Václav Jiráček - actor; Ivan Martin Jirous - poet; Jan Kačer - actor, director; Alexandr Kliment - scriptwriter; Aurel Klimt - director, scriptwriter; Vít Klusák - director, scriptwriter; Jiří Krejčík - director, scriptwriter; Kateřina Krusová - director; Pavel Landovský - actor, scriptwriter; Jan Lukeš - distributor, editor, historian, scriptwriter; Miloslav Luther - director, scriptwriter; Ivo Mathé - rector of AMU; Vladimír Merta; Ladislav Moulis - director, pedagogue; Richard Němec - producer; Petra Nesvačilová - actress; Václav Neužil - actor; Ondřej Pavelka - actor; Jarmila Poláková - producer; Viliam Poltikovič - director, scriptwriter; Vlasta Pospíšilová - director; Radim Procházka - director, producer; Maria Procházková - director; Lukáš Přibyl - director; Filip Remunda - director, scriptwriter; Jitka Rudolfová - director; Martin Řezníček - director, scriptwriter; Ljuba Skořepová - actress; Karel Slach - cameraman; František Stárek; Zdeněk Suchý - actor, presenter, director; Dan Svátek - director, scriptwriter; Vlastina Svátková - actress; Jiří Svoboda - director, scriptwriter; Juraj Šajmovič - cameraman; Václav Šašek - dramaturge; Anna Šimonová - actress; Ondřej Štindl - scriptwriter; Karel Vachek - director, scriptwriter; Drahomíra Vihanová - director, scriptwriter; Tatiana Vilhelmová - actress; Lenka Vychodilová - actress, singer; Jakub Wagner - director, actor; Jakub Žáček - actor; Karel Žalud - director
Partners of the festival
Main partner:
Skupina ČEZ
Official partner:
Plzeňský Prazdroj
Plzeňská teplárenská
Official transporter:
Porsche Plzeň
Partners:
Daddy Toys
City Casino
Home Cinema Praha
Panasonic
Nadace 700 let města Plzně
Media partners:
Radio 1
Deník
Český rozhlas
Xantypa
sms.cz
Special thanks for financial support:
The City of Plzeň
Plzeň Region
Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic State Fund for Support and Development of Cinematography
Festival Finále supports Plzeň in candidacy for the European capital of culture 2015.
Special thanks to:
Blažková Martina - AV MEDIA; Borde Kalinová Jana - Falcon; Bouda Pavel - Český rozhlas Plzeň; Brabenec Josef - Daddy Toys; Černá Zuzana - Cinemart; Černík Jana - Czech Film Centre; Drápela Tomáš - Plzeňská teplárenská; Ďuricová Viera - Slovakian Film Institute; Fairaisl Zdeněk
Foll Jan; Fraňková Helena - Ministry of Culture of the CR; Gruntorád Jiří - Library Libri Prohibiti; Górecki Petr - sms.cz; Gübelová Michaela - Xantypa; Hájek Petr - Short Film Prague; Hejdová Irena; Herák Petr - Czech television; Hoffmannová Věra - FAMU; Holub Zbyněk - Kinotechnika; Horníček Jiří - National Film Archive; Jáchim Jan; Jíra Jan; Jurečko Roman - Plzeňská teplárenská; Jurina Vladimír - Plzeňský Prazdroj; Kadeřábek Pavel - Janák Bros; Kafková Jana A. - Panasonic AVC Networks Czech; Karásková Tereza - Porsche Plzeň; Kazmířová Petra - ČEZ; Klímová Marta - National Film Archive; Knížová Helena - City of Plzeň; Komišová Jana - City of Plzeň; Koubík Václav - Plzeň Region; Kovářová Olga - Short Film Prague; Krejsová Marcela - City of Plzeň; Levý Zdeněk - Český rozhlas Plzeň; Lomický Martin - Janák Bros; Lukeš Jan; Lukešová Ivana; Majer Josef - Dragon Press; Markantelli Milada - Hollywood C.E.; Marko Tomáš - Radio 1; Marovič Petr - City of Plzeň; Matějka Dušan - Dragon Press; Michailidis Saša - Radio 1; Mrkousová Eva - SPI International; Němeček Jakub - Aerofilms; Nová Alena - Plzeňský deník; Ondrejčáková Bára ; Panský Kamil - AWI FILM; Pecková Ivana - Bontonfilm; Pertl Jan - Plzeňský deník; Procházková Jitka - Czech Television; Prokopová Irena - MAGIC BOX - Bioscop; Raboch Miloslav - Nadace 700 let; Rous Jan - Hotel Rous; Rynda Vojtěch; Seidl Tomáš; SITmP - team of technicians; Sobotka Martin - ČEZ; Stárek František - The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes; Strakoš Aleš - Bontonfilm; Strobach Jiří - Mayor of Plzeň 3; Šantrochová Markéta - Czech Film Centre; Šrámek Bohumil - Porsche Plzeň; Štichová Vlaďka - City Casino; Štovíková Petra - Czech Television; Švára Milan - Courtyard of Marriot Plzeň; Tourek Miloš - AV MEDIA; Uldrichová Helena - Barrandov Studio; Viceníková Věra - Ateliéry Bonton Zlín; Vokounová Alena - Artcam
