Kino Pilotů, Prague, Czech Republic
4-6 April
Program
To Unveil a Star
To Unveil a Star
An essay-film by Juul Hondius about the remarkable, multifaceted and elusive relationship between a sculpture, a symbol, and the organisation it represents. In this film questions regarding the artwork in front of the NATO headquarters in Brussels set off an inquiry ...
Close Enough
Close Enough
A satire about cinema, music and life, the film blends the story of Giani – a Roma boy who, in a Europe torn apart by the Second World War, travels from Bucharest to Paris to meet his idol, Django Reinhardt, hoping to learn from him ...
With Knife + Q&A with Sam de Jong
With Knife + Q&A with Sam de Jong
Successful TV personality Eveline is completely done with presenting mindless quiz shows. She decides she wants to reinvent herself by directing documentaries exploring the intricacies of the modern world. Meanwhile, teenager Yousef concludes that buying a new brand ...
Lost Kids on the Beach
Lost Kids on the Beach
Alina Manolache, a filmmaker born in 1990, one year after the fall and execution of Romanian dictator Ceausescu, initiates contact with individuals who were once lost on the beach during the nineties. This seemingly random appeal sets her on a journey across the coun...
Landscapes of Resistance + Q&A with Marta Popivoda
Landscapes of Resistance + Q&A with Marta Popivoda
Sonja (97) was one of the first women who joined the partisan resistance movement in Yugoslavia. Inspired by the revolutionary books she received from a classmate in high school, she joined the communist and antifascist organization in the late 1930s and in 1941 beca...
All Against All
All Against All
What is a fascist? Was fascism a one-off historical phenomenon or is it something of all times, a certain mentality? All Against All investigates this question on the basis of pre-war fascism in the Netherlands. Holland, usually associated with liberalism and toleran...
Live from Czechia: Somewhere Over the Chemtrails
Live from Czechia: Somewhere Over the Chemtrails
Clumsy Standa and recently widower Bronya are volunteer firefighters in a small village where they enjoy a quiet and peaceful life. Things begin to change when a van crashes into a crowd of people during the Easter Fair. Before anyone notices, the driver runs away fr...
Kino Pilotů
Kino Pilotů is a modern arthouse movie theatre that takes its name from a much older cinema which operated until the 90s. It was founded in 2016 to offer a vital cultural space in Vršovice, a bustling Prague district. Kino Pilotů organizes varied festivals which highlight Israeli and Iranian movies or hosts the Prague Shorts festival. Continuing themes touch upon the topics of the rise of rightwing populism, conspiracies, discontent amongst the working class and much more. These screenings are accompanied with a conversation with the filmmakers.