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Andrea Slováková

Tjekkiet

Biografi

Documentarist, teacher, programmer. She studied Mass Media Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University in Prague, after graduation received the first postgraduate degree. Graduated also from Film Science at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University, where is now finishing the postgraduate studies. She studied documentary film-making at FAMU in Prague. Since 2003 until 2011 she worked in the management of Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, in the last years as the director for publishing activities. Now she co-operates with Jihlava IDFF as programmer of experimental films, the head of the workshop for students Media and documentary, and as the chief editor of bimonthly Dok.revue. She publishes articles in different magazines (e.g. Cinepur, Kino Ikon, Film a doba, A2) and was editor-in-chief of the annual anthology of texts on documentary called DO. She teaches history and methods of documentary film at Masaryk´s University in Brno. As an artist, she made e.g. the portrait of Czech mathematician Petr Vopěnka, film about clouds or film essay about supervision mechanisms.

Filmography:
2011 • In Sight (42 min, 16 mm, HD)
2007 • Clouds (18 min, 35 mm)
2006 • Intent to Enrich the Bare Mechanistical World (22 min, 16 mm)
2006 • Stolen (About Words) (4 min, 35 mm)
2004 • Sábato´s Tunnel in the Story of Colours (10 min, 16 mm)
2004 • Loos´s Box (11 min, 16 mm)

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In Sight

Nadohled (Orig.) / 2011 / Tjekkiet / 42 min

Film essay about classical and postmodern supervision mechanisms.

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Loos´ Box

Loosova bedna (Orig.) / 2004 / Tjekkiet / 10 min

The so-called raumplan, special space-structuring in the Muller's Villa in Prague, respecting function and symbolical importance of each room in the house, was Adolf Loos's specific understanding of functionalism. We build the Villa from thoughts: the film mirrors particular changes in mathematics, cinema and in the social role of media.

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Stolen (about words)

Ukradeno (o slovech) (Orig.) / 2006 / Tjekkiet / 4 min

Fooling around with the words stolen from J.F.Lyotard Coming back and with the commentary about different communication. Conviction that words are far away from their meanings.

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An Intent to Enrich the Bare Mechanistic World

Úmysl obohatit holý mechanistický svět (Orig.) / 2006 / Tjekkiet / 22 min

Prof. Petr Vopěnka is a worldwide famous Czech mathematician, author of many books concerning history of Maths, geometry above all.

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Clouds

Oblaka (Orig.) / 2007 / Tjekkiet / 18 min

Slightly meteorological film about creating, behaving and blustering of clouds...

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Single Shot Indonesia

Single Shot Indonesia

I mere end ti år, vender den hollandske filminstruktør Leonard Retel Helmrich tilbage til sine bedsteforældres hjemland, for at iagttage og filme de tumultagtige hastige ændringer i de år, af den økonomiske og kulturelle globalisering i Indonesien. Dafilms portalen viser nu alle tre film fra hans berømte dokumentarfilm trilogi (herunder den sidste del – Position among the Stars). På baggrund af spændinger i det indonesiske samfund, udfolder der sig, foran Helmrichs kamera, livet af Shamsudinns familien, der i slumkvartererne i Jakarta oplever sin hverdagshistorie om deres daglige arbejde og bekymringer, kærlighed og gensidig fjendtlighed. I ugen fra 21. maj kan I se de første to film fra trilogien -The Eye of the Day og Shape of the Moon gratis.

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- 21.5.2012 -

Østlige forjættelse

Østlige forjættelse

I denne uge tilbydes Dafilms portalens tilskuere en god portion europæisk eksotisme. Rundvisningen på det karakteristiske landskab i Østeuropa bliver formidlet til tilskuere i tre bemærkelsesværdige dokumentarfilm. Selv om filmene „Shutka Book of Records“, „The Mosquito Problem“, „Bahrtalo“ fortæller historier om mennesker, der for det meste er temmelige fattige, skal man ikke forvente tunge sociale dramaer. Man kan nemlig have et lykkeligt liv også uden penge!

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- 14.5.2012 -

True Stories from Russia

True Stories from Russia

Watch or download films about true life in Russia: Kommunalka (free on May 7 and May 8!), Durakovo – the Village of Fools and Mr. Triska's Epoch Making Trip to Russia.

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- 8.5.2012 -

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