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1969 Czech experimental short by Petr Skala

1969 Czech experimental short by Petr Skala

“Skala’s films combine the principles of informel painting and abstract expressionism applied to the media of film. His approach was based on the manual method, on the application of artistic techniques to a scroll of raw or already exposed film – engraving, scratching, painting or drawing on it, burning holes in it or using specific chemical procedures.”

The film acquaints us with the work of the senior consultant of pavilion 11 in the Bohnice mental house who endeavours to build up a complex rahabilitation and re-socialising programme for patients with chronic mental illness. One part of her treatment programme is a week's stay outside the institution for selected patients. It is this week which is captured on film

Holidaymakers at a public pool on the river at the Černošice summer resort. The film was produced by Illusion, a company established at the beginning of World War I in Prague. In addition to film news and documentary films, it also produced film dramas. Most of its production is considered lost.

Creatively paraphrasing the work of Wilhelm Reich, the filmmakers have created a 3D animation of various objects, colored by theoretical considerations on the fetishization of goods and possibilities for liberating ourselves from the desire to amass property.

A young Chinese worker in the Czech Republic dreams of becoming a kung fu master.

Harsh personal witness of a son's journey to find his murdered father's grave and leave a testimony.