28.-29.1.2011
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MOVIES
WITH ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEMES

ČESKÉ KOŘENY VE ŠVÉDSKU/CZECH ROOTS IN SWEDEN

Czech Republic, 2010, 57 min
Tomáš Kubák
29.01.2011 14:40

This documentary film is an insight into the lives of eight Czech families or individuals living permanently in Sweden. What has this country given them or taken away? What are their views on leaving Czechoslovakia and living in the North after forty years? How do they and their children who were born here perceive Sweden and the Swedish society? The film does not only peek inside the Czech families but also reveals the atmosphere of Swedish towns and villages and tinges everything with original Czech and Swedish music.

Director, camera, edit: Tomáš Kubák

Tomáš Kubák is a typographer, cameraman and director of travel films. He is cooperated with International Czech Club and make documents about Czech abroad.

Production Martina Fialková, Mezinárodní český klub,o.s., Czech Republic

Language of dialogues: Czech

Language of subtitles: No subtitles

TURISTOU VE VLASTNÍM DOMĚ/BEING A TOURIST AT HOME

Czech Republic, 2009, 38 min
Jaroslava Bagdasarová
29.01.2011 17:55

In the far, far North, where the day begins and the oceans meet, a small hamlet New Chaplino is situated. The goverment decided to turn the village into a tourist resort. It is winter, 30 degrees Celsius below zero. The tourists are not coming. There are only few memories of them and the snow has already covered their footprints. The village people live in the cardoard houses. They are waiting for the tourists and dancing. It is only Vika, their country fellow, who is coming to visit her native village after she has spent few years in the city. Thus all villagers keep waiting for the tourists and dancing...

Director: Jaroslava Bagdasarova

The Director Jaroslava Bagdasarova was born in Martin, Slovakia. She graduated in social anthropology at St.Peterburg State University, Russia and in documentary cinema at FAMU, Prague, Czech republic. She is currently working at the research institute in Halle/Saale, Germany.

Production: Pavla Kubečková Company, FAMU Smetanovo náb.2, Praha 1, Czech Republic

Camera: Georgij Bagdasarov

Edit: Libor Alexa

Award: Tococu Lisabon 2010 - první cena

language of dialoques: Russain, Chukchi

Language of subtitles: Czech, English

ARRANGED LOVE

Switzerland, 2010, 40 min
Sarah Bregy
28.01.2011 18:10

In Tamil Culture the parents are traditionally responsible to find a suitable marrige partner for their children. “Love warriages” exist as well, but are less accepted in society. Sri Lanka people, who migrate to Europe, often continue the tradition of the “arranged marriage”. That means, that young Tamils, who grew up in a western society, get confronted with contrasting ideals concerning marriage.

The ethnographic documentary “Arranged love” discusses, based in three portraits, different ways of young Sri Lankan couples to deal with that issue. The film shows different point of views, what conflicting situations can emerge and what opinions the couples hold on western ways of love amd marriage.

Director, production, camera, edit: Sarah Bregy

Born in 1981 in Switzerland. 2003-2010 she studied at the University of Zurich in Cultural Anthropology, Cinema Studies and Political Sciences.

Language of dialogues: Swissgerman, Tamil

Language of subtitles:Czech,  English