Year SEVENTEEN 2004 /March 29 – April 4/

Competition and accompanying programme

During seven days there were 170 screenings of 225 films in the following sixteen thematic sections:

- FEATURE FILMS COMPETITION
- COMPETITION OF DOCUMENTARIES UNDER 30 MINUTES
- COMPETITION OF DOCUMENTARIES OVER 30 MINUTES
- JAN ŠVANKMAJER – ANIMATOR OF THE MEMORY
- TRIBUTE TO VĚRA ŠIMKOVÁ – PLÍVOVÁ, ESTER KRUMBACHOVÁ, THE CZECH NEW WAVE
- THOSE WONDERFUL MOVIE CRANKS
- THE MOST TURBULENT DECADE OF THE CZECH CINEMA – 1964
- LONELY RUNNERS
- SCHOOL – THE BASIS OF FILM LIFE
- 40 YEARS WITH BED TIME STORIES
- MUSIC VIDEOS
- SPECIAL SCREENINGS
- CENTRAL EUROPEAN FILM
- THE ECHO OF THE DAYS OF EUROPEAN FILM
- STEP ACROSS THE BORDER
- DVD


In the framework of the accompanying programme the festival organised

· CONCERTS:
- Burma Jones
- Unity
- Gulo čar
- Alice and Dan Bárta
- Stephunk T.
- DJ Maceo (Groove – Evropa 2)
- Dolores Clan
- Rantand live

· EXHIBITION:
- Eva and Jan Švankmajer

· BOOK PRESENTATION:
- Eva Švankmajerová: Otesánek

· SEMINARS, DISCUSSIONS AND MEETINGS
- Film projects panel
- Round tables: Film distribution, Film critics, Film festivals, Central European Film

Films in competition:

· FEATURE FILMS COMPETITION:
- QUARTÉTTO
(dir.: Laura Siváková)
- NUDA V BRNĚ
(dir.: Vladimír Morávek)
- NEVĚRNÉ HRY
(dir.: Michaela Pavlátová)
- ŽELARY
(dir.: Ondřej Trojan)
- JEDNA RUKA NETLESKÁ
(dir.: David Ondříček)
- SENTIMENT
(dir.: Tomáš Hejtmánek)
- MAZANÝ FILIP
(dir.: Václav Marhoul)
- JAK BÁSNÍCI NEZTRÁCEJÍ NADĚJI
(dir.: Dušan Klein)
- BOLERO
(dir.: František A. Brabec)
- KRÁL ZLODĚJŮ
(dir.: Ivan Fíla)
- MISTŘI
(dir.: Marek Najbrt)

· COMPETITION OF DOCUMENTARIES UNDER 30 MINUTES:
- EMÍLIE Z RODU HOLOMKŮ
(dir.: Jaroslav Hovorka)
- MAJ KOMPJUTR
(dir.: Jakub Sommer)
- ZAKARPATSKÁ OBLAST – RACHOVSKÝ RAJÓN
(dir.: Tomáš Hodan)
- ÚČEL CESTY
(dir.: Marek Dušák)
- PADÁ HOVNO, NĚCO SI PŘEJ
(dir.: Ladislav Cmíral)
- HIP - HOP
(dir.: Miroslav Bláha)
- NÁVRAT JANA Z PAŘÍŽSKÉHO EXILU DO PRAHY V LÉTĚ 2003
(dir.: Kateřina Krusová)

· COMPETITION OF DOCUMENTARIES OVER 30 MINUTES:
- NIČEHO NELITUJI
(dir.: Theodora Remundová)
- TRÓJA V PROMĚNÁCH ČASU
(dir.: Věra Chytilová)
- 66 SEZÓN
(dir.: Peter Kerekes)
- BEZESNÉ NOCI
(dir.: Radim Špaček, David Čálek)
- HABERMANNŮV MLÝN
(dir.: Petr Jančárek)
- HLEDÁNÍ JANÁČKA
(dir.: Petr Kaňka)
- MALOVÁNÍ POTMĚ
(dir.: Pavel Štingl)
- PANÍ MĚSÍČNÍ VĚŽE
(dir.: Jan Petras)
- POPIS JEDNOHO ZÁPASU
(dir.: Pavel Štingl)
- ŽENY PRO MĚNY
(dir.: Erika Hníková)
- S BRÁCHOU NA ALJAŠCE – SRUB NA TAYLOROVĚ JEZEŘE
(dir.: Ladislav Moulis)
- KRISTOVA LÉTA, DÁMY
(dir.: Tereza Kopáčová)
- GOU! NEBO-LI POJĎ
(dir.: Karel Žalud)

Juries and awards
· The international feature film jury compound of:
Jaromír Hanzlík (actor, The Czech Republic) – the chairman of the jury
Martin Blaney (journalist, The Great Britain)
Robert M. Richter (delegate of Donostia, Switzerland)
Jakob Abrahamsson (manager, Sweden)
Ivan Shvedoff (actor, Russia)
conferred the main statutory festival award of
the GOLDEN KINGFISHER in the category of the best feature film
to the film directed by Michaela Pavlátová
FAITHLESS GAMES

The international jury also decided to confer
the KODAK VISION AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
to the film directed by Vladimír Morávek
BOREDOM IN BRNO

· The international jury for documentaries compound of:
Drahomíra Vihanová (director, The Czech Republic) – the chairman of the jury
Allan Berg Nielsen (Danish Film Institute, Denmark)
Maria Teresa Simoes Loureiro (member of ICAM, Portugal)

decided to confer the statutory festival award of
the GOLDEN KINGFISHER in the category of the best documentary under 30 minutes
to the film directed by Kateřina Krusová
RETURN OF JAN FROM THE PARISIAN EXILE TO PRAGUE IN SUMMER 2003

and furthermore decided to confer the statutory festival award of
the GOLDEN KINGFISHER in the category of the best documentary over 30 minutes
to the film directed by Tereza Kopáčová
CHRIST AGE, LADIES

· The viewers award
The viewers award of the Pilsner Urquell,
was conferred on the basis of voting of the festival visitors to the film
directed by Vladimír Morávek
BOREDOM IN BRNO

· The FICC jury compound of:
Radek Pernica (The Czech Republic)
Natalia Soler Gonzales (Spain)
Niall Foran (The Great Britain)

decided to confer the AWARD DON QUIJOTE
to the film directed by Tomáš Hejtmánek
SENTIMENT
and furthermore conferred the SPECIAL AWARD
to the film directed by Marek Najbrt
CHAMPIONS

· The student jury compound of:
Jan Janský (Faculty of applied sciences of the WBU Pilsen)
Štěpán Stoček (Faculty of education of the WBU Pilsen)
Jana Synková (Faculty of humanities of the WBU Pilsen)
Martin Zeman (Faculty of humanities of the WBU Pilsen)
František Žebra (Faculty of electrotechnics of the WBU Pilsen)

decided to confer
THE STUDENT JURY AWARD FOR THE BEST FEATURE FILM
to the film directed by Vladimír Morávek
BOREDOM IN BRNO

· ASSOCIATION OF CZECH FILM CLUBS
awarded on the basis of voting of its members
the ASSOCIATION OF CZECH FILM CLUBS AWARD for the year 2003 
to the film directed by Vladimír Morávek
BOREDOM IN BRNO

· Readers of the magazine Cinema

conferred on the basis of voting
the BEST ACTOR AWARD
to
BOLESLAV POLÍVKA
for the role in the film directed by Jan Hřebejk Pupendo.

and the BEST ACTRESS AWARD
to
AŇA GEISLEROVÁ
for the role in the film directed by Ondřej Trojan Želary.

Accredited guests and journalists

The festival issued 641 accreditations: 93 journalists, 81 foreign guests and 391 domestic guests. Remaining 76 accreditations were students, film clubs members and weekend accreditations. Festival screenings were attended by altogether 28 211 viewers.

· SOME DOMESTIC GUESTS

Pavel Anděl - moderator, Ivan Arsenjev - film professional, Daniel Bárta - musician, Mahulena Bočanová – actress, Jan Budař - actor, Zuzana Bydžovská - actress, Andrea Černá - actress, Kateřina Černá - producer, Miloslav Donutil - actor, Martin Dostál - director, Marek Dušák - director, Ivan Fíla - director, Aňa Geislerová - actress, Jana Hádková - director, Josef Hanuš - director of photography, Erika Hníková - director, Igor Chaun - director, Vlasta Chramostová - actress, Boris Jachnin - film historian, Petr Jákl - producer, Deana Jakubisková - producer, Miroslav Janek - director, Jaromír Kallista - producer, Petr Kaňka - director, Jan Klusák – music composer, Jiří Konečný - producer, Tereza Kopáčová - director, Čestmír Kopecký - producer, Richard Krajčo - musician, Jiří Krejčík - director, Jaroslav Kučera - producer, Jan Kuděla - producer, Milan Kuchynka - producer, Dušan Kukal - film professional, Kamila Kytková - director, Pavel Liška - actor, Jan Lukeš - film historian, Jiří Macháček - actor, Václav Marhoul - director and producer, Stanislav Milota - director of photography, Vladimír Morávek - director, Marek Najbrt - director, David Ondříček - director and producer, Jiří Ornest - actor, Vlasta Pospíšilová - director, Theodora Remundová - director and actress, Ladislav Smoček - director, Jakub Sommer - director, Jiří Stivín - musician, Zuzana Stivínová - actress, Pavel Strnad - producer, Kristián Suda - dramaturge, Zdeněk Suchý - director, Milan Šteindler - director and actor, Pavel Štingl - director, Vladimír Štvrtňa - dramaturge, Jan Švankmajer - director, artist and producer, Pavel Taussig - film historian, Ivan Trojan - actor, Ondřej Trojan - director and producer, Benjamin Tuček - director, Helena Uldrichová - producer, Martin Vadas - director, Monika Elšíková Vadasová - director, Martin Vandas - producer, Tatiana Vilhelmová - actress, Lucie Vondráčková - actress.