KINEDOK CATALOGUE
BLIX NOT BOMBS
A shock to the whole world, thousands dead, and the two tallest buildings in New York leveled to the ground. That's the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. The situation should be stabilized by diplomat and newly appointed chairman of the Inspection Commission for Iraq - Hans Blix.
The World According to My Dad
An ecological documentary film about the story of a father and daughter and their ambitious dream to improve the climate.
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Every national cinema has creative generations that follow closely and influence each other. Whether as colleagues, as teachers and students, or as friends who share inspirations over drinks in the evenings. How do the last three generations of Slovak documentary filmmakers interact on these levels?
All Men Become Brothers
Is it possible to explore something as complex as the human personality and character through a single film? Especially with regards to the complicated personalities of political history, such as Alexander Dubček? The film All Men Become Brothers poses this question and at the same time allows the audience to answer for themselves the question of who Dubček actually was.
Fairy Garden
Neither of them has a place to live, but with mutual understanding, they create a common shelter somewhere in the Hungarian wilderness. A time-lapse portrait of an unexpected friendship between a teenage girl going through transition and a kind-hearted man in his sixties.
Narrow Path to Happiness
Two Romani men set out for Budapest to film a musical about their lives. A joyful and melancholic documentary film in which creativity and the desire for self-expression become a method to confront political oppression, as well as a form of therapy.
Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife
A bus full of Romanian passengers from various social backgrounds embarks on a journey where they will all have to confront their own beliefs and diverging life experiences. A sociological documentary road movie, traveling in pursuit of the legacy of the priest Arsenie Boca.
Between Revolutions
A correspondence chronicle of the friendship between two women, separated by thousands of kilometers between Iran and Romania, and simultaneously a remarkably edited film essay, reflecting on unfulfilled dreams of a better future in the second half of the 20th century.
What's To Be Done?
Behind every bankrupt company can lie hundreds of different human stories. A critical look at the everyday consequences of political corruption and also an elegy for the factory that until recently represented a significant part of its employees' lives.
Snajka: Diary of Expectations
Tea Vidović Dalipi is the director and protagonist of a personally tuned documentary film that explores difficult questions of cultural differences, everyday racism, and overcoming one's own prejudices through the story of one married couple.
Magic Mountain
"Forgotten past is a memory that is missing in our collective consciousness." Just like places that have disappeared from the world and are gradually fading from our memory. Like the Georgian hospital Abastumani, which no longer exists, but thanks to the medium of film, it doesn't necessarily have to vanish from our collective consciousness.
Smiling Georgia
How absurd can political populism get? Georgia knows a thing or two about it. Promises made by political parties to their potential voter base may not only involve material gifts and unattainable pre-election statements. They can also concern your dental health.
Generation Change - Who saves the world?
Alongside climate activist Sarah, we travel to various places across Europe to listen to people who are trying to halt the global ecological catastrophe by addressing local issues.
66 Seasons
The documentary film captures the lives of people and historical events through the perspective of a single swimming pool in Košice over the course of its 66 years of existence.
Honeymoons
Young women from socialist Hungary seek their happiness and a chance to connect with foreign consumerism through relationships with Italian men. How does this idyll turn out?
Photophobia
Twelve-year-old Nikita and his friend Vika are searching for happiness, which was taken from them by the war, hiding in the safety of the underground in Kharkiv.
FEINKOŠT 2024
In Between (dir. Lý Bao Long, CZ, 2023, 6 min), Baigal Nuur (dir. Alisi Telengut, DE/KAN, 2023, 9 min), getty abortions (dir. Franzis Kabisch, DE, 2023, 22 min), Of Fences and Men (dir. Petr Michal, CZ, 2023, 12 min), Body-Soul-Patient (dir. Jindřich Andrš, CZ, 2023, 23 min), Schlafende Hunde (dir. Jenia Bayat Mokhtari, Amelie Befeldt, Samuli Salonen, Sarah Veith, DE, 2023, 11 min)
Darkening
What goes on in the head of a young person who is experiencing depression? And is there a way to get out of these states? That's the story behind the autobiographical animated film Darkening, which uses virtual reality to portray authentic experiences.
Goodbye Mr. Octopus
Goodbye Mr. Octopus is an illuminating coming of age story about the questioning of identity, of what our loved ones represent, and the perception of those around us.
All Ends Well
Imagine a world without bees. Would it be healthy? Would it still exist at all? And what would the world look like without people? Contemplation on the importance of an irreplaceable microcosm, through which we are able to even define ourselves. A spiritual reflection on how bees can teach us and lead us back to nature – just open your eyes. The film is available from May 1, 2023.
Humans
Trans and non-binary people on the way to understanding from the public and their close ones. An inventive documentary about finding one's own place in modern society, about trying to be accepted, and about how we should all view each other primarily as people.
The Visitors
What does it mean to be at home somewhere and to be “only” a visitor? Is it possible to learn to live in a space that rejects you? The story captures the two-year research of an anthropologist Zdenka, who moved to a foreign world with her family. A documentary about acceptance, freedom and the desire to feel safe and at home. The film is available from May 1, 2023.
Eternal Jožo
Who is the man known as Jožo Ráž? Pop legend. The main face of one of the most famous Slovak bands. An icon with a turbulent life destiny. But also a controversial figure of history whose statements, political views and unwillingness to go against the tide of history have long divided society. The film is available from June 1, 2023.
Pongo Calling
Miloš Zeman has said a lot of controversial, often offensive bon mots that people have tended to define themselves against. One of them was addressed to Romani people who are supposedly afraid to work. One of those people was Štefan Pongo. He was a truck driver, a family man, and an activist who openly opposed Zeman. The film is available from May 1, 2023.
From the Bottom
What happens to a person when he loses everything from one day to the next? From the Bottom is a documentary experiment and personal research of a young social worker who decided to spend a week on the streets of Ústí nad Labem. He tried to understand more about the reality of his clients. In the raw continuous footage of a hidden camera, we witness various social interactions, but above all the rapid changes in the immediate experience of the protagonist.
FEINKOŠT 2023
Everything's Fine, Potatoes in Line (r. Piotr Jasiński, CZ), Aralkum (r. Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko, DE),
The Crossing (r. Tereza Plavecká, CZ),
Chemkids (r. Julius Gintaras Blum, DE),
Serpentis (r. Sarah Lomenová, CZ),
Urban Jungle – Die Zimmerpflanze nimmt Platz! (r. Celia Regina Ibáñez Lamuño, DE).
FAMU Shorts 2
Love, Dad (2021, dir. Diana Cam Van Nguyen, 13 min), Apparthegeist (2019, dir. Marie Magdalena Kochová, 11 min), PRATUR: Znovuzrození (2022, dir. Ludmila Cimbůrková, 7 min), Woman Is the Neck (2019, dir. Širín Nafariehová, 20 min)
I Miss You, Marius!
Why is it sometimes useful to put down a healthy animal? And to what extent is it good to show children science? A humanistic film linked to the death of a young giraffe reveals the relationship between humans and nature, and above all the conflict between science and ethics. The film is available from May 1, 2023.
Museum of The Revolution
In the night the wind woke up and blew away all our plans. The proverb at the beginning of the film captures not only the unfinished construction of the titular museum, but also the fate of the homeless and futureless people who now inhabit the unrealised socialist dream of the 1960s. The question arises - how to cope with the collapse of life's dreams and ideals? The film is available from May 1, 2023.
Too Close
What do you do when, through no fault of your own, you become an outcast in your own home? This is exactly the situation that Andrea, her daughter and her son have found themselves in due to the return of an abusive ex-boyfriend back to the neighbourhood. How do you convince unbelieving neighbors who is the victim and who is the predator? The film is available from May 1, 2023.
Eagles from Țaga
Every Sunday, Mr. Nelu, 87, travels to the old, bumpy pitch in the Romanian village of Taga to prepare it for a match his team is likely to lose. The football club Vulturii din Țaga has never managed to get out of the lowest Romanian league and regularly finishes in the bottom half. However, Nelu has not given up and is still trying to raise money and find players who could break the curse. The film is available from May 1, 2023.
The Northeast Winds
Was the collapse of the Soviet Union the greatest geopolitical catastrophe, as Vladimir Putin put it? A group of residents of the Georgian town of Gori, Stalin's birthplace, think so. The former Soviet dictator is also their biggest idol and they are fighting for the return of his statue to the city centre. The film will be available from November, 2023.
Ana's Trial
What is it like to fight for women's rights in a male-dominated world? Georgian lawyer and human rights activist Ana Abashidze knows all about it. Throughout her career, she has won dozens of cases that have set precedents in the Georgian legal system. But now she is facing something that may affect her future. She has decided to run for the post of ombudsman. The film is available from May 1, 2023.
Atonal glow
Ten-year-old Tsotne Zedginidze is a talented pianist and composer from Georgia. The film offers not only a musical performance by the talented boy, but also a glimpse into his life, the environment he grows up in and his relationship with his grandmother Nina. She not only takes care of raising Tsotne and his sister, but also teaches him the piano and acts as his manager. The film is available from May 1, 2023.
Divas
Divas is above all a film about finding oneself, the importance of friendship, the art of appreciating oneself and naming one's dreams. The director engages in a dialogue with the three heroines and invites you on a lush cinematic ride that rivals teen shows like Skam, Skins and Girls in documentary form.
Intensive Life Unit
How to live a good life with illness? This question is posed by Kateřina Rusinová and Ondřej Kopecký, pioneers of Czech palliative medicine at the VFN in Prague. Palliative care is all about life, and even if it is not long, it can still be good for a particular patient. It is just a matter of making the right decision.
Taming the Garden
We all have a hobby. The mysterious richest Georgian and former Prime Minister, for example, buys up majestic century-old trees and, at great expense, transports them from remote villages along the Georgian coast and plants them in his garden. How far is a society capable of going at the cost of money, and how far is an individual capable of going at the cost of a show of strength?
Sunny
A diverse community of contemporary Georgians live in a variety of apartments, houses, shelters and other buildings. Former teacher Sunny visits them and, as part of a sociological study, lets us listen to their thoughts, concerns and hopes about social, moral and political issues.
FAMU Shorts
Why Do I Feel Like a Boy? (2019, r. Kateř Tureček) llllllIIIIl (2017, r. Petr Salaba) About-Hair (2019, r. Josefina Lubojacki) Jménem policie se oblékněte! (2021, r. Mikoláš Arsenjev)
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