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Something Different (1963 Film)
''Something Different'' () is a 1963 Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak film directed by Věra Chytilová. The film intersperses two separate narratives: one following Vera, a fictional housewife living in Czechoslovakia, and another following Eva, an Olympic gymnast played by real-life Olympic gold medalist Eva Bosáková. Chytilová's first feature-length film, it is regarded as one of the breakout films of the Czech New Wave, as well as an early example of women's cinema in the Eastern Bloc. While not as well known as some of Chytilová's other films such as Daisies (film), ''Daisies'' and ''Fruit of Paradise'', it won the main prize at the 1963 Mannheim Film Festival, and has been praised by both contemporary critics and 21st century retrospectives, in addition to receiving a fair amount of attention in academic film literature. Background Released in 1963, ''Something Different'' was one of the first films of the Czech New Wave, and Chytilová's first feature-length film. Chytilo ...
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Eva Bosáková
Eva Bosáková-Hlaváčková, née Věchtová (18 December 1931 – 10 January 1991) was a gymnast from Czechoslovakia whose career spanned at least from the 1954 World Championships to the 1962 World Championships. Her father was also a gymnast for the Czech national team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. During the time period of 1958-1962, Bosakova and her famous teammate Věra Čáslavská were always the two highest-scoring Czechoslovakian women gymnasts at the largest, most prestigious championships during those years - the 1958 World Championships, 1959 European Championships, 1960 Olympics, 1961 European Championships, and 1962 World Championships. As a very strong "one-two punch", they continued the Czechoslovakian legacy in the sport of Women's Artistic Gymnastics established by the sport's first-ever Women's World All-Around Champion Vlasta Děkanová, and others such as Zdeňka Veřmiřovská, Matylda Pálfyová, and Zdeňka Honsová. Bosáková and Čáslavska led the C ...
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Women's Cinema
Women's cinema primarily describes cinematic works directed (and optionally produced too) by women filmmakers. The works themselves do not have to be stories specifically about women and the target audience can be varied. It is also a variety of topics bundled together to create the work of women in film. This can include women filling behind the scene roles such as director, cinematographer, writer, and producer while also addressing the stories of women and character development through screenplays (on the other hand, films made by men about women are instead called Woman's film). Renowned female directors include Alice Guy-Blaché, film pioneer and one of the first film directors, Agnès Varda, the first French New Wave director, Yulia Solntseva, the first woman to win the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director, Best Director Award at Cannes Film Festival (Chronicle of Flaming Years, 1961), Lina Wertmüller, the first woman nominated for the Academy Award for Best Direct ...
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Milivoj Uzelac Jr
Milivoj ( sr, Миливој) is an old Slavic origin given name derived from elements: ''milo'' ("gracius, favour") + ''voj'' ("soldier, war"). Popular primarily in South Slavic states. The name may refer to: *Milivoj Ašner (1913–2011), a former police chief in the Independent State of Croatia *Milivoj Bebić (born 1959), Croatian water polo player *Milivoj Bračun (born 1958), a Croatian football manager *Milivoj Dukić (born 1993), Montenegrin sailor *Milivoj Jugin (1925–2013), Serbian aeronautical engineer, constructor, publicist and popularizer of science *Milivoj Karakašević (born 1948), Serbian table tennis player *Milivoj Krmar (born 1997), Serbian footballer *Milivoj Lajovic (1921–2008), an Australian politician of Slovene origin *Milivoj Petković (born 1949), a Bosnian-Croat army officer *Milivoj Radović (1915–1987), a Yugoslav Olympic fencer *Milivoj Solar (born 1936), a Croatian literary theoretician, literary historian, essayist and a university professor ...
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Vera Uzelacová
Vera may refer to: Names *Vera (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Vera (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name) **Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarragona Places Spain *Vera, Almería, a municipality in the province of Almería, Andalusia *Vera de Bidasoa, a municipality in the autonomous community of Navarra *La Vera, a comarca in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura United States *Vera, Illinois, an unincorporated community *Vera, Kansas, a ghost town * Vera, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Vera, Oklahoma, a town *Vera, Texas, an unincorporated community *Vera, Virginia, an unincorporated community *Veradale, Washington, originally known as Vera, CDP Elsewhere *Vera, Santa Fe, a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina *Vera Department, an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe *Vera, Mato Grosso, Brazil, a municipality *Cape Vera, Nunavut ...
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Cinema Verite
''Cinema Verite'' is a 2011 HBO drama film directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. The film's main ensemble cast starred Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini and Patrick Fugit. The film follows a fictionalized account of the production of ''An American Family'', a 1973 PBS documentary television series that is said to be one of the earliest examples of the reality television genre. Principal photography was completed in Southern California. The film premiered on April 23, 2011. Plot synopsis The film begins in 1971 with Craig Gilbert (James Gandolfini) discussing with Pat Loud (Diane Lane) the idea of a documentary series that would concern her family's day-to-day lives in Santa Barbara, CA. Pat considers the proposal and accepts, amidst her son Lance (Thomas Dekker) moving to New York City. Pat's husband Bill (Tim Robbins) travels often away on business, leaving his wife alone to care for their five children. The crew (Patrick Fugit, Shanna Collins) moves in ...
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Pearls Of The Deep
''Pearls of the Deep'' () is a 1966 Czechoslovak anthology film directed by Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Evald Schorm, Věra Chytilová and Jaromil Jireš. The five segments are all based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal. The film was released in Czechoslovakia on 7 January 1966. The film was received as a manifesto for the new generation of Czechoslovak filmmakers, and thus became closely associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave. Plot * The Death of Mr Balthazar (Smrt pana Baltazara), directed by Jiří Menzel - A couple take their elderly father to watch the motorcycle races. The wife has perfect pitch and can identify motorcycles by the sound of their engine. They all get very drunk and meet a man who lost his legs in a motorcycle accident. Together they discuss the deaths of their favorite motorcyclists in auto accidents. The race begins and a motorcyclist named Balthazar crashes and dies. The man with no legs remarks he hates how that always happens near him when he goes to a ...
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Faculty Of Arts, Charles University In Prague
The Faculty of Arts, Charles University ( cs, Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy), is one of the original four faculties of Charles University in Prague. When founded, it was named the Faculty of the Liberal Arts or the Artistic Faculty. The faculty provides lectures in the widest range of fields of the humanities in the Czech Republic, and is the only university faculty in Europe which provides studies in all the official languages of the European Union. The faculty has around 1,000 members of staff, over 9,000 students, and a flexible system of more than 700 possible double-subject degree combinations. History The faculty was founded as the Faculty of Liberal Arts of Charles University by Emperor Charles IV on April 7, 1348, part of the emperor's attempt to establish the Kingdom of Bohemia as the permanent centre of the Holy Roman Empire and to place greater emphasis on the development of learning and culture in Prague. At that time, students attended the Faculty of Liberal A ...
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Jiří Ceslar
Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE''), the Czech is a masculine given name, equivalent to English George, may refer to: Given name B *Jiří Antonín Benda *Jiří Baborovský *Jiří Barta *Jiří Bartoška *Jiří Bicek * Jiří Bobok *Jiří Bubla *Jiří Buquoy *Jiří Bělohlávek *Jiří Brdečka *Jiří Březina C *Jiří Čeřovský *Jiří Čunek *Jiří Crha D *Jiří Dopita *Jiří Družecký (1745–1819), Bohemian-born Austrian composer and timpanist *Jiří Dudáček *Jiří Džmura F *Jiří Fischer G *Jiří Grossmann *Jiří Gruša *Jiří Grygar H *Jiří Hanke *Jiří Hájek *Jiří Hála *Jiří Hledík *Jiří Holeček *Jiří Holík *Jiří Homola *Jiří Horák *Jiří Hrdina *Jiří Hřebec *Jiří Hudec *Jiří Hudec (composer) *Jiří Hudler J *Jiří Jantovsky *Jiří Jarošík * Jiri Jelinek (born 1977), Czech dancer *Jiří Jeslínek (other) **Jiří Jeslínek (footballer, born 1962) **Jiří Jeslínek (footballer, born 1987) * Jiří Jirmal K ...
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The Cry (1964 Film)
''The Cry'' ( cs, Křik) is a 1964 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Jaromil Jireš. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave The Czechoslovak New Wave (also Czech New Wave) is a term used for the Czechoslovak filmmakers who started making movies in the 1960s. The directors commonly included are Miloš Forman, Věra Chytilová, Ivan Passer, Pavel Juráček, Jiří Me ..., a movement known for its dark humor, use of non-professional actors, and "art-cinema realism". The film's events are ambiguous, leaving it to the viewer to determine whether the telling is objective or from a character's point of view. Cast * Eva Límanová as Ivana * Josef Abrhám as Slávek * Eva Kopecká as Teacher * Jiří Kvapil as Young doctor * Slávka Procházková as Nurse * Richard Záhorský as Doorman References External links * 1964 films 1964 drama films 1960s Czech-language films Czechoslovak b ...
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Black Peter (film)
''Black Peter'' (original Czech title: ''Černý Petr'', known also as ''Peter and Paula''Jaroslav Boček, Šárka Bartošková, Luboš Bartošek, Jan Hořejší and Jiří Havelka: "Modern Czechoslovak film", 1965. Editor: Stanislav Zvoníček, published in cooperation with the Czechoslovak Film Institute. ''ARTIA'') is a 1964 film directed by Miloš Forman. It won the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno International Film Festival. Plot Petr, a Czech teenager, begins working as a trainee in theft prevention at a grocery store. He is criticized by his employer for being too conspicuous and then, when he suspects a man of stealing, is too nervous to confront the man so he just follows him through the streets and then returns home, where his father admonishes him because the shop manager had come looking for him. His father peppers him with questions about how he acted and why he did not do anything to stop the man. Petr likes Pavla, who is dating Mara. Petr and Pavla go for a swim ...
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Mannheim Film Festival
The Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (german: Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg), often referred to by the German-language initialism IFFMH, is an annual film festival established in 1952 hosted jointly by the cities of Mannheim and Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg, the southwest region of Germany. The festival focuses on arthouse and auteur cinema produced by international newcomer directors, and historically it served as a springboard for many experimental filmmakers from cinemas that have been overlooked by Western audiences. It is the second-oldest film festival in Germany, behind only the Berlinale. Originally held in Mannheim, since 1994 is co-hosted by Mannheim and Heidelberg, two neighboring cities which are less than 20 kilometers away from each other. The festival usually takes places in October or November. The last edition, the 70th IFFMH, was held in November 2021, and the next edition is scheduled to take place on 17–27 November 2 ...
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