22nd festival of Czech films
took place in Plzeň
April 19 – April 25 2009
 
Competitions and Accompanying Programme

During seven days 151 screenings took place (144 originally on programme and 7 added) presenting 198 films in the following sixteen sections:

- NEW CZECH FEATURE FILMS IN COMPETITION
- NEW CZECH FEATURE FILMS OUT OF COMPETITION
- NEW CZECH DOCUMENTARIES IN COMPETITION
- NEW CZECH DOCUMENTARIES OUT OF COMPETITION
- THOSE WONDERFUL MOVIE CRANKS
- TRIBUTE TO VĚRA CHYTILOVÁ
- TRIBUTE TO FRANTIŠEK VLÁČIL
- YEAR 1969
- INTRUDERS
- SILENT MASTERPIECE
- GOLDEN SIXTIES
- SCHOOL – BASIS OF FILM LIFE
- TALK SHOW OF ZDENĚK SUCHÝ
- CHINESE FILM
- EUROPEAN FILM
- SPECIAL MENTION

The accompanying programme composed of:

· OPEN-AIR SCREENINGS:
- FILMS BY DUŠAN KLEIN AND JAROSLAV PAPOUŠEK

· PRAGUE AND COUNTRYSIDE OFFSHOOTS OF THE FESTIVAL:
- PRAGUE – CINEMA EVALD: TRIBUTE TO VĚRA CHYTILOVÁ, TRIBUTE TO FRANTIŠEK VLÁČIL, YEAR 1969, THE WINNER OF FINÁLE
- HOLOSTŘEVY/ NOE COMMUNITY

· CONCERS:
- DVA
- JAN SPÁLENÝ TRIO
- ESTER KOČIČKOVÁ
- D. J. DIOME 

· EXHIBITIONS, MEETING POINTS AND PANELS:
- CINAMATOGRAPHERS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS
- PRESENTATION OF A BOOK “DEFIANCE AND MERCY OF VĚRA CHYTILOVÁ”
- PANEL OF UPCOMING FILM PROJECTS
- PANEL BLUE-RAY

 
The following films entered the competition:
· FEATURE FILMS COMPETITION:

New Czech Feature films:

- MARBLES (dir. Dabrowská Olga)
- I’M ALL GOOD (dir. Hřebejk Jan)
- BATHORY (dir. Jakubisko Juraj)
- MAY (dir. Brabec František A.)
- TOBRUK (dir. Marhoul Václav)
- NIGHT OWLS (dir. Pavlátová Michaela)
- ENGLISH STRAWBERRIES (dir. Drha Vladimír)
- GUARD NO. 47 (dir. Renč Filip)
- WHO IS AFRAID OF THE WOLF (dir. Procházková Maria)
- SISTER (dir. Pancíř Vít)
- WINGLESS (dir. Trajkov Ivo)
- EL PASO (dir. Tyc Zdeněk)

OUT OF COMPETITION:
- SORROW OF MME SCHNEIDER (dir. Milkani Piro, Milkani Eno)
- FRANTIŠEK IS WOMANIZER (dir. Prušinovský Jan)
- SHAMELESS (dir. Hřebejk Jan)
- GOAT STORY – THE OLD PRAGUE LEGENDS (dir. Tománek Jan)
- SMALL CELEBRATIONS (dir. Tyc Zdeněk)
- SAME TO YOU, BOSS! (dir. Kotík Martin)
- THAWING OUT (dir. Tauš Viktor)
- HELL WITH THE PRINCESS (dir. Šmídmajer Miloslav)

· DOCUMENTARIES COMPETITION:

- 2O SHOTS (dir. Kratochvíl Jaroslav)
- ANATOMY OF A GAG (dir. Abrhám jr. Josef)
- ARGIPPO RESURRECTED (dir. Krameš Dan)
- BIMBA – THE STORY OF A FORGOTTEN PAINTER (dir. Moulis Ladislav)
- RAPUBLIC (dir. Abrahám Pavel)
- GHETTO NAMED BALUTY (dir. Štingl Pavel)
- GYUMRI (dir. Ševčíková Jana)
- HEROES (dir. Hátle Petr)
- MANY WOMEN AND MANY MEN (dir. Weinreb Tomáš)
- IVETKA AND THE MOUNTAIN (dir. Janeček Vít)
- TAKE IT JEASY! (dir. Nvotová Tereza)
- ABOUT THE HOUSE (dir. Bláhovec Bohdan)
- CONFESSIONS OF KATERYNY K. (dir. Janek Miroslav)
- WINDOW AN EYE OF HEART, INTO AN EYE WINDOW OF, A SOUL (dir. Krutský Dominik)
- THEM, US AND SKITSKOJ (dir. Bričkovský N. Zdeněk)
- OVOCE FALLING OF ITSELF (dir. Záruba Petr )
- REDEMPTION ATTEMPT OF A TV REPAIRMAN…(dir. Kokeš Lukáš)
- PRESENT MOMENT (dir. Šípek Jan)
- RENÉ (dir. Třeštíková Helena )
- PERMANENT RESIDENCE (dir. Bystřičan Ivo)
- GRANDMASTER (dir. Kohoutová Rozálie)
- PRISONERS OF A WHITE GOD (dir. Lichtag L. Steve)
- FORGOTTEN TRANSPORTS TO ESTONIA (dir. Přibyl Lukáš)
- EXPERIENCES FOR SALE (dir. Reichová Tereza)

OUT OF COMPETITION:
- AUSCHWITZ - BIRKENAU (dir. Morgenstern Malina Oliver)
- INTO THE LAND OF (NO)PROMISE (dir. Vondráček David)
- ME - PLURAL (dir. Gogola Jan)
- JAN KLUSÁK – AXIS TEMPORUM (dir. Krameš Dan)
- LE MANS PHENOMENON (dir. Zika Adolf)
- MEDICAMENTS (dir. Reichová Tereza)
- MY EMBRACE (dir. Derzsinová Alena)
- MY GRANDPA WAS A SOLDIER, HE MADE WAR AT PIAVA (dir. Anton Miroslav)
- SEVEN LIGHTS (dir. Sommerová Olga)
- LIFE WITHOUT PIGEON-HOLE (dir. Remundová Theodora)

Juries and awards

· International jury of feature films consisting of:
Milena Jelinek (Czech Republic/USA), scriptwriter – chairperson of the jury
Andreas Eicher (Germany), producer
Ivan Hronec (Slovakia), distributor
Lau Shing Hon (Hong Kong), director, actor, scriptwriter
Pavel Jech (Czech Republic), Dean of FAMU

decided to award the main statutory award of the festival
the GOLDEN KINGFISHER
for the Best Feature Film to
film Who Is Afraid of the Wolf
directed by Maria Procházková

REASON FOR THE VERDICT:

An innovative and commanding examination of a child’s inner world caught in the typical problems of contemporary times.
 

and further the jury decide to award
a Special Award to
film El paso
directed by Zdeněk Tyc

REASON FOR THE VERDICT:

Illuminating presentation of a European social and racial problem.
 
· International jury of documentaries composed of:

Markéta Šantrochová (Czech Republic) – chairperson of the jury
Sari Volanen (Finland), commissioning editor of documentaries
Marek Šulík (Slovakia), director, editor

decided to confer the main statutory award of the festival
the GOLDEN KINGFISHER
for Best Documentary on
film RAPublic
directed by Pavel Abrahám

REASON FOR THE VERDICT:
The film shows how representatives of opposite opinions can find a way to communicate together. The jury appreciates that the director treats his theme in a wider angle and the form of the film follows its topic.

and the jury further decided to confer
a Special Award on
film Window an Eye of Heart, into an Eye Window of, a Soul
directed by Dominik Krutský

REASON OF THE VERDICT:
The jury appreciated the director’s effort to seek his own film language.

· Pilsner Urquell Audience Award for the Best Film

conferred on the basis of festival audience voting
was given to
film Guard No. 47 
directed by Filip Renč


· On the basis of internet voting at www.fimfestfinale.cz and voting in the special festival annex of the MF Dnes

THE BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD
was conferred on
Karel Roden
for his role in film Guard No. 47
· Festival of Czech films FINÁLE

conferred the
AWARD FOR A SIGNIFICANT PROMOTION OF CZECH CINEMA ABROAD
on film publicist
Peter Hames (Great Britain)

Accredited guests and journalists

A total of 509 persons were accredited at the festival, including 59 journalists, 55 foreign guests. The remaining accreditations were for domestic guests, jury members, students, film club members.

By Saturday 25th April evening 12 312 tickets were issued (including accreditations).

· SOME FOREIGN GUESTS

Walter Annuss, UNIVERSITÄT REGENSBURG, professor, Germany; Vladimír Balko, director, Slovak Republic; Deborah Benattar, AMBASSADE DE FRANCE EN RÉPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE, audiovisual attaché, Czech Republic; Martina Besier, SCHMIDTZ KATZE FILMKOLLEKTIV GMBH, festival coordinator, Germany; Klaus Blanc; OFFENE AKADEMIE DER MÜNCHENER VOLKSCHULLE IM GASTEIG; director of cultural studies; Germany; Laura Blum, journalist and producer, USA; Aleš Březina, SATELLITE, film journalist, Canada; Renata Clark, CZECH CENTER LONDON, deputy director, Great Britain; Veronika Fedotová, CZECH CENTER MüNCHEN, director, Germany; Livia Filusová, FURIA Film, producer, Slovak Republic; Christina Frankenberg, CZECH CENTER BERLIN, programme officer, Germany; Uta Gildhuis, NEGATIV, festival coordinator, Czech Republic; Peter Hames, LONDON FILM FESTIVAL, film journalist, Great Britain; Pavol Hell, IFF VANCOUVER, professor, Canada; Katharina Hinderer, TITELBILD, film translator, Germany; Marina Ignatjuk, SCHMIDTZ KATZE FILMKOLLEKTIV GmbH, production assistant, Germany; Lea Kaufmannová, IFF BRATISLAVA, chief of organisational crew, Slovak Republic; Andrzej Kawala, LUBUSKIE LATO FILMOWE - LUBUSKIE FILM SUMMER, director of the festival, Poland; Hana Klabanová, CZECH CENTER DRESDEN, director, Germany, Michal Klimkiewicz, Film New Europe, project manager, Poland; Piotr Kotowski, SUMMER FILM ACADEMY, film publicist, Poland; Irena Kovářová, INDEPENDENT FILM PROGRAMMER, film specialist, USA; Stefan Kügel, JUNGE PRESSE BAYERN E.V., journalist, Germany; Marta Lamperová, SPI Office CZ, film professional, Czech Republic; Sergej Lavrentiev, IFF "ZERKALO", programme director, Russia; Marcel Maiga, IFF COTTBUS, programme coordinator, Germany; Alexei Medvedev, IFF 2MORROW, member of selection committee, Russia; Cathy Meils, FILM NEW EUROPE, editor in chief, Czech Republic; Zuzana Mistriková, The Slovak Film and Television Academy, executive director, Slovak Republic; Marzena Moskal, WARSAW FILM FOUNDATION, programme coordinator, Poland; Freddy Olsson, BOKOMOTIV FILMPRODUKTION AB, film professional, Švédsko; Peter Petruňa, VAL Productions SK, s.r.o., film professional, Slovak Republic; Volker Petzold; SAECHSISCHER KINDER- UND JUGENDFILMDIENST/SCHLINGEL FILM, film professional, Germany; Robert Richter, film professional, Switzerland; Ksenia Sakharnova, PERSONA magazine, journalist, Russia; Theo Schwinke, SCREEN INTERNATIONAL, correspondent in the Czech Republic, USA; Veronika Skořepová, FORZA PRODUCTION HOUSE, executive producer, Slovak Republic; David Sorfa, LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY, associate professor, Great Britain, David Stecher, CZECH CENTER TEL AVIV, director, Israel; Alexandra Strelková, SLOVAKIAN FILM INSTITUTE, director, Slovak Republic; Václav Táborský, documentarist, Canada; Jörg Taszman, BLICKPUNKT FILM, MDR RADIO, DEUTSCHE WELLE RADIO, journalist; Will Tizard, VARIETY/Time Out Prague, journalist in the Czech Republic; Miroslav Ulman, FILM.SK, film journalist; Michael Wellner-Pospíšil, CZECH CENTER SOFIE, director.

· SOME CZECH GUESTS:

Olga Dabrowská – director; Josef Hanuš – cameraman; Jaromír Hanzlík – actor; Jan Hřebejk - director, scriptwriter; Juraj Jakubisko - director, scriptwriter; Deana Jakubisková – producer; Petr Jarchovský – scriptwriter; Matěj Hádek – actor; Aurel Klimt - director, scriptwriter; Jiří Krejčík - director, scriptwriter; Jiří Mádl – actor; Petr Lněnička – actor; Václav Marhoul - director; Maria Procházková – director; Filip Renč - director, scriptwriter; Karel Roden – actor; Linda Rybová – actress; Břetislav Rychlík - director, scriptwriter; Lenka Vychodilová - actress, singer; Viktor Tauš – director; Ivo Trajkov - director; Ondřej Trojan – producer; Zdeněk Tyc - director; Václav Jiráček – actor; Petr Zelenka – director; Ljuba Skořepová – actress; Bára Štěpánová – actress; Ivan Hubač – chief dramaturge; Alžběta Stanková – actress; Tomáš Bařina – director; Slobodanka Radun – director; Martha Issová – actress; Robert Nebřenský – actor; Jan Tománek – director; David Švehlík – actor; Petr Jeništa – actor; Jiří Vyorálek – actor; Vít Pancíř – director; Lukáš Přibyl – director; Tomáš Řehořek – director; Marie Štípková – actress; Ivan Lupták – actor; Sandra Lehnertová – actress; Andrej Polák – actor; Radim Fiala – actor; Lenka Termerová – actress; David Solař – musician; Verica Nedeska – actress; Marie Durnová – actress; Jakub Zich – actor; Dita Zábranská – actress; Petra Hřebíčková – actress; Marek Majeský – actor; Jiří Mádl – actor; Martin Stránský – actor; Tereza Voříšková – actress; Antonín Procházka - dramatist, actor, director; Dorotka  Dědková – actress
 

Festival partners

Main partner : Skupina ČEZ

Official partner: Plzeňský Prazdroj

Official carrier Porsche Plzeň

Partners: Daddy Toys
 City Casino
 Xtreme Cinemas
 Home Cinema Praha
 Filmopolis
 Panasonic
 Cinema City
 Plzeň Plaza

Media partners: Radio 1
 MF Dnes
 14 dní
 Český rozhlas Plzeň
 Xantypa
 Sms.cz

Special thanks for financial support:
 The City of Plzeň
 Plzeň Region
 Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic State Fund for Support and Development of Cinematography

The status „Official Event to Accompany the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU" was conferred on the festival FINÁLE by the Office of the Government.

Special thanks: Bieliková Barbara
 Binter Tomáš
 Borde Kalinová Jana – Falkon
 Černá Zuzana - Cinemart 
 Černík Jana – Czech Film Centre
 Černík Roman – Johan o.s.
 Černý David – The Military History Institute in Prague
 Dostál Oto
 Ďuricová Viera - Slovakian Film Institute
 Fairaisl Zdeněk – iDNES.tv
 Górecki Petr – sms.cz
 Gübelová Michaela – Xantypa
 Habada Radek
 Hájek Petr – Krátký film Praha
 Hammerschlag Martin
 Havlíčková Stáňa – Mafra a.s.
 Herák Petr – Czech Television
 Hlavsa Luboš – Vistafilm
 Hlochová Kamila
 Hoffmannová Věra – FAMU
 Horníček Jiří – NFA
 Kadeřábek Pavel – Janák Bros. spol. s r.o.
 Kafková Jana A. – Panasonic AVC Networks Czech, s.r.o
 Karásková Tereza – Porsche Plzeň
 Konopásek Jan – Xtreme Cinemas
 Kovářová Olga – Krátký film Praha
 Lukeš Jan 
 Lukešová Ivana
 Majer Josef – Dragon Press
 Marko Tomáš – Radio 1
 Matějka Dušan – Dragon Press
 Michailidis Saša – Radio 1 
 Nálevková Malvína – Xtreme Cinemas
 Němeček Jakub – Aerofilms
 Ondrejčáková Bára – Media Desk ČR
 Packun Patrik – Plzeň Plaza
 Panský Kamil – AWI FILM
 Pecková Ivana –Bontonfilm
 Polívka Martin – Mafra a.s.
 Procházková Jitka – Czech Television
 Prokopová Irena – Magic Box – Bioscop
 Ptáček Přemysl – o5&Radeček
 Ptáčková Jana – IDFF Jihlava
 Rund Josef
 Seidl Tomáš
 SITmP – team of technicians
 Souček Standa
 Strakoš Aleš – Bontonfilm
 Strmisková Denisa
 Strobach Jiří – Mayor of city district Plzeň 3
 Šnebergrová Helena
 Šošolík Ondřej
 Štichová Vlaďka – City Casino
 Štovíková Petra – Česká televize
 Tůmová Danuše – Mafra a.s.
 Uldrichová Helena – Barrandov Studio
 Víceníková Věra – Ateliéry Bonton Zlín
 Viták Roman 
 Vitáková Iveta
 Vokounová Alena – t Artcam
 Vrána Tomáš
 Záhora Michal

Press Service of festival Finále 2009
Daniela Vítová
Plzeň, April 26, 2009