Films this Sat and next Wed at BNH at "Disappearing Act" Film Festival
Suzanna Halsey
Ahoj,
Anyone interested in joining me to see "AŽ DO MĚSTA AŠ" this Saturday at BNH? Come early, limited seating!
Suzanna
Disappearing Act Film Festival of European films. Screenings at the Bohemian National Hall (BNH) are FREE!
More info: http://new-york.czechcentres.cz/program/event-details/disappearing-act-v/
Sat, Apr. 13
3:30 pm - Small Crime (Mikro eglima) – (BNH)
5:30 pm - Made in Ash (Až do města Aš) – (BNH)
7:15 pm - Tilva Rosh (Tilva Ros) – (BNH)
Followed by Q&A with director Nikola Lezaic
MADE IN ASH (AZ DO MESTA AS)
Iveta Grofova, 2012, Slovakia, Czech Republic; 80 min. In Slovak, Czech and German.
Presented by the Consulate General of Slovak Republic and the Slovak Film Institute with additional support from +421 Foundation
Cast: Dorotka Billa, Silvia Halusicova, Robin Horky
Official Selection – Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Torino Film Festival
In her feature film debut, Iveta Grofova follows a high school graduate as she journeys from her native Slovakia to the westernmost town of the neighboring Czech Republic. The 18-year-old Roma is searching for work, independence and an exciting life, which she lacks back in her village. Finding work in a textile factory, she’s confronted with the mundane life led by her female colleagues there. Their routine is occasionally spiced up by visits from their “German princes,” equally floundering men from across the border. The Slovak young woman soon finds a “prince” of her own, but when she loses her job, she has to decide whether marrying an older German is better than going back home to her family and the boyfriend she left behind.
TILVA ROSH (TILVA ROS)
Nikola Lezaic, 2010, Serbia; 99min. In Serbian.
Followed by director Q&A
Presented thanks to support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding
Cast: Marko Todorovic, Stefan Djordjevic, Dunja Kovacevic
Official Selection – Sarajevo International Film Festival (winner Best Film), Locarno Film Festival
Set in Bor, Serbia, once the largest copper mine in Europe and now completely abandoned, two best friends spend their first summer after high school filming stunts to share with the world. Their friendship starts to unravel over their romantic interest in the same girl and tension because only one of them has enough money to go to university. But rising union protests in town bring them back together. Now traveling the worldwide festival circuit, director Lezaic is making his first New York public appearance with his debut feature at Disappearing Act.
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SAVE THE DATE Wed, Apr. 17
8:15 pm - Flower Buds (Poupata) – (BNH)
Followed by Q&A with director Zdenek Jirasky
LOWER BUDS (POUPATA)
Zdenek Jirasky, 2011, Czech Republic; 91 min. In Czech.
Followed by director Q&A
Presented by the Czech Center New York
Cast: Vladimir Javorsky, Malgorzata Pikus, Marika Soposka, Miroslav Panek
Official Selection – Czech Film Academy Award for Best Film
With this breakthrough, award-winning feature film debut, director Zdenek Jirasky narrates the story of a blue-collar family in a small town. The family finds itself on the brink of a breakdown with each member going in different directions. The daughter plans to go away, knowing that neither the town nor her parents’ home can bring her the opportunities she yearns for; the son blindly follows his heart; and the mother, though still very much in love with her husband, finds solace in the companionship of old friends and nostalgia for her youth. The father is a mess, whose addiction to slot machines puts his entire existence at risk.