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02.11.2009
Czech documentaries awarded at international festivals in Autumn
The FIPRESCI Jury (Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique) at the 52nd International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (26. 10. - 01. 11. 2009) has awarded the Prize of the Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique to the film Cooking History by Peter Kerekes (Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic 2009). „The film convinced us with its inventive approach to a subject of such importance.“
The best films of the thirteenth year of the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival were announced.
In the Czech Joy category, the jury selected the film I Love my Boring Life (Mám ráda nudný život, Jan Gogola Jr., Czech Republic 2009). “In a unique way, the film thematizes both the transparency and impenetrability of the world’s surface and the human experience. The jury appreciates the almost zen-like balance of movement and stillness as well as the permeation of inward intimacy and external events,” the jury commented its verdict.
The jury has also awarded Special mention to the film Brain Fight (Souboj s mozkem, d. Jan Šípek, Czech Republic 2009). “In the field of science, for some it is hard to understand the difference between applied and basic research – while in the latter, revolutionary and unexpected discoveries are born. This film represents the basic research - in the best sense of the word - in the field of art. Despite its apparently personal theme, it penetrates the transpersonal paradoxes of human existence as well as the sources of human creativity,” agreed the jury.
The Audience Award was presented by chief programming director Alena Müllerová on behalf of the Czech Television, going to the film Auto*mate (d. Martin Mareček, Czech Republic 2009).
