Czech Films in the Official Selection

Lichens Are The Way (CZ, SK), a meditative documentary film by Ondřej Vavrečka (Personal Life of a Hole, De Potentia Dei), which won the AUDIENCE:AWARD at CPH:DOX 2024, is featured in the Other Gems program. Vavrečka's latest in the series of challenging experimental documentaries centers on lichens, offering an organic close-up study of radically different life forms, and of what happens when we turn our attention to beings outside our human scale. Shot in Canada, where lichenologist Trevor and his partner have created a home together in the symbiotic spirit of the subject of their studies. Produced by Vít Janeček of D1film and co-produced by Ondřej Vavrečka, VIRUSfilm (SK) and R.U.R. (CZ).

Screenings (festival catalogue)

28 June 14:00 Vidéodrome 2
30 June 11:30 Cinéma Artplexe 3
 

Czech Focus at FIDLab 2024

Since 2019, the FIDLab has highlighted a focus on a country, inviting a delegation of producers to showcase their current projects and expand their professional network at the very core of FIDMarseille. After Bulgaria, Greece, Belgium, Portugal and Lithuania, for the 16th edition of FIDLab, the Czech Republic was selected. This section is organized with the support of APA, the Audiovisual Producers' Association, a crucial actor in the Czech cinema industry. Among their members, three production companies are invited to attend the FIDLab upcoming edition to represent the promising contemporary Czech production. APA representative Vìt Janeček will also join the delegation. The focus is also organized with the support of the Centre culturel tchèque à Paris and in association with the Czech Film Fund and the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.

Attending producers:

Alžběta Janáčková of Silk Films
Matěj Paclík of Breathless Films
Radovan Síbrt of PINK Productions