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26. DEF 2019
26. DEF will take place 4. – 21. 4. 2019. We look forward to seeing you in the cinema!
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We’ve come to the finish!
25. DEF is over. Thank you very much to the audience. We look forward to seeing you in the cinema next year at the 26th DAYS OF THE EUROPEAN FILM!
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SPECTACULAR FINALE
FRENCH MENU, NICK CAVE’S CONCERT AND MOVING TO OTHER CITIES DEF is enjoying great style with Prague audiences. First we offer a French menu for Rock’n Roll in MONO FONO Club from 7 pm. Other program offers a concert show of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in Světozor cinema at 8:30 pm. And we don’t finish yet… we only move to other cities: Hradec Králové (17. – 18. 4.), Červený Kostelec (17. – 19. 4.), Boskovice (17. – 19. 4.), Hodonín (17. – 19. 4.), Jablonec nad Nisou (17. – 22. 4.)
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HUGH O´CONOR TODAY IN PRAGUE
A film Mary Shelley about the love between Percy Bysshe Shelley and young Mary, the future author of Frankenstein will today at 6:30 pm in Lucerna personally introduce one of the actors – Hugh O´Conor. We also offer today an Italian menu together with the film Perfect Strangers – at 7 pm in MONO FONO club.
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FILM FLAVOUR OFFERS ITALIAN AND FRENCH MENU
Cinema Cuisine showings in a special section called Film Flavour. The concept combines film screening with culinary experience. Opt for a three-course meal by Chef Filip Strnad you enjoy films in Prague’s exclusive MONO FONO club. The price of CZK 500 per person includes movie projection, dinner, wine and water.
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TODAY MARY SHELLEY AND SCREENING FOR SENIORS
A film about the love between Percy Bysshe Shelley and young Mary, the future author of Frankenstein, you can see today at 8:30 pm in Světozor cinema in Prague. Passionately rebellious Mary Wollstonecraft finds a kindred spirit in poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The stormy affair explodes into “decent” society which is outraged by their bohemian lifestyle. When tragedy strikes with the death of their newborn child, Mary, who is only eighteen, finds the strength to transform her suffering into the legendary work, Frankenstein… Elle Fanning and Maisie Williams and Hugh O´Conor shine in this all star cast. Hugh O´Conor will personally introduce the movie at next screening in Lucerna on Wednesday, 11th of April at 6:30 pm. Mary Shelley Ireland, United Kingdom, USA, 2017, 120 min., direction Haifaa Al Mansour, English with Czech subtitles On Monday we have a special program for seniors as well – Italian road movie The Leisure Seeker with a lesson about Italian cinema. More HERE. The Leisure Seeker Italy, 2017, 112 min., direction Paolo Virzì, English with English and Czech subtitles
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CINEMA AND GALLERY EUROPEAN HOUSE
We invite you to the European House (Jungmannova 24, Praha 1) on Wednesday 11. 4. at 7 pm. The screening of the film The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq is for free. Michel Houellebecq is a well-known literary provocateur, cynic and pessimist. For some, his books are mere dross, for others, they are biting satires beating at the discord and nihilism of modern society. In September of 2011, news came out that the author had been kidnapped. By whom and to what end it was not clear. Had the crime been planned, or had the author, himself, chosen to vanish? Even after reappearing, Houellebecq has never given a satisfactory explanation. The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq is an original reconstruction of events, a game with audiences and intentional provocation all rolled into one – not unlike his books – starring Michel Houellebecq. An exhibition of festival posters entitled “25 YEARS WITH EUROPEAN FILM” is organized by the European House in Prague as well. If you have a walk along the Jungmannova street from March 7th to April 12th, you can enjoy the bold, funny poster designs inviting to the cinema.
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FLAMENCO NIGHT SHOW TODAY
A movie night full of passion which buzzes the blood and satisfies several senses at once. After the screening of the movie „La Chana“ you can enjoy the flamenco show (by Denisa Sofia Pavelová – dance, Morenito de Triana – guitar, vocals), taste the Spanish wine and dance at the wild latino party with DJ Tea Jay Ivo. 7. 4. 2018 7 pm, MONO FONO Praha, CZK 350 The ticket includes the screening of the movie, dance and music flamenco show, party with DJ, wine and water. 7. 4. 2018 9 pm MONO FONO Praha, CZK 250 The ticket includes the dance and music flamenco show, party with DJ, wine and water. La Chana Spain, 2016, 82 min., direction Lucia Stojević, Spanish with English and Czech subtitles The portrait of a woman who became the synonym for Flamenco. Antonia Santiago Amador, alias La Chana, is the manifestation of Flamenco. Though one of the most famous Flamenco dancers, she withdrew from the stage for mysterious reasons while at the height of he career. The power and energy that radiated from her as she danced was breathtaking. And when today La Chana takes to the stage, she still sparkles with energy throughout her performance. This film is about strength
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25th DEF has been started
25. DEF – the show of the best contemporary European films has been started on Thursday evening in the Lucerna cinema in Prague by the Polish film Silent Night. Today the film delegation of the Danish film The Man introduce the movie in Kino Pilotů at 5:30 pm. In Lucerna at 6:30 pm you can meet actors of the movie Grandpa more dangerous than computer. From Friday till Sunday you can see our festival films also in Scala Brno.
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WE START
25. DEF will be launching today by the Polish film Silent Night of young debutant Piotr Domalewski who will arrive at the opening ceremony in Lucerna and then move to Světozor cinema, where he will introduce his picture in person from 8 pm. Last week this bestseller gained 10 prizes at Polish Film Awards 2018 (Orły) – for Best Film, Director, Sound, Screenplay, Cinematography, Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Audience Award and a Discovery of Year.
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WE START TOMORROW
The 25. DEF will start on Thursday 5th April and will host many guests. The young debutant, the award-winning director Piotr Domalewski, arrives on Thursday 5th at the opening ceremony for the film Silent Night to Světozor at 8 pm. Other guests of the 25. DEF: Alise Polačenko and Mārtiņš Vilsons: Grandpa more dangerous than computer – 6th April at 6:30 pm in Lucerna Kristína Hejduková: The Man – 6th April at 5:30 in Kino Pilotů Jiří Lábus: Inscects – 8th April at 7:45pm in Lucerna Tereza Nvotová: Filthy – 10th April at 5:30 in Kino Pilotů Hugh O’Conor: Mary Shelley – 11th April at 6:30pm in Lucerna
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25th DEF will be open by the Polish film Silent night
On Tuesday 27th March, a press conference of the 25th Days of European Film was held in the Nostic Palace at the Ministry of Culture. This year’s presentation was presented in detail by Andrea Matušáková from the European Commission Representation in the Czech Republic, the director of the Polish Institute Maciej Ruczaj, the director of the New Cinema 2018 and 2019 project Petr Vítek and, above all, the dramaturge Zdeněk Blaha. 25. DEF will kick off next Thursday, April 5, by the Polish film Silent Night, which is the exciting debut of young director Piotr Domalewski on one unforgettable Christmas night…
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25. DEF 2018
PRAGUE 5. – 12. 4. 2018 BRNO 6 – 8. 4. 2018 ECHOES OF DEF 17. – 22. 4. 2018
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From Brno to the Echoes
On Sunday the cinema Scala in Brno offers a Spanish film Truman about the power of friendship and helping your neighbor and an Italian drama Sweet Dreams about a son’s relationship to his mother. On Monday you can see an Austrian documentary Safari or a German film The People vs. Fritz Bauer – the story of the man who hunted down Adolf Eichmann and brought him to justice. On Tuesday the festival moves to the echoes of DEF – to Boskovice, Semily, Jablonec nad Nisou and Hodonín.
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Enjoy French tastes with The Red Turtle
On Saturday 15. 4. at 7 pm you can enjoy the animated film The Red Turtle with the sweet French menu. The three-course menu will be prepared by Mohammed Saouchi, aka „Momo“, the chef of the French bistro Café 35. FRENCH MENU Salade piemontaise et rocket (Salad piemontaise with arugula) Couscous au poulet (Chicken couscous) Gateau de carottes au caramel (Carrot cake with caramel)
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DEF move to Brno
Today you have the last chance to visit the festival DEF in Prague. You can see for example films I, Daniel Blake, After Love, The Survivors or As I Open My Eyes. The special screening of Like Crazy in Kino Royal brings a colorful Italian menu. In Kino Pilotů will director Farid Eslam personally introduce the document Yallah! Underground. On Friday the festival moves to Brno.
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Like Crazy brings a colorful Italian menu
On Thursday 13. 4. in the unique enviroment of cinema Royal, the viewers can enjoy a film while indulging in a culinary experience in a so-called pop up restaurant. The menu will reflect a movie topic, territory or environment, and will be accompanied by the film Like Crazy. The price of CZK 500 per person includes a delicious three-course menu, wine, water and wonderful film. The unique experience of cinema cuisine will be brought to you by the Italian chef Alex Facchin. ITALIAN MENU Starter: Italian piadina with three kinds of fillings Main Course: Lasagne with salmon and spinach, Spezzatino veal with potatoes, Gnocchi with tomato sauce and mozzarella Dessert: strawberry pannacotta
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Premiere of the Romanian film Graduation on DEF
Graduation – a drama about compromises, personal morality and the essence of parenthood goes to the Czech cinemas on Thursday, 13. 4. You can see the movie already at the 24 DEF on Thuesday 11. 4. at 8 pm in Prague cinema Světozor.
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Do you like raw meat? Go to the cinema
You can watch the French film Raw two ways, says the film critic Kamil Fila. His video invitation you can find here: Raw je horor, který zvedá žaludek a bránici smíchem zároveň. The very raw horror had its premiere in the Czech Republic last week and you can see it on the 24. DEF too. The screenings are held on Monday 10. 4. 20:45 in Prague cinema Světozor and on Wednesday 12. 4. 20:00 in Prague cinema Kino Pilotů.
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Additional screening of Smoke & Mirrors
One screening of the Spanish film Smoke & Mirrors was added. The opening movie of 24. DEF you can see on Wednesday, 12. 4., 19:10 in Kino Pilotů, Prague.
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Animation workshops already on Monday!
On Monday we are looking forward to the new special event of the 24. DEF – the animation workshops. SONG OF THE SEA, Mon 10. 4. 2017 , 9 am, Kino Pilotů, Entry: 60 CZK Director: Tomm Moore | Ireland, 2014 | 93 min. | Czech dabing THE RED TURTLE, mo 10. 4. 2017 1:30pm, Lucerna, Entry: 110 CZK, Discount for seniors: 55 CZK. director: Michaël Dudok de Wit | France, 2016 | 80 minutes | no dialog After the screening follows an animation workshop for adults (and children). Animation is as old as mankind itself. Even prehistoric people tried to paint the walls of their caves, capturing the movement od a mammoth by drawing it with eight feet. How does animation actually work? Can we make our own moving pictures at home? What would we need to do so? All these questions will be answered by experts from training and talent platform Free Cinema.
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Premiéru Sibiřského deníku uvede osobně jeho režisér
Premiere of the film The Chronicles of Melanie will today personally introduce his director Viesturs Kairišs together with the Czech producer Juliette Sichel. The film is based on the life of Melānija Vanaga who survived 16 years of exile in Siberia where she was deported by the Soviets in 1941, along with 17 000 other people. The co-production of Latvia, Czech Republic and Finlad will be later in the Czech distribution by Bontonfilm. Saturday, 8.4., 8:30 pm / Lucerna, Big Hall
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Günter Baby Sommer live today
Don’t miss the film Als Mensch ein Solist joined with a concert by legendary jazz musician Günter Baby Sommer. The price CZK 300 includes the screening about a legendary jazzman G. B. Sommer, his concert, wine and water.
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You can win in a Greek lottery!
Today at 8 pm in Kino Pilotů you can see the Greek film Chevalier which got many festival prizes. Ticket holders will have the right to participate in a lottery with Greek taste which will take place after the screening!
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24. DEF has been started
24. DEF – the show of the best contemporary European films has been started on Thursday evening in the Lucerna cinema in Prague by the Spanish spy thriller Smoke & Mirrors. In the coming days we have a rich program. On Friday, 7. 4. we can see an Italian documentary Five wor(L)ds in Kino Pilotů, at 6 pm personally introduced by the director Giancarlo Soldi. At 8:30 pm the Slovak director Iveta Grófová and the composer Matěj Hlaváč will present the Czech-Slovak film Little Harbour in the Cinema Světozor in Prague. We are looking forward to you! More photos from the opening in Lucerna you can find HERE.
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WE START TODAY
The biggest corruption affair of 90s today in Lucerna cinema The festival will be opened by the Spanish film Smoke & Mirrors by the director Alberto Rodríguez on 6 April. Bribes, star witnesses, secret services and billions in foreign accounts – the largest Spanish corruption scandal of the 1990s and the story of a man who deceived the entire Spain. This suspenseful spy film received a number of awards, including the Silver Shell at the San Sebastián Film Festival for the best acting performance in a leading role for Eduard Fernández and the Feroz Zinemaldia Award for the best film. The Goya Award for the best adapted screenplay should also be mentioned. The producer Francisco Javier Ramos Quiñones will arrive to personally present the film at the opening. He produced the successful and acclaimed film El Método by Marcelo Piñeyra and is now preparing a film by Mateo Gila, the author of screenplays for films such as Vanilla Sky, The Sea Inside, Open Your Eyes or Agora.
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WE KNOW THE GUESTS OF THE 24. DEF
The press conference of 24. DEF is over The press conference, held on Monday, April 3, 2017 in Nostitz Palace, the Ministry of Culture, presented in detail to all the journalists the news of 24. DEF. Speakers were Julietta Sichel – the producer of the films The Chronicles of Melanie and Ministry of Love, Magdaléna Frouzová – spokesperson of the Representation of the European Commission in the Czech Republic and Zdeněk Blaha – DEF dramaturg, who spoked mainly about the program sections. For the first time we heard the guests’ names of the film festival. The opening film Smoke and Mirrors will be introduced by producer Francisco Javier Ramos Quiñones. It is worth to mention three films made within the Czech minority co-productions. DEF offer the movie The Chronicles of Melanie by screenwriter and director Viesturs Kairiss, who will be together with Czech producer Juliette Sichel one of the guests of the festival. The second film is Ministry of Love directed by Pavo Marinkovic. Together with him actor Slobodan Milovanović and sound engineers Ludvik Bohadlo and Jan Paul visit personally the festival. The third film Little Harbour will be introduced by the director Iveta Grófová and the composer Matěj Hlaváč. The movie won the Crystal Bear on Berlinale, an award by a children jury in the section
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Film and jazz concert
Don’t miss the film Als Mensch ein Solist joined with a concert by legendary jazz musician Günter Baby Sommer. The price CZK 300 includes the screening about a legendary jazzman G. B. Sommer, his concert, wine and water. 8. 4. 7 pm Als Mensch ein Solist, cinema Royal, CZK 300.
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JSME MLADÍ. JSME SILNÍ. ZA PÁR DNÍ ZAČÍNÁME!
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Program
- 4. 4.
- 17:00
- Styx / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 18:00
- Kidnapping / Světozor (Praha)
- 18:00
- Guardians of the Earth / Scala (Brno)
- 18:30
- The Milk System / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 19:00
- Edmond / Lucerna (Praha)
- 19:30
- In Order of Disappearance / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 20:00
- Edmond / Světozor (Praha)
- 20:30
- 1968 / Scala (Brno)
- 20:45
- Diary of a Chambermaid / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 20:45
- Those Who Are Fine / Lucerna (Praha) – malý sál
- 5. 4.
- 09:00
- The Milk System / Lucerna (Praha)
- 14:00
- Bille / Scala (Brno)
- 17:30
- Superchamp Returns / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 18:00
- Darling / Scala (Brno)
- 18:00
- Transit / Světozor (Praha)
- 18:30
- In the Realm of Perfection / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 18:30
- 1968 / Lucerna (Praha)
- 19:30
- The Divine Order / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 20:30
- Never Look Away / Světozor (Praha)
- 20:30
- In Order of Disappearance / Scala (Brno)
- 20:45
- Blue is the Warmest Colour / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 20:45
- ZG80 / Lucerna (Praha) – malý sál
- 23:00
- The Butcher, the Whore and the One-eyed Man / Scala (Brno)
- 6. 4.
- 15:00
- Wilder Than Wilderness / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 17:30
- In the Realm of Perfection / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 18:00
- The Divine Order / Světozor (Praha)
- 18:15
- Nymphomaniac, part I / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 18:30
- Bille / Lucerna (Praha)
- 19:30
- Blind Spot / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 20:30
- The Paris Opera / Světozor (Praha)
- 20:30
- The Butcher, the Whore and the One-eyed Man / Lucerna (Praha)
- 20:45
- Woman at War / Lucerna (Praha) – malý sál
- 20:45
- Nymphomaniac, part II / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 7. 4.
- 13:00
- Whitney / Scala (Brno)
- 15:30
- The Other Side of Everything / Scala (Brno)
- 17:30
- The Heart of Hadiah Tromp / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 18:00
- ZG80 / Scala (Brno)
- 18:00
- Superchamp Returns / Světozor (Praha)
- 18:30
- Axolotl Overkill / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 19:30
- The Paris Opera / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 20:30
- Carmen / Světozor (Praha)
- 20:30
- Blind Spot / Scala (Brno)
- 20:45
- Wetlands / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 20:45
- Darling / Lucerna (Praha) – malý sál
- 8. 4.
- 13:30
- The Heart of Hadiah Tromp / Lucerna (Praha)
- 17:30
- Ether / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 18:00
- Whitney / Světozor (Praha)
- 18:30
- Those Who Are Fine / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 18:30
- Black 47 / Lucerna (Praha)
- 19:30
- Murer – Anatomy of a Trial / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 20:30
- Blind Spot / Světozor (Praha)
- 20:45
- The Other Side of Everything / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 20:45
- Genesis / Lucerna (Praha) – malý sál
- 9. 4.
- 09:00
- Breaking News / Lucerna (Praha)
- 17:30
- Maria and Everybody Else / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 18:00
- Border / Světozor (Praha)
- 18:30
- Until Porn Do Us Part / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 19:30
- Genesis / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 20:30
- In Order of Disappearance / Světozor (Praha)
- 20:45
- My King / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 20:45
- Whitney / Lucerna (Praha) – malý sál
- 10. 4.
- 09:00
- Wilder Than Wilderness / Lucerna (Praha)
- 17:30
- Border / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 18:00
- ZG80 / Světozor (Praha)
- 18:30
- Styx / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 18:30
- Snowing! / Lucerna (Praha)
- 19:30
- King Skate / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 20:30
- Black 47 / Světozor (Praha)
- 20:45
- Ether / Lucerna (Praha) – malý sál
- 20:45
- Thelma / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 11. 4.
- 09:00
- King Skate / Lucerna (Praha)
- 17:30
- Woman at War / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 18:00
- The Heart of Hadiah Tromp / Světozor (Praha)
- 18:30
- Guardians of the Earth / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 19:30
- Snowing! / Kino Pilotů (Praha)
- 20:30
- Boys Cry / Světozor (Praha)
- 20:45
- Double Lover / Světozor (Praha) – malý sál
- 20:45
- The Divine Order / Lucerna (Praha) – malý sál
- 15. 4.
- 17:00
- Styx / Kino Panorama (Boskovice)
- 17:30
- The Divine Order / Kino Centrum (Havířov)
- 19:30
- Secret Cinema / Kino Panorama (Boskovice)
- 21:00
- Darling / Bio Central (Hradec Králové)
- 16. 4.
- 17:00
- The Divine Order / Kino Luník (Červený Kostelec)
- 17:00
- Woman at War / Kino Panorama (Boskovice)
- 17:30
- Murer – Anatomy of a Trial / Kino Svět (Hodonín)
- 17:30
- Carmen / Kino Centrum (Havířov)
- 19:30
- Black 47 / Kino Panorama (Boskovice)
- 19:30
- Woman at War / Kino Luník (Červený Kostelec)
- 20:00
- Maria and Everybody Else / Kino Svět (Hodonín)
- 21:00
- ZG80 / Bio Central (Hradec Králové)
- 17. 4.
- 17:30
- Guardians of the Earth / Kino Svět (Hodonín)
- 17:30
- In the Realm of Perfection / Kino Centrum (Havířov)
- 20:00
- Ether / Kino Svět (Hodonín)
- 21:00
- Maria and Everybody Else / Bio Central (Hradec Králové)
- 19. 4.
- 20:00
- Until Porn Do Us Part / Kino Junior (Jablonec nad Nisou)
- 20. 4.
- 20:00
- Guardians of the Earth / Kino Junior (Jablonec nad Nisou)
- 21. 4.
- 20:00
- Kidnapping / Kino Junior (Jablonec nad Nisou)