ZÁVĚREČNÁ ZPRÁVA

Finále 2009

22^nd 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

· CONCERTS:
- 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:

- 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

The Best Performance Award

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 

Award for a Significant Promotion of Czech Cinema Abroad

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

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