Journalist of the newspaper Prague Telegraph – ptel.cz, Yulia Vovk, took interview with four filmmakers who participated in the short film program of PIFF 2017. The resulting article “Court métrage — an attempt to stick an elephant in a suitcase” was based on these interviews with the festival participants. Here we publish the original English
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Interview with Alexei Krasovsky
The film “Collector” received three prizes at the Prague Independent Film Festival 2017. This film received also other important international awards and was regarded by critics as innovative and highly original film starring only one actor — Konstantin Khabensky. Director of the film Alexei Krasovsky answered the questions about this film and his plans for
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Interview with director Salvador Carrasco
Salvador Carrasco is a film director well-known for his picture “The Other Conquest” (2000), which broke box-office records in Mexico and became an international success. He is also a professor at the Santa Monica College and founder of its film production program. His students have been receiving many awards at international film festivals. Diana
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Maya Dardel (A Critically Endangered Species) – PIFF 2017
Lena Olin gives a tour-de-force performance in Maya Dardel The film Maya Dardel (A Critically Endangered Species) is directed and written by Zachary Cotler and Magdalena Zyzak. They are newcomers to the film industry, but have already been successful by presenting their film at SXSW and selling the picture to Samuel Goldwyn. The film’s protagonist
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Train Driver’s Diary – PIFF 2017
Black comedy masterpiece starring Lazar Ristovski Train Driver’s Diary (Dnevnik mašinovođe) was released in 2016 but already has became a film classic. It won many awards at prestigious festivals, including the audience award at the Moscow International Film Festival. At the Prague Independent Film Festival 2017 it won Grand Prix, Best Feature Film and Best
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Interview with director Derek Frey
Being a member of the jury of Prague Independent Film Festival I watch a lot of independent films. One film – ”Green Lake” impressed our jury by its humor and brilliant music score, but we were very surprised when we later found out that director of this independent production is Derek Frey, one of the
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Just Call Me God: A dictator’s final speech Review
Just Call Me God – John Malkovich is a dictator in a darkly funny stage play. Just Call Me God: A dictator’s final speech is the third stage play with Hollywood star John Malkovich (Dangerous Liaisons, Being John Malkovich) and Austrian director Michael Sturminger. Their previous collaborations were “The Infernal Comedy” and “The Giacomo Variations”,
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Winners of Berlinale 2017
Winners of the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival. On the 18th of February the official prize winners of the Berlinale were announced. The Golden Bear for Best Film went to the picture “On Body and Soul”, a romantic drama about two slaughterhouse workers with identical dreams made by Hungarian writer-director Ildikó Enyedi. Many thought that
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The Party Review – Berlinale 2017
Sally Potter’s smart and funny dark comedy features an all-star cast. The Party, a black comedy directed by Sally Potter was screened in competition at the Berlinale. Great acting by the all-star cast and Potter’s smart and funny screenplay made the film one of the highlights of the Berlin film festival. The picture was made on
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Collector
The film “Collector” (Коллектор) is the directorial debut of Alexey Krasovsky starring Konstantin Khabensky. The director has achieved the quite complicated task of creating a film with only one actor and using a single set. The actor who plays the role of a debt collector created an impressive character whose different aspects of personality unfold
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Paradise (2016) – Review
The film “Paradise” directed by Andrei Konchalovsky was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2016 Academy Awards. The subject of “Paradise” is the Holocaust, which has been often covered in film and has always been a popular topic at the Oscars. Konchalovsky tried to avoid clichés common in films about the topic.
