An animation loosely based on the childhood of the legendary figure of Martha Jane (Calamity) Cannara, who in 1863, disguised as a boy, set off to the west of the United States.
Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary / Dziki Zachód Calamity Jane
Directed by: Rémi Chayé
Country: France, Denmark
Year: 2020
Running time: 82 min.
EMISSIONS
November 16, 2021 - 11:15 AM
Kijów Cinema: Large Screening Room
November 20, 2021 - 1 PM
VOD
Over three years, directors Adam Oľha and Jan Daňhel followed the life of Jan Švankmajer, from his collaboration with old friend and producer Jaromír Kallista to his memory of Eva Švankmajerová, his wife and creative partner, muse and inseparable other half of the director. Shot on various film formats, using found footage and with a touch of Czech humor, Alchemical Furnace is an ode to creation and to companionship.
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Alchemical Furnace / Alchymická pec / Piec alchemiczny
Directed by: Jan Daňhel, Adam Oľha
Cast: Jan Švankmajer, Eva Švankmajerová, Jaromír Kallista, Pavla Kallistová, Tomáš Kalous, Miloš Chlustina, Kamila Magálová
Country: Czech Republic
Year: 2020
Running time: 118 min.
EMISSIONS
November 20, 2021 - 2 PM
VOD
The main protagonist of Thomas Mann's short story is Gustav von Aschenbach - a writer going through a creative crisis. In search of new stimuli, he goes to Venice - a city he knows well, which he has not visited for a long time, though. There, on the beach, he meets a teenage boy from Poland, Tadzio, who is on vacation with his mother. Fascinated with the boy’s beauty, the writer loses control of himself completely. Despite the plague in the city, he decides not to leave Venice. Thomas Mann's short story inspired Visconti to tell the story of passing – both of an individual as well as of the entire epoch.
Death in Venice | Morte a Venezia | Śmierć w Wenecji
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Marisa Berenson, Björn Andresen, Silvana Mangano
Country: France, Italy
Year: 1971
Running time: 130 min.
EMISSIONS
November 21, 2021 - 3:30 PM
Kijów Cinema: Large Screening Room - FREE ADMISSION
In 1970, Luchino Visconti was travelling to many countries in search of a young boy who could play the role of Tadzio in the adaptation of "Death in Venice ” by Thomas Mann. Visconti was already exhausted and discouraged by this long and ineffective search. He participated in over 150 auditions, and finally, after the casting in Stockholm, he hired 15-year-old Björn Andresen. A year later, during the premiere of the film in London, Visconti hailed his actor "the most beautiful boy in the world" in the presence of Queen Elizabeth. A few months afterwards, during the Cannes Film Festival, a music agent invited Björn to Japan, where he became the first western pop star, starring in photo shoots and in commercials. Visconti's nickname stuck to Björn for the rest of his life and became his curse. Today, half a century later, Björn struggles with addictions and his inner demons. He discovers the secret of his mother and her sudden departure. He also continues his film career, playing, among others, in the horror film "Midsummer".
"The Most Beautiful Boy in the World" is an intimate portrait of a person who is trying to come to terms with the past and regain control of his life. It also shows the backstage work on the production of the legendary Visconti’s film and reveals the power structures in the film industry as well as the processes of exploitation that are widely discussed today thanks to the #metoo movement.
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The Most Beautiful Boy in the World / Världens vackraste pojke / Najpiękniejszy chłopiec na świecie
Directed by: Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri
Photos: Erik Vallsten
Production: Stina Gardell, Mantaray Film
Country: Sweden
Year: 2021
Running time: 93 min.
EMISSIONS
November 21, 2021 - 1:30 PM
Kijów Cinema: Large Screening Room + VOD
When Herra, a Czech woman, falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan, she has no idea about the life that awaits her in post-Taliban Afghanistan, nor about the family she is about to join. A grandfather who is a feminist, an adopted young boy who astounds with his intellect, and Freshta who will do anything to run away from her abusive husband. Like the other women in the family, Herra wears a burka and hides in a closet when guests arrive. Soon she starts a new job with American woman, Heidi, who has little understanding of the way women live in Afghanistan, and even less that not everybody wants to be saved by Westerners.
My Sunny Maad is the feature animated debut directed by Michaela Pavlátová.
My Sunny Maad / Moje Slunce Maad
Directed by: Michaela Pavlátová
Production: Negativ Film Productions, Sacrebleu Productions, Bfilm, Czech TV
Country: Czech Republic, France, Slovakia
Year: 2021
Running time: 80 min.
EMISSIONS
November 16, 2021 - 20 PM
Kijów Cinema: Large Screening Room + VOD
A story about two mortal enemies – a little mouse and a fox, who after an unfortunate accident, meet in animal heaven. They lose their natural instincts and become best friends. Their wish to stay together after they return to earth comes true, but they are reborn into opposite roles. The film is about hope, a quest for love and courage, and about overcoming prejudices and old pains. Thanks to the power of friendship they can even overcome what seems to be impossible.
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Even Mice Belong to Heaven / Nawet myszy idą do nieba
Directed by: Jan Bubeniček, Denisa Grimmova
Production: Les films du Cygne, CinemArt, Animoon, Łódź Miasto Kultury, CANAL +
Country: Czech Republic, Poland, France, Slovakia
Year: 2021
Running time: 87 min.
EMISSIONS
November 16, 2021 - 9:30 AM
Kijów Cinema: Large Screening Room
November 21, 2021 - 11 AM
Kijów Cinema: Large Screening Room + VOD
Nose by Nikolai Gogol. And an Opera The Nose upon Gogol’s novel, that was created in 1930 by the great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. This film is dedicated to the pioneers, the groundbreakers in art. To the people who were ahead of their time. And who were, most importantly, brave enough to go against the current. For this, they had to pay the price of their own welfare, and often even their life. The main characters of the film are writers Nikolai Gogol and Mikhail Bulgakov, director Vsevolod Meyerhold and composer Dmitry Shostakovich.
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The nose or the conspiracy of mavericks / Nos lub spisek odmieńców
Directed by: Andrey Khrzhanovsky
Screenplay: Yury Arabov, Andrey Khrzhanovsky
Photos: Jürgen Jürges
Art-director Marina Azizyan, Alexandra Pavlova, Alexander Khramtsov, VaryaYakovleva
Production: Andrey Khrzhanovsky, Shar Studio
Technique: drawing, cut-outs, live-action, documentary
Country: Poland
Year: 2020
Running time: 89 min.
EMISSIONS
The Khrzhanovskiy family - The nose or the conspiracy of mavericks
November 20, 2021 - 8 PM
VOD
The first part of the monumental, total work by Ilya Khrzhanovsky is an introduction to the DAU world constructed with incredible scale while also being precise in the tiniest of details. The shocking and entrancing film traps characters and audiences in its protracted shots to tell the story of a lonely canteen manager in a city-sized institution sealed off to the outside world. The plot runs its course over several days in 1952 during which Khrzhanovsky makes us witness the dramatic entanglements of the titular heroine. The camera (shot on 35mm film!) is akin to a spy, never taking its eyes off Natasha, as she slings food, flirts, holds drunken conversations, is stabbed by a young assistant, or has sex. She is totally unaware that her banal dreams of love and her minor transgressions in the canteen are being consumed by absolute totalitarian power. DAU reveals that power's mechanisms.
Berlin IFF 2020 - Silver Berlin Bear - Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Jürgen Jürges)
DAU Natasha / DAU. Natasza
Directed by: Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel
Screenplay: Ilya Khrzhanovskiy
Photos: Jürgen Jürges
Cast: Natalia Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimir Azhippo, Alexei Blinov
Production: Phenomen Ukraine, Phenomen Films, Phenomen Berlin, Filmproduktions
Country: Germany, Ukraine, UK, Russia
Year: 2020
Running time: 138 min.
EMISSIONS
The Khrzhanovskiy family - DAU. Natasha
November 16, 2021 - 4 PM
Kijów Cinema: Large Screening Room + VOD