THE TEACHER 

Director: Jan Hřebejk, Czech Republic & Slovakia 2016, 102 minutes, Czech & Slovak, Subtitles in Hebrew

 

17.10.16, 12:00, Kriger Hall

22.10.16, 19:30, Kriger Hall, followed by Q&A with the movie director and lead actress
 

Bratislava, 1983. In the local elementary school a group of parents meet in secret with the principal. They are revolted by the conduct of a school teacher. Mrs Drazdechova initially seems to be a kindly, well-meaning and sympathetic person. She is, however, milking her position for all it is worth. Winner of the Best Actress Award at the 2016 Karlovy Vary Festival, The Teacher is a comic moral drama with dry, dark Czech humor.

I, OLGA HEPNAROVA

Directors: Tomas Weinreb, Petr Kazda, Czech Republic 2016, 105 minutes, Subtitles in

Hebrew & English

16.10.16, 19:15, Cinematheque Hall

23.10.16, 15:00, Tikotin Hall

 

Olga Hepnarova was a young, lonely lesbian outsider from a cold-hearted family who couldn’t play the part society desired of her. Her paranoid self-examination and inability to connect with other people eventually drove her over the edge of humanity when she was only twenty-two years old. Austere, meticulously composed and shot in light-infused black-and-white I, Olga Hepnarova looks at the life of the last woman to be hanged in the former Czechoslovakia in 1975, at the age of 22. 

MALLORY 
Director: Helena Trestikova, Czech Republic 2015, 101 minutes, Subtitles in Hebrew & English

 

20.10.16, 13:30, Kriger Hall     

24.10.16, 18:00, Cinematheque Hall

 

Facing homelessness, depression, drug addiction and a son in state care, Mallory struggles to survive in the unforgiving streets of Prague. The odds may be severely stacked against her, but Mallory is a true force of intelligence, resilience and tenacity that never falters. Filmed over 13 years, internationally renowned documentarian Helena Trestikova’s Mallory offers an empathic and gritty journey into the life of a captivating protagonist.

THE FIREMEN´S BALL 

Director: Miloš Forman Czechoslovakia 1967, 73 minutes Subtitles in Hebrew & English
Restored Digital Copy

 

23.10.16, 14:15, Kriger Hall

A milestone of the Czech New Wave, The Firemen’s Ball is both a dazzling comedy and a provocative political satire. A hilarious saga of good intentions confounded, the story chronicles a firemen’s ball where nothing goes right. The film was “banned forever” in Czechoslovakia following the Russian invasion and prompted Forman’s move to America. 

CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS 

Director: Jiri Menzel, Czechoslovakia 1966, 93 minutes, Subtitles in Hebrew & English
Restored Digital Copy

 

16.10.16, 13:45, Kriger Hall

 

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery. Academy Award-winning Closely Watched Trains is a masterpiece of human observation and one of the best-loved films of the Czech New Wave.