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1. 4.
The deputies of the Czech Parliament selected three new members to the Board of the State Fund of the Czech Republic for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography. President of the Association of Czech Cinematographers Josef Hanuš, editor Jan Mattlach and producer Vladimír Soják were also elected by the MPs. In February 2009 historian Tereza Czesany Dvořáková, script editor Jiří Kubíček and teacher Milica Pechánková were elected. The seventh member was former chairman of the council Miroslav Zelinský, who completed his mandate on 30 April 2009. Six chairs in the council remain unoccupied.
2. - 5. 4.
Světozor cinema hosted The 3th Screening of Films with a Spiritual Theme – Gates of Film, part of the Cross-cultural Prague Gates Festival 2009. The programme featured 12 films with a spiritual theme, mainly from the USA, such as Bloodline (dir. Bruce Burgess, 2008) and Ted: The Future We Will Create (dir. Steven Latham, Daphne Zuniga, 2007) or the German-American film How to Cook Your Life (dir. Doris Dörrie, 2007).
3. - 5. 4.
The Mír cinema in Krnov (Czech Republic) hosted a screening of The 4th Screening of 70-mm film – The Universe Is Our World 2009. The annual screening of 70mm films is a unique event both in the Czech Republic and in Europe. The film is screened here as it was originally – with six-channel sound and on a hundred and five square meter large curved screen. All this is possible thanks to the technical possibilities of the Mír 70 cinema, which is at present the only space for such a screening in the Czech Republic, as well as in all of Central Europe. A total of eleven feature films were prepared for viewers including Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (dir. Ken Annakin, 1965, USA), 2001: A Space Odyssey (dir. Stanley Kubrick, 1968, USA), Alien (dir. Ridley Scott, 1979, USA) and Faubourg 36 (Paříž 36, Paris, Paris – Monsieur Pigoil auf den Weg zum Glück, dir. Christophe Barratier, 2008, France – Germany – CR).
8. 4.
The ceremonial premiere of the film The Baader Meinhof Complex (Baader Meinhof Komplex/Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, dir. Uli Edel, 2008, Germany – France – CR) took place in the Světozor cinema in Prague.
11. - 13. 4.
Films from the north took over Brno’s Art cinema. The three-day mini festival opened with the Icelandic-Finnish film Astrópia – Changes in the Rules of the Game (dir. Gunnar B. Gudmundsson, 2007), followed by Darling (dir. Johan Kling, 2007, Sweden) and Det nya landet (dir. Geir Hansteen Jorgensen, 2000, Sweden). The festival was organized in conjunction with the Scandinavian House civic association.
14. - 19. 4.
The 44th International Festival of Popular-Scientific and Documentary Films – Academia Film Olomouc [AFO] 2009 was held. Some of 300 films from all over the world applied to the world and Czech competition, of which 36 of them were included in the competition sections. The films were divided into the following sections: The Secret of the Universe, Experiments on People, Rissi Choice, Discovery – Time Warp, Dr. House – Truth or Myth?, Genderrr, Film and Ideology – Banská Bystrica 1959, Through the Camera into History, Made in U. S. A., Through the Eyes – Jan Gogola, Jr., New Media and Technology – Podcast and Videocast, By Law, Czech Medical Films, The Adventure of Oceans, UP Introduces..., Retrospectives of Bohumil Vošahlík and Retrospective – Popular Science. In the non-competition Studio section viewers could choose from blocks focusing on astrophysics, laws, environmental themes to gender and new technology blocks. The festival also included accompanying programmes – concerts, exhibitions and screenings at the Olomouc Upper Square. The jury of the World Competition awarded the prize for best world popular-science document to Mâles en peril (dir. Sylvie Gilman, Thierry de Lestrade, 2008, France). The jury of the Czech Competition awarded the prize for best Czech popular-science documentary film to Forgotten Transports – To Poland (Zapomenuté transporty – Do Polska, dir. Lukáš Přibyl, 2009). The prize for contribution to popular-science film went to two individuals: to the Swiss documentary Mark Rissi and Jeff Lieberman, co-authors of the popular-science series Time Warp. The prize of the student jury went to the film Visit Between Life and Death or Who Will Heal Doctor Dušek and His Team? (Vizita mezi životem a smrtí aneb Kdo bude léčit doktora Duška a jeho partu?, dir. Marek Sklář, 2009, CR); the Viewer’s Choice award went to Understanding the Book of Life (dir. Jack Micay, 2008, Canada). The following awards were presented within the framework of the AFO: The award of Vesmír magazine for best Czech documentary related to natural sciences to With a Brush and a Machete (Štětcem a mačetou, dir.Vladimír Šimek, 2008, CR), the award of Dějiny a současnost (History and the Present) magazine for best Czech documentary related to the humanity and social sciences to the film Gustáv Husák Centre Stage (V hlavní roli Gustáv Husák, dir. Robert Sedláček, 2008), the award of the dean of the Philosophical Faculty of Palacký University Olomouc for best short film to Grandparent Relations or How the Granddaughter and Grandmother Pulled on the Beet and Could Not Pull It Out (Pravztahy aneb Jak vnučka a babička tahaly řepu a nemohly ji vytáhnout, dir. Veronika Janečková, 2009, CR) The Competition Student Films of V.Ř.E.D. went to Venia (dir. Jan Haluza, 2009, CR).
15. 4.
The annual awards ceremony of the Slovak Film Institute, the Union of Slovak Television Artists and the Literary Fund of Slovakia was held – the 20th IGRIC 2009. An IGRIC for feature work for cinemas went to, among others, Juraj Jakubisko for his creative concept of the co-production film Bathory (2008, SR – CR – Great Britain – Hungary) for a compelling artistic and spectacular rendition of the myths and times of Elizabeth Bathory. A creative award for other television work went to Slovak actress Emília Vášáryová for a spirited breach of taboo in the portrait of an actor and to Dodo Šimončič, the cinematographer of the film for television Modern Architecture in Slovakia (dir. Ladislav Kaboš, 2006, SR) – for a cultivated and clear grasp of the theme with regard to the visual and stylistic elements. A screening of the films awarded with IGRIC and creative awards was held on 4. 9. in Bratislava (Slovak Republic).
15. 4.
The ceremonial premiere of the documentary film Cooking History (Jak se vaří dějiny/Ako sa varia dejiny, dir. Peter Kerekes, SR – Austria – CR) was held at Prague’s Světozor cinema.
15. - 27. 4.
Opava (Czech Republic) hosted 13th festival of Theatre, Film, Music and Poetry Other Shores – Dreamers: Limited Liability Company. The festival programme included six theatre performances, seven exhibitions, three concerts, five film screenings and nine series combining elements of a lecture, discussion or presentation of an interesting individual. It focussed on the importance of dreams in the life of a person, on dreaming, realising dreamers, confronting dreams and reality and the typology of dreams. La Science des rêves (dir. Michel Gondry, 2006, France), Le Scaphandre et le papillon (dir. Julian Schnabel, 2007, France – USA), Mah nakorn (dir. Wisit Sasanatieng, Thailand) and Paris, je t'aime (dir. Frédéric Auburtin, Emmanuel Benbihy – direction of continuity segments, 2006, France – Liechtenstein – Switzerland), a film story created by twenty one directors.
16. 4.
Barrandov Studio opened a new centre for image digitising and post-production in its film labs. In addition to raising the quality of its services, the studio also thereby increased its competitiveness in the film world. The construction of the new workplace took a year and required an investment of over CZK 50 million.
16. - 18. 4.
The film commission of the Czech Fïlm Center took part in the largest market of film locations in the world in Santa Monica (USA). The Czechs offered producers the professionalism and quality of all film professions, various locations and a high level of technical and personnel infrastructure. It was the second time the Czech Film Commission took part in the market organized by the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI).
16. - 30. 4.
There was held at the Světozor and Lucerna cinemas in Prague the 16th Festival of European Films – The Days of European Film 2009 (in Brno it took place on 25. – 30. 4., in Olomouc 27. – 30. 4. and in the regional echoes also in Boskovice, Veselí nad Moravou and in Uherské Hradiště). The screening of the Romanian film Boogie (2008) by director Rad Munteanu started festival begun in Prague. Altogether 29 feature films and five documentaries including Citizen Havel (Občan Havel, dir. Pavel Koutecký, Miroslav Janek, 2008) were screened. Short films screened included those of the Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and of the Film Academy of Miroslav Ondříček in Písek: Whoops, Mistake! (Chybička se vloudí, dir. Aneta Kýrová, 2008), Hairdressing (dir. Kaoru Ishida, 2008), Old Lady (Bába, dir. Zuzana Špidlová-Kirchnerová, 2008), On Sunday (V neděli, dir. Tomasz Mielnik, 2008), Grand Master (Velmistr, dir. Rozálie Kohoutová, 2008), The Diary of Karolina H. (Deník Karoliny H., dir. Šimon Hájek, 2008), Lino-cut (Linoryt, dir. Tomáš Elšík, 2008), Ecphronia (dir. Mikoláš Orlický, 2008), Prison Break (dir. Lenka Zemanová, 2008) and Paternoster (dir. Zuzana Staregová, 2008). A selection from Fresh Film Fest 2008 was also presented. At the conclusion of the Prague part of the festival the winner was announced of the viewer voting on best film screenplay. This went to the film by German director Doris Dörrie with the Japanese title Hanami (2008, Germany – Great Britain – Japan).
17. 4.
Ponrepo, the screening hall of the National Film Archive at Bio Konvikt in Prague held a meeting with two Czech individuals celebrating jubilee birthdays: actress Marie Tomášová (1929) and music composer Jan Klusák (1934). Both were born on the same day, 18. 4. On this occasion Ponrepo hosted a screening of the Czech films The Beatitude of Love (Rozmary lásky, dir. Josef Kábrt, 1969) – animated film with the music of Jan Klusák, Romeo and Juliette 63 (Romeo a Julie 63, dir. Radúz Činčera, 1964) – a record of the legendary staging of the Shakespeare’s play with Marie Tomášová and Jan Tříska in the lead roles. The film’s music was composed by Jan Klusák. The third was the short film by director Marianne Worlicek Time Is My Luxury (Čas je můj luxus, 1969).
17. - 18. 4.
Kostelec nad Orlicí hosted 8th International Film Festival Divoká Orlice or Stories Gathered on the River. Films competed in three categories – Viewers’ Choice Award, Jury’s Award and Award of the town of Kostelec nad Orlicí The Viewers’ Choice Award went to the films A Clay River (Hliněná řeka, dir. Petr Kašpar, 2008), India (Indie 2008, dir. Robert Kazík, 2008) and Kara Alacha (dir. Pavel Kutlvašr, 2009). The Jury’s Award went to the creators of the films New Zealand (Nový Zéland, dir. Honza Kolář, Honza Lásko, 2008), A Clay River (Hliněná řeka) and Kara Alacha (dir. Pavel Kutlvašr, 2009) and the Award of the Town of Kostelec nad Orlicí was presented to Jaromír Štětina for his film The Other Side of the World (Odvrácená strana světa, 1999) and for the lecture How Far Down the River I Got (Kam až jsem se po řece dostal).
19. - 25. 4.
Plzeň (Czech Republic) and then Prague hosted the 22nd Festival of Czech Films – FINÁLE. A total of 198 films were screened in 16 thematic sections. The screenings were accompanied by discussions, talk shows, exhibitions, concerts and open-air screenings. The festival also included archive sections that returned to 1969 and to forgotten films of the 1990s. FINÁLE prepared a retrospective in honour of Czech directors Věra Chytilová (2. 2. 1929) and František Vláčil (19. 2. 1924 – 27. 1. 1999). The jury for feature-length films chaired by Czech-American screenwriter and playwright Milena Jelinek awarded the festival’s Golden Kingfisher main prize in the category of best feature-length film to Who’s Afraid of the Wolf (Kdopak by se vlka bál, dir. Maria Procházková, 2008). The jury’s Special Prize went to Not a Chance (El Paso, 2009) by director Zdeněk Tyc. The international jury for documentary film awarded the festival’s main Golden Kingfisher award in the category of best documentary film to RAPublic (Česká RAPublika, 2008) by director Pavel Abrahám. The jury’s Special Award went to the film Window an Eye of Heart, into an Eye Window of, a Soul (Okno oko srdce, do oka okno, duše, 2008) by director Dominik Krutský. The Plzeňský Prazdroj, a. s. viewers’ choice award went to Filip Renč for his film Guard No. 47 (Hlídač č. 47, 2008). Based on the voting on the festival’s website and voting via the festival insert in the daily MF Dnes, the award for best actor went to Karel Roden for his leading role in Guard No. 47 (Hlídač č. 47). FINÁLE granted the award for significant support of Czech film abroad to English film columnist Peter Hames. The annual award of the Association of Czech Film Clubs were presented at the conclusion of FINÁLE. The award for best feature film of 2008 went to The Karamazovs (Karamazovi/Bracia Karamazow, dir. Petr Zelenka, 2008, CR – Poland) and for best documentary film of 2008 Citizen Havel (Občan Havel, dir. Pavel Koutecký, Miroslav Janek, 2008).
20. 4.
The 15th Week of Czech Film in Záhřeb (Slovenia) was opened. The programme featured the films The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze, dir. Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos, 1965), Loves of a Blonde (Lásky jedné plavovlásky, dir. Miloš Forman, 1965), Firemen’s Ball (Hoří má panenko/La Fiesta de bomberos, dir. Miloš Forman, 1967, Czechoslovakia – Italy), Closely Watched Trains (Ostře sledované vlaky, dir. Jiří Menzel, 1966), My Sweet Little Village (Vesničko má středisková, dir. Jiří Menzel, 1985) and The Elementary School (Obecná škola, dir. Jan Svěrák, 1991).
20. - 24. 4.
The 6th International Film Festival on the Ecology and Environment – TUR Ostrava 2009 was held in Ostrava (Czech Republic). From the Czech films entered in the competition the following were awarded: from the Czech Television series Upside Down Parts 1 – 7 (Vzhůru dolů 1. – 7. díl, dir. Pavel Jirásek, 2008) – the award of the first deputy to the commissioner of the Moravian Silesian Region, Home (Domov, dir. Margareta Hruza, 2008) – Honourable Mention and The Hospital at the End of the World (Nemocnice na konci světa, dir. Otakar Štěrba, 2008) – Honourable Mention.
21. 4.
Screenwriter and director of the film Tobruk (2008, CR – SR) Václav Marhoul presented a three-disk edition of the film on DVD. On the first DVD the film features English, Polish, Spanish and French subtitles as well as Czech subtitles (for the hearing impaired), including commentary for the blind. The second DVD offers and a detailed interactive view of the movements of the Czechoslovak 11th infantry – East Mediterranean and Middle East with marked cities and towns where they carried out operations from 1940 – 1943. Sub-links offer authentic testimonies by veterans. The second part of the disc consists of a collection entitled Our Troops in the Desert, the personal photo album of general Karel Klapálek and the forgotten documentary by director Tibor Podhorec entitled Desert Rats (Krysy pouště, 2004). The menu of the third disc contains two films about the film and a peek behind the scenes of how tricks are done. Viewers will find among the bonuses edited and additional scenes with the director’s commentary. The artwork features construction designs, uniform details, arms, accoutrements, masks and print materials for film. There’s even a photo gallery mapping the course of the reconnaisance mission in which the brigade travelled some 13,000 km and visited five countries; it shows the phase of physically preparing the actors in Vyškov (Czech Republic), the film shooting in Tunisia and the Czech Republic and the final completing of the work. The final part of the menu of the third DVD entitled Václav Marhoul on the Film contains a link to Stephen Crane’s War Novel The Red Badge of Courage, the director’s personal recollections supplemented his shots from the reconnaisance missions and the film shooting in the desert. The Tobruk DVD is sold in Blue-ray high definition.
21. 4. - 2. 5.
A travelling exhibition entitled Five Brave FAMU students – the New Generation of Czech Animation – took place in the Czech Centre in Prague. It consisted of a presentation of directors, artists and creators of animated films Michal Žabka, Václav Švankmajer, Noro Držiak, Jan Bubeníček and David Súkup. The exhibition presented these graduates of FAMU’s animation department using 3D objects and art work. It was already held in New York and Łodz Poland and after Prague the exhibition travelled to Košice, Bucharest, Budapest, Tokyo, Vienna, Paris and Sofia. Exhibition featured puppets, scenery, costumes and props, supplement by photographs from the films and behind-the-scene shots of their creation. The cellar of the Czech Centre in Prague was transformed into a small cinema where a two-and-a-half hour collection of the films could be viewed. An edited selection of the films was shown from 24 – 29 at Světozor cinema in Prague as a sidebar.
22. - 26. 4.
The 10th International Film Festival – Rozstaje Europy took place in Lublin (Poland). The programme featured the Czech film Russian Cloudlets of Smoke (Ruské obláčky kouře, dir. Jan Šikl, 2002) from the television series The Private Century (Soukromé století), Legend of the Bird Egg (Legenda o ptačím vejci, dir. Zdeněk Novotný-Bričkovský, 2004), We’ll Meet at the Eurocamp (Sejdeme se v Eurocampu, dir. Erika Hníková, 2006), the film for television Who Will Teach Me Half a Sign (Kdo mě naučí půl znaku?, dir. Martin Ryšavý, 2006), Man against Hysteria (Člověk proti hysterii, dir. Martin Svozílek, 2006),the film for television Holy Spies (Černí a černější, dir. Ján Novák, 2007), the television documentary film Black Heart... /the Earth Is Not Round/ (Černá srdce.../zem není gulatá/, dir. Monika Rychlíková, Břetislav Rychlík, 2008) and The Baluty Ghetto (Ghetto jménem Baluty, dir. Petr Štingl, 2008).
23. 4.
Czech director Jiří Menzel received in Barcelona (Spain) from the International Association for the Terenci Moix Award the award for best film for I Served the King of England (Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále, dir. Jiří Menzel, 2006, CR – SR).
23. - 26. 4.
Uherské Hradiště (Czech Republic) hosted The 11th Seminar of Archive Flms – Disillusion of Utopia/The End of the 1960s and After. The basis of the film part of the seminar consisted of ten major films on the main theme including Teorema (dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968, Italy), Zabriskie Point (dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970, USA), Alice’s Restaurant (dir. Arthur Penn, 1969, USA) and other films to the films series On the Road, Generation Revolt, Anti-hero from the end of the 1960s, Trauma of the Vietnam War, Contestatory Italy, Summer of Love, Political Revolution of 1968, The Sexual Revolution and Czechoslovak 1968. The seminar’s main guest was British-American director and actor Mike Sarne, known, for instance, from the films of Jerzy Skolimowski and from Eastern Promises (2007, USA) by director David Cronenberg, whose father was born in Teplice (Czech Republic). The accompany programme featured concerts, a performance by Jaroslav Dušek and his Vizita Theatre and an exhibition of film posters from the late 1960s and early 1970s.
23. - 29. 4.
The International Film Festival took place in Skopje (Macedonia). The programme included a screening of the Czech film Lemonade Joe (Limonádový Joe aneb Koňská opera, dir. Oldřich Lipský, 1964).
23. - 30. 4.
The Grand Prix in the category of feature film went to the Slovak-Czech coproduction Broken Promise (Nedodržený slib/Nedodržený sľub, dir. Jiří Chlumský, 2009) at the 4th Festival of Jewish Films in Los Angeles (USA).
25. 4.
A plaque commemorating composer and co-founder of Prague’s Semafor theatre, Jiří Šlitr (15. 2. 1924 – 26. 12. 1969) was unveiled in the foyer of the cinema in Rychnov nad Kněžnou (Czech Republic). The plaque’s unveiling was part of the 16th annual Festival Šlitr’s Spring that is regularly organized in Rychnov nad Kněžnou. The festival offered an exhibition of Šlitr’s drawings in the cinema’s interior. Šlitr’s Spring is composed mainly of musical and theatre performances.
27. 4.
Professor Ivan Vyskočil (27. 4. 1929), writer, dramatist and inspirational figure of theatre in the 1960s received from president Václav Klaus, upon the occasion of the former’s 80th birthday, the Honour Medal of the President of the Czech Republic. Two days later on 29 April he received a gold medal from the Academy of Performing Arts, at whose Theatre Faculty he has for many years led the department of authorial creation and pedagogy. Rector Ivo Mathé presented him with the award. Ivan Vyskočil has played in several Czech films including The Party and the Guests (O slavnosti a hostech, dir. Jan Němec, 1965), Faun’s Delayed Afternoon (Faunovo velmi pozdní odpoledne, dir. Věra Chytilová, 1983), The Seller of Humour (Prodavač humoru, dir. Jiří Krejčík, 1984), Tender Barbarian (Něžný barbar, dir. Petr Koliha, 1989) and Pleasant Moments (Hezké chvilky bez záruky, dir. Věra Chytilová, 2006).
28. 4. - 3. 5.
The 11th Screening of Czech, Slovak and Polish Films – Cinema on the Border 2009 in Český Těšín (Czech Republic) and in Czieszyn (Poland) was held. Czech films in the non-competition section included: Icarus XB 1 (Ikarie XB 1, dir. Jindřich Polák, 1963), The End of August at the Ozone Hotel (Konec srpna v hotelu Ozon, dir. Jan Schmidt, 1966), The Return of the Prodigal Son (Návrat ztraceného syna, dir. Evald Schorm, 1966), I Justice (Já, spravedlnost, dir. Zbyněk Brynych, 1967), The End of a Priest (Farářův konec, dir. Evald Schorm, 1968), The Seventh Day, the Eighth Night (Den sedmý, osmá noc, dir. Evald Schorm, 1969, Czechoslovakia), Na kometě (On the Comet, dir. Karel Zeman, 1970), Dogs and People (Psi a lidé, dir. Evald Schorm, 1971), The Secret of Steel City (Tajemství ocelového města, dir. Ludvík Ráža, 1978), Wolf’s Hole (Vlčí bouda, dir. Věra Chytilová, 1986), Left with Five Girls (Poslední přesun, dir. Kryštof Hanzlík, 1995), Remembering in Reflection (Rozpomínání na Zrcadlení, dir. Ivan Vojnár, 2007), Bathory (dir. Juraj Jakubisko, 2008, SR – CR – Great Britain – Hungary), RAPublic (Česká RAPublika, dir. Pavel Abrahám, 2008), Guard No. 47 (Hlídač č. 47, dir. Filip Renč, 2008), Ivette and the Mountain (Ivetka a hora, dir. Vít Janeček, 2008), Take It Jeasy! (Ježiš je normální!, dir. Tereza Nvotová, 2008), Who’s Afraid of the Wolf (Kdopak by se vlka bál, dir. Maria Procházková, 2008), Kuličky (Marbles, dir. Olga Dabrowská, 2008), The Baluty Ghetto (Ghetto jménem Baluty, dir. Pavel Štingl, 2008, CR – Poland), Citizen Havel (Občan Havel, dir. Pavel Koutecký, Miroslav Janek, 2008), René (dir. Helena Třeštíková, 2008), Sister (Sestra, dir. Vít Pancíř, 2008), Tobruk (dir. Václav Marhoul, 2008, CR – SR), A Country Teacher (Venkovský učitel, dir. Bohdan Sláma, 2008, CR – Germany – France), Golden Sixties (Zlatá šedesátá, dir. Martin Šulík, 2009), Not a Chance (El Paso, dir. Zdeněk Tyc, 2009), In the Attic or Who Has a Birthday Today? (Na půdě aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny? / Na povale alebo Kto má dnes narodeniny?, dir. Jiří Barta, 2009, CR – SR) and Changes (Proměny, dir. Tomáš Řehořek, 2009, CR – Italy).
28. 4.
The Ořechovka cinema in Prague hosted the one-day 14th Film Festival by Students of Department of Film Science – Golden Eyes 2009. The festival jury decided among films of the department of film studies of Faculty of Arts and Philosophy of Charles University, the Centre of audiovisual studies of FAMU in Prague and the departments of theatre, film and media studies of Palacký University in Olomouc. The following prizes were awarded: The Golden Eyes main prize went jointly to the films Liberté (dir. Vladimír Turner, 2006) and Redeption Attempt of a TV Repairman Josef Lávička in Nine Scenes (Pokus o duchovní nápravu opraváře televizí Josefa Lávičky v devíti obrazech, dir. Lukáš Kokeš, 2008), the Eyes of Jeanne Moreau prize (discovery of femme fatale in film) went to Kateřina Krejčová for the film We All Feel It (Cítíme to všichni, 2008), which also won the viewers’ choice Public Perceptive Eye award. The Rose-tinted Glasses Award (award for poetic spectacle) was divided between Milan Cyroň for the film Coffee? (Kávu?, 2009) and Andran Abramjan for the film Zandes (Zandové, 2008). The X-ray Jury Award went to two films – From Statistics of the Television Death Rate (Ze statistik televizní úmrtnosti, dir. František Týmal, 2008) and What Is Hidden Behind the Pixel? (Co se skrývá za pixelem?, dir. Libor Nemeškal, 2008).
29. 4.
The ceremonial premiere of the feature film Changes (Proměny, dir. Tomáš Řehořek, 2009, CR – Italy) was held at Lucerna cinema in Prague.
30. 4.
French actor, director and vinter Pierre Richard held a signing at the Prague Wine Camp fair Wine & Destilled Liquor. By coincidence on the same day the film Faubourg 36 (Paříž 36, Paris, Paris – Monsieur Pigoil auf den Weg zum Glück, dir. Christophe Barratier, 2008, France – Germany – CR), in which he played and which was shot in Prague, opened in Czech cinemas.