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In the Shadow wins 9 Czech Lions

In the Shadow (Ve Stínu) by David Ondříček wins 9 Czech Lions

Drama, Torino 2012

Až do Mesta Aš (Made in Ash) – Torino 30

Iveta Grófová depicts the bleak life in Bohemia that has gradually become Germany's poor man's Thailand.

REVIEWS

Ucho (The Ear, 1970)

Karel Kachyňa directs one of the most iconic films on depicting the mentality of a totalitarian regime. Banned for 20 years in Czechoslovakia.

Jauja (2014)

Jodorowsky meets Tarkovsky with a touch of Beckettian minimalism in Lisandro Alonso's hypnotic meta-Western that leads Viggo Mortensen into a never-ending journey to a surreal existential void.

Viharsarok (Land of Storms) – Sarajevo 20

A deeply emotional and visually impressive drama by Ádám Császi, that exposes the issue of homophobia in modern day Hungary.

Boi Neon (Neon Bull) – Venice 72 Orizzonti

Gabriel Mascaro observes the social and cultural changes of Brazilian society as genders lose their identities and when a vaquero dreams to be a tailor.

Stachka (Strike, 1925)

The debut feature film by Sergei Eisenstein and the first archetypical example of pure communist propaganda.

TagCzech Republic

In the Shadow wins 9 Czech Lions

Až do Mesta Aš (Made in Ash) – Torino 30

Ucho (The Ear, 1970)

Jauja (2014)

Viharsarok (Land of Storms) – Sarajevo 20

Boi Neon (Neon Bull) – Venice 72 Orizzonti

Stachka (Strike, 1925)

Federico Fellini & James Bond

Dziga Vertov’s Eye

TV vs. Cinema by Jean-Luc Godard

Sogni d’Oro (1981)

Soft and Hard (1986)