🇨🇿 Czech Cinema Spotlight
František Skála’s Public Space offers a playful portrait of one of Czechia’s most distinctive contemporary artists, following four decades of sculpture, performance, and music from the artist behind Vulpes Gott and the steel mesh Unicorn currently housed in Kasárna Karlín.
The Prague Reporter writes that the documentary is “an affectionate portrait of an artist who has spent his career searching for beauty in unexpected places.” Petr Slavík’s film screens with English subtitles at Kino Světozor on Aug. 3; keep an eye out for additional English-friendly showings.
🇬🇧 This Week’s English-Friendly Screenings
Silent Friend, the latest film from unconventional Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi, follows a century of human connection through the eyes of a ginkgo biloba tree at a German university, linking stories from the 1900s, the 1970s, and the Covid-19 era.
The Prague Reporter calls it “a thoughtful, visually exquisite meditation on curiosity, solitude, and humanity’s place within the natural world.” The meditative drama is now playing with English subtitles at Kino Světozor, Kino Aero, and Bio Oko.
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🎞️ The Throwback
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, Jaromil Jireš’ surreal 1970 landmark of the Czech New Wave, returns this year in a newly restored version that will compete in the Venice Classics section at the Venice International Film Festival next month.
The gothic coming-of-age fantasy follows a young girl navigating a dreamlike world of vampires, religion, desire, and transformation, and makes an ideal thematic pairing with this week’s Prague Pride festival through its exploration of identity and self-discovery.
