Slovak Film Days Dublin 19 - 25 October 2001

The films were presented in Irish Film Center, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

The festival was organized by Slovak Department of Culture, Embassy of Slovak Republic and by the Irish Czech and Slovak Society.

The Society would like to THANK YOU to the following people for their great help with organizing the festival:
  Bill Prasifka   for organizing reception and food preparation
  James Young and Ota Masin   for food preparation
  Jana Filipska, Miriam Delahunt and Pavel Hruda   for poster distribution

Here is a few pictures from the festival opening:

 

Program of The Festival

19 October Friday - Opening Ceremony The Landscape 8.30 pm
Martin Sulik 2001 - 110 min
A century of life in the provincial landscape of an all but forgotten Eastern European Country ... from the innocence of days too long past to horrors of World War II and the bittersweet promises of a new regime: tales of charm, adventure, irony, eccentricity, love and death, joy and sadness, set against the unchanging beauty of the landscape.
 
20 October Saturday Paper Heads 4.30 pm
Dusan Hanak 1995
A Documentary film about relations between citizens and authorities and different forms of violations of human rights in Czechoslovakia in the years 1945 - 1989
 
  Tinted Dreams 6.30 pm
Dusan Hanak 1976
A poetic picture of a subtle love of a village postman and a young Gypsy girl Jolanka. In the end they lose each other, but in fact this is a beginning ...
 
21 October Sunday Pictures of The Old World 4.30 pm
Dusan Hanak 1972
Suggestive portraits of old people from Liptov and Orava regions who are able to enjoy their freedom even in the times of society chaos and insecurity.
 
  The Garden 6.30 pm
Martin Sulik 1995
Jakub a teacher in his thirties, feels unhappy about his present life: he runs away from the city and moves into his grandfather's abandoned and time worn house. The house is surrounded by a large garden and Jakub is slowly enchanted by the magic and personified charm of the place.
 
22 October Monday Wild Lilies 6.30 pm
Elo Havetta 1992
Abandoned pilgrims after the Great War in an atmosphere of unfulfilled desires and passionate love ...
 
23 October Tuesday Everything I Like 6.30 pm
Martin Sulik 1992
The history of 38 year old Tomas, who decides to make a major change in his life. He accepts the offer of a young English woman to "rush him to the world".
 
24 October Wednesday Little Birds Orphans and Fools 6.30 pm
Juraj Jakubisko 1969
A story of three friends, orphans in the twentieth century - Yorick, Andrej and their common love Marta - in a world deprived of illusions and ideals, full of violence, cynicism and cruelty. It is a non conventional story of explosive pictures, fictitious and cruel vision of the world, where there is only one way to happiness - through foolishness.
 
25 October Thursday An Ambitious Report About The End of The World 6.30 pm
Juraj Jakubisko 1997
A story about love and hate, loyalty and vengeance, happiness and envy. It is a film about our times, a condensed parable about a changing world impelled by dark passion to its inevitable end. Passions stronger than  love have been dormant within us for centuries, and little is needed for them to fully awaken and acquire the same form as that known to our ancestors.