Film programme 2022

The Solstices of Petr Nikl (2022)

Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes

Directed by: Pavel Jirásek

Czech Republic, 2022, 52 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3

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The personality and unique way of thinking of a leading Czech painter, musician, and performer. Petr Nikl, a founding member of the art group Tvrdohlaví and, among others, a laureate of the Jindřich Chalupeký Award, is an intermedia artist with classical roots who freely and convincingly expresses himself through traditional art techniques, books, interactive projects, and improv events based on performance, theatre, and musical performances.

Lamya´s Poem (2021)

Section: Festival Laurels from around the World

Directed by: Alex Kronemer

Canada, United States of America, 2021, 89 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3

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When 12-year-old Syrian refugee girl named Lamya flees the violence of her country, she is given a book of poetry of the famous 13th-century poet Rumi. As the perils of her journey mount, the book becomes a magical gateway where she meets Rumi when he was a boy and refugee fleeing the violence of his time. Together they battle the monsters that follow them from their real world situations, and Lamya must help young Rumi become the poet who writes the poem that will later save her life.