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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

Ja Tozhe Hochu (Me Too) – Venice 69 Orizzonti

Alexei Balabanov's last and most personal film. An adaptation on Tarkovsky's Stalker myth set in Balabanov's provocative world.

Three Windows and a Hanging (Tri Dritare dhe një Varje) – Sarajevo 20

Isa Quosja directs a slow burning drama that is dealing with one of the most delicate and tabu issues in modern post-war Kosovo.

A Blast – Sarajevo 20

Syllas Tzoumerkas' sophomore feature is a powerful sociopolitical drama that juxtaposes the cynicism of the troubled Greek society while the middle-class decays internally.

El Sicario, Room 164 (2010)

Τhe controversial documentary by Gianfranco Rosi. A retired sicario is narrating his experiences working for the Mexican drug cartels.

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.

TagCzech Republic

In the Shadow wins 9 Czech Lions

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

Ja Tozhe Hochu (Me Too) – Venice 69 Orizzonti

Three Windows and a Hanging (Tri Dritare dhe një Varje) – Sarajevo 20

A Blast – Sarajevo 20

El Sicario, Room 164 (2010)

Jauja (2014)

But the cinephile is…

Kieślowski on his work

Ingmar Bergman on existence

The ideas of David Lynch

Solitudine (1966)