New Czech films to be presented in Israel

Prague, Aug 15 (CTK) - The third Czech Film Weeks in Israel to be held on August 19-September 8 will present eight Czech films that were shot in the past few years, Petra Jungwirthova, from the Czech Centres, which help organise the festival, told CTK Wednesday.

The festival will offer five full-length feature films and three documentaries. It will be held simultaneously in several towns, such as Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Sderot and for the first time also Herzliya.

The event will open with the screening of the contemporary "road movie" Long Live the Family (Rodina je zaklad statu, 2011) directed by Robert Sedlacek in Jerusalem on August 19.

"Some 5000 people annually visit the festival. This year the audience can look forward to over 40 screenings," Jungwirthova said.

Radim Prochazka, producer of Long Live the Family, will attend the official opening and he will introduce his own documentary film, Catenaccio a la Drnovice or Journey to the Beginning of the Time of Economic Transformation (Drnovicke catenaccio, 2010) at the festival.

The audience in Israel will also have a chance to see another feature film by Sedlacek, Rules of Lies (2006), Flower Buds (Poupata, 2011) by Zdenek Jirasky, Czech-Slovak film Love directed by Jakub Kroner, Miloslav Smidmajer's comedy I Wake Up Yesterday (Probudim se vcera, 2012) and his documentary Milos Forman: What Doesn't Kill You... (Co te nezabije, 2009) about this famous Czech-born U.S. film-maker who turned 80 this year, and Generation Singles (Generace Singles, 2011) documentary by Jana Poctova.

Czech centres annually organise some 900 film events in the world. Along with preparing film festivals and retrospectives, they are promoting Czech cinematography and film-makers at international festivals.