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The psychological journey of Dalibor, a young Romani man from a dysfunctional family, is set against the backdrop of a Slovak slum. This gripping, immersive, and cinematic experience delves into the captivating life at the edge of society, unfolding a modern-day Oedipus story. With a stolen childhood, Dalibor yearns for a father figure in a world that brings a constant struggle for one‘s place. „Fakir“ vividly explores the raw pain that arises from abuse and trauma. This pain resides both internally within the family‘s walls and externally, where the circus‘s agonizing nailbed becomes his haven.
Journalist Ivana Svobodová from the Respekt weekly is unique in that she does not write her reports from a desk. He goes to the field to meet people and in his articles he describes things as he sees them in the given place. One of the topics that Ivana Svobodová has been working on for a long time is disinformation. The film charts the effort to mutually understand two worlds with different opinions, a journalist from a Prague newsroom and people who consider mainstream journalists to be evil.
Cities are changing under the pressure of advertising, cars, and development projects. Public space is disappearing. Guerrilla artists are storming the streets to awaken society and show that cities belong to the people. Director Vladimír Turner follows spontaneous artistic interventions and performative lectures that prove art is not just decoration but a powerful tool of resistance against an over-technologized and alienated world.
Nerve-wrecking drama set in a social housing establishment, where rules and law no longer apply. Everyone has to make their own. The movie captures a unique uprising of the tenants against the unscrupulous owner. Detailed social study of the background behind trading with poverty shot using the method of engaged long-term observation.
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Introducing
Editor Anna Johnson Ryndová has been nominated for a Czech Lion twice, for the feature films Walking Too Fast and Golden Sting, but is versatile enough that her experience extends to documentaries and series, including Suspicion, shown at the Berlinale Series 2022. She is currently behind the feature Broken Voices, written and directed by Ondřej Provazník, a drama set in a girls’ choir, where 13-year-old Karolína struggles with peer pressure as she seeks to win the choirmaster’s favor.
by Vojtěch Rynda for CZECH FILM / Spring 2025
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