Prague, March 31 (CTK) – One of the sections of the European Days Film Festival, which starts in Prague on April 7, will focus on migration, a hot issue at present, organiser Zdenek Blaha told journalists yesterday.
The included films will not describe the process of the wandering itself, but the reasons and motivation of the way towards a new and secure life, Blaha said.
This is exemplified by the documentary Curse, depicting the fates of several Syrians, forced out by war from their destroyed homes.
Migration will be on the agenda of the festival section To the Point, prepared in cooperation with the Representation of the EU Commission in the Czech Republic.
The show of the most interesting films of present-day European cinematography is held for the 23rd time this year.
In Prague, it will last until April 14 and then it will be held in Brno and other towns across the country.
“The show will start with the Finnish-Estonian film Fencer by Klaus Haeroe,” Blaha said.
“It is a real story of a fencer fleeing Leningrad to go into hiding in a small Estonian village as a fencing instructor for a small group of pupils from the 1950s, the Stalinism era,” Blaha said.
However, the Communist secret police are on the fencer’s track.
Given the shared past, the film may be close to the Czech audiences, Blaha said.
The festival will also show some older films in the section Power of Imagination. These will be Melancholia by Lars von Triera, Holy Motors by Leos Carax and Enter the Void.
The section LUX Film Prize introduces the winners of the LUX film prize awarded by the European Parliament.
