28.-29.1.2011
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MOVIES
WITH ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEMES

MOJE VÁLKY/MY WARS

Czech Republic, 2010, 26 min
Jiřina Kosíková
29.01.2011 14:00

Věra Fialová was born at the end of the First World War as the out-of-wedlock child of a Czech woman and a Polish man, a Russian prisoner of war. In an old suitcase she keeps her old letters and pictures from the First and Second World Wars. Her memoirs, accompanied by songs from her family repertoire, capture the "small history" - the life story of an "ordinary woman" against the backgraound of the great historical events of the 20th century.

An edited document taken as part of ethnological field research in 2007 and 2009. The Film was produced as part of the research project of the Institute of Ethnology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i. Prague "Cultural Identity and Cultural Regionalism in the Process of Shaping European Ethnic Patterns" (reg. number AV0Z90580513).

The director Jiřina Kosíková (*1952) works as ethnologist at the Institute of Ethnology at the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, v.v.i. Prague - Department Brno. Specialisation: Visual Anthropology. Use of video recording as an ethnological field research method and technique.

Production:Institute of Ethnology at the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Veveří 97, 602 00 Brno

Edit and script: Petr Baran

Camera: Jiřina Kosíková

Language of dialogues: Czech

Language of subtitles: English

CHOKORA - SURVIVING ON THE STREET

Switzerland, 2010, 50 min
Lea Furrer
29.01.2011 18:55

Anthony and Robert – youngsters from Nairobi – give insight into their everyday life. With a film camera they document and comment the life on the streets and in the Halfway Centre. Thereby, not only their trials and tribulations are expressed but also their sense of humor and their plans for the future, which are full of hope: Moving images which convince through their authenticity. By handing over the camera to the two protagonist, a dynamic change of perspectives is   established. This renders possible a differentiated examination of the subject matter as well as the proceedings of the film.

Director, Production, Edit: Lea Furrer

Lea was born in 1984 in Switzerland, raised in Switzerland and three years in Brazil. MA in Social Anthroplogy, Film Studies and Social Pedagogy at he University of Zurich. The film Chokora was a part of her master thesis in social anthropology. Actually, she is working as a social education worker with children and young people in Zurich.

Camera: Lea Furrer, Anthony Mutinda, Robert Oundo

Language of dialogues:English, Swahili, Sheng

Language of subtitles: Czech,  English

ARTZAINAK/SHEPHERDS AND SHEEP

USA, 2010, 15 min
Jacob Griswold, Javi Aitor Zubizarreta
29.01.2011 16:50

High up in the hills of Idaho, USA. Immigrants earn their wages in solitude as the quiet caretakers of thousand of serene sheep.

Director, Camera, Edit: Jacob Griswold, Javi Aitor Zubizarreta

Griswold and Zubizarreta were born in 80´s in USA. They studied at the Notre Damme University of Utah. Artzainak is their first film.

Production: Griswold an Zubizarreta Productions, Spain

Language of dialogues: English, Spanish

Language of subtitles: Czech, English

European premiere!!!