American actor and director George Clooney received the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival and expressed his views on the political situation and the importance of journalistic work while attending the ceremony alongside his wife Amal. (translated)
At the age of 94, French film director and screenwriter Jean-Paul Rappeneau, known primarily for his acclaimed film Cyrano de Bergerac from 1990, died in Paris. (translated)
Svetovni voditelji, diplomati in vrhunski intelektualci na Bledu razpravljajo o globalni prihodnosti, naš medijski mainstream pa v tekmi za klike raje z žarom snema 5 uličnih aktivistov z Netanjahujevo lutko. To pove vse o njih samih, njihovi mentaliteti in njihovem intelektualnem dosegu. Res ubogi režiserji cenenega teatra, ki ne zmorejo videti čez plot lastnega dvorišča. Namesto da bi mediji gradili klimo za resne gospodarske preboje, spodbujali ambicije in odpirali obzorja, raje promovirajo provincialni cirkus. Ko marginalne provokacije sistematično dobivajo prednost pred strateškim razmišljanjem, postane jasno, zakaj Slovenija tako težko naredi razvojni korak naprej. A na koncu, ko bo zmanjkalo denarja, jih bodo lastniki hitro vrgli čez prag in vzeli še bolj vodljive. Dokler bodo kreatorji plitkega spektakla določali agendo, bomo pač capljali na mestu. #BSF2026 #zamujenapriložnost #slovenija #slovenija #globalniprihodnost #mediji
Director Markéta Ekrt Válková, in her ten-year documentary "Amiřiny děti," follows the life of a Syrian family trying to settle in the Czech Republic, focusing on the challenges and developments associated with this process, especially from the children's perspective. (translated)
Director Jan Svěrák emphasized the power of music at the Soundtrack festival in Poděbrady, which can touch sensitive spots in the heart, and reminisced about his collaboration with composer Ondřej Soukup in creating the music for the film Dark Blue World. (translated)
The director of the dubbing of Harry Potter, Sitár, recalls the challenges of the casting process and funny situations during filming, including a nearly tragic incident with Vojta Kotek, who almost drowned while filming underwater. (translated)
The article deals with the Czech comedy Who Wants to Kill Jessie? from 1966, whose creation is linked to the creative collaboration of director Václav Vorlíček and screenwriter Miloš Macourek. Although the film was officially presented as a parody of Western comic culture, it actually contains a deep political satire criticizing totalitarian control and censorship in socialist Czechoslovakia. (translated)
India plans to release the epic Ramayana, an adaptation of its most famous story, with a massive budget exceeding 40 billion Indian rupees, in an effort to compete with the successful film Odyseus directed by Christopher Nolan, while expecting to reach a global audience. (translated)
Director John Irvin, who became famous for his documentary films and feature films, including the successful miniseries "One Must Go Off the Wheel" and his version of Robin Hood, has died, with his career lasting over fifty years and involving collaboration with prominent actors such as Alec Guinness, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Patrick Swayze. (translated)
In the state of Jalisco, Mexico, scientists discovered six new species of parasitic fungi, one of which, Ophiocordyceps deltoroi, was named after the director Guillermo del Toro because these fungi, known as zombie fungi, can change the behavior of ants and compel them to engage in suicidal behavior, which also inspires horror stories. (translated)
The article describes the adventures of the crew of the ship Draken during the filming of a Nolan movie, while also informing about the Israeli airstrike on a military airport in Syria and highlighting the dangerous escalation by the USA. (translated)
"What have I lost as a trans woman in society? I have lost status, dignity, I have fallen from the highest to the lowest rung in society," says theater director Daniela Špinar in Studio N. (translated)
"I have completely broken up with God," says director Daniela Špinar in Studio N. After years of doubt, she has come to the conclusion that she can no longer hold her faith together: "God does not exist. Man created him. He is an imperfect, jealous, evil, and vengeful God." (translated)
Director Daniela Špinar declares in her third coming out that she has definitively broken up with God, whom she describes as jealous and evil, and openly talks about her experiences with transition, leaving the National Theatre, and her perception of femininity in contemporary society. (translated)
The film Pramen opens one of the darkest chapters of Czechoslovak healthcare. In Studio N, director Ivan Ostrochovský and former ombudswoman Anna Šabatová discussed the forced sterilizations of Roma women. (translated)
"When you hide behind laws and bureaucracy, it allows those people to be immoral. You can then justify to yourself that you are just enforcing the order that has been established," says Ivan Ostrochovský in Studio N, the director of the film Pramen, which addresses the issue of forced sterilizations. (translated)
Jiří Krejčík skvělý režisér nás opustil dnes r. 2013 Rád ho měl mj. Petr Kostka, který o něm v dobrém vyprávěl, neb Krejčík Kostku objevil na DAMU a na přelomu 50. a 60. let ho obsadil do dvou zásadních snímků: Probuzení (1959) Vyšší princip (1960) oba s Janou Brejchovou. 1/5 https://t.co/zZ3RQAbkhc #JiříKrejčík #českýfilm #režisér
"When people hide behind laws and bureaucracy, it allows them to be immoral. They can justify to themselves that they are just enforcing the order that has been established," says director Ivan Ostrochovský in Studio N. His film "Pramen" addresses the issue of forced sterilizations of Roma women. (translated)
Former ombudswoman Anna Šabatová and director Ivan Ostrochovský discuss in Studio N the dark history of the forced sterilization of Romani women in Czechoslovak healthcare, emphasizing how doctors managed to morally cope with this unethical behavior and how power relations and racial prejudices influenced their decision-making. (translated)
The review of the film Bitter Holidays by Pedro Almodóvar focuses on the theme of identity search and dealing with the past through the character of film director Elsa and her alter ego, allowing for an exploration of the ethical dimension of autofiction and questions about the legitimacy of appropriating foreign stories in art. (translated)
