Idea: The basic idea of this new festival is to introduce the audience to the best pieces of nowadays production of the three countries belonging to the so called Visegrad Group, with respect to the fact that especially the contemporary Polish film production is (with some concrete exceptions) rather unknown, although it is of a high quality. In addition, there is a second level underlying the film festival, i.e. a symbolic interconnection of the film festivals and/or film festivals which focus on the film production from Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia, in particular as the festival „Lubuské lato filmowe“ in Łagów, Solanin Film Festiwal in Nowa Sol, festival „ Filmové babí léto “ in Třinec etc. are regarded.
Film genres: feature films (fictual motion picture), art films, documentary films, retro evening
Intended number of films: 20
Program of the film festival – films which have been procured up to now:
Papusza (Papusza, r. Krzysztof Krauze, Joanna Kos-Krauze, POL, 2013)
Time to Die (Pora umierać, r. Dorota Kedzierzawska, POL, 2007)
The Reverse (Rewers, r. Borys Lankosz, POL, 2009)
Tricks (Sztuczki, r. Andrzej Jakimowski, POL, 2007)
The Mole (Kret, r. Rafal Lewandowski, POL, 2010)
The Christening (Chrzest, r. Marcin Wrona, 2010)
Snow Fields of Ivan Hartl (r. Jana Počtová, CZ, 2013)
5 Rules (r. Vavřinec Menšl, CZ, 2013)
The program of the festival – planned films:
Aftermath (Poklosie, r. Wladyslaw Paśikowski, POL, 2012)
Walesa: Man of Hope (Walesa: Czlowiek z nadziei, r. Andrzej Wajda, POL, 2013)
Edi (Edi, r. Piotr Trzaskalski, POL, 2002)
Bohumil Hrabal „And so it happened that…“ (r. Oliver Malina-Morgenstern, CZ, 2014)
Corn Island (Corn Island, r. Georgij Ovashvili, Gruzie/Francie/CZ, 2014)
Fateless (Sorstalanság, r. Lájos Koltai, HUN, 2005)
Thanks, Good (r. Matyás Prikler, SK, 2013)
Children (r. Jaro Vojtek, CZ/SK, 2014)
Sexmission (Seksmisja, r. Juliusz Machulski, POL, 1984)
The Story of Sin (Dzieje grzechu, r. Walerian Borowczyk, 1975)
We anticipate as well the placement of the project „Týdeník“ which is prepared in a retro style by the students of Polish, Czech and Slovak film school.
Screening of winning films of Solanin Film Festiwal will certainly be included to the program as well.
Arrangement of the screenings:
Thursday: 2 films in the large room Velký sál + 2 films in the small room Malý sál (starting ca at 5 pm and 8 pm)
Friday: 2 films in the large room Velký sál + 2 films in the small room Malý sál (starting ca at 5.30 pm and 8 pm)
Saturday: 3 films in the large room Velký sál + 2 films in the small room Malý sál (starting ca at 3 pm, 5.30 pm and 8 pm)
Sunday: 3 films in the large room Velký sál + 2 films in the small room Malý sál (starting ca at 3 pm, 5.30 pm and 8 pm)
Cooperation:
Andrzej Kawala – director of the festival “Lubuśkie Lato Filmowe” in Łagów
Piotr Kotowski – director of the festival “Letnia Akademia Filmowa” in Zwierzyńiec
Tadeusz Wantula – director of festivalu “Filmové babí léto” in Třinec
Konrad Paszkowski, Grzegorz Potega – directors of festival “Solanin Film Festiwal” in Nowa Sol
Partner festivals/ cooperation/ joint promotion:
Lubuśkie Lato Filmowe in Łagów
Filmové babí léto in Třinec
Letnia Akademia Filmowa in Zwierzyńiec
Solanin Film Festival in Nowa Sol
Cinematik – Piešťany
Medial Partners:
INSTINKT
STORY
MF Dnes
Rádio 1
Adress of the venue: Kino Atlas, Sokolská 371/1, 180 00 Praha 8
Host: Bio Art Production, s. r. o., Korunní 810/104 A2, 101 00 Praha 10
Contact persons:
Vavřinec Menšl, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., mobil phone: +420 739 334 574;
Miloš Máca, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., mobil phone: + 420 737 258 825 or +420 603 920 445
Web: www.3kino.cz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/3kino
Vision to the future:
We would like to introduce the festival with a new name 4Kino. We decided to invite the Hungarian side as well to take part in the film festival. This would mean lounching fully-fledged Visegrad film festival with participation of all four countries of the Visegrad Group. However, there is one Hungarian film to be screened at the festival already this year.
In the last twenty years, it seemed almost like there were not even common state borderls between the countries of the Visegrad group, all the more so no common culture of these countries. Nevertheless, the shared history and experience cannot be ignored. Therefore, we would like to follow up with the cooperation which used to be very important for all the countries of Visegrad Group, such as the projects of Jazz section or films and concerts hosted by Hungarian Culture Center in Prague.
One of the prime goals of the film festival 4Kino would be to establish a platform for discussion and regular meetings of the filmmakers, producers and distributors.
Workshops would be divided into groups as follows:
- creative workshop: presenting of the projects (subjects, screenplays, incomplete ...)
- workshop for producers and distributors: offering the film for distribution, financing
- workshop for film critics: How we see each other
- lectures on history and key persons of particular filmmaking industries
Concerning the film screening as such, the future festivals would be based – similarly to the 1st year of the film festival 3Kino – on presenting the finest contemporary production. The large room would be used for presenting the feature films, the small room rather for documentaries as well as special presentations of interesting films from partner festivals, archival films and alternative productions. Of course, the artificial value of all presented films and their highest quality would be unexceptionally required. The film festival would not merely provide the audience with what has been produced in the particular countries; selection based on quality would still apply.
Furthermore, the same concept of film festival 3Kino would be upheld, i.e. dividing the screenings into following groups:
A) Contemporary Polish feature film – the core of the film festival
B) Czech documentary,
C) Slovak art film,
D) „Films for which there were queues“
E) Special presentations
Last but not least, authors would be invited to take part in the discussions after the presentation of their films.
Miloš Máca Vavřinec Menšl
program director of the film festival 3Kino art director of the film festival 3Kino
Miloš Máca (1981)
He graduated simultaneously at the Law School, Palacký University Olomouc, and the theory and history of the film at the Masaryk University in Brno (both in 2005). Form 2006 to 2010 he lectured at University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, since 2008 he has contributed to the journal Film a doba. Miloš Máca not only organize the film festival 3Kino, he cooperates with the festivals Filmové babí léto in Třinec and Lubuskie lato filmowe in Łagów, where he is responsible for the Czech and Slovak part of the program. Apart from his activities in the area of film, Miloš Máca works as a lawyer with a specialisation in medical law.
Vavřinec Menšl (1971)
As a director, Vavřinec Menšl debuted by full-length documentary entitled 5 Rules. This movie was shown at both Czech and international festivals, for example in Czech Finále Plzeň, in Czech/Poland 21. Filmové babí léto (Hrčava-Jaworzynka), in Poland – Lubuskie Film Summer Łagów and Solanin Film Festiwal, in Slovakia – Cinematik Piešťany and Febiofest Bratislava. In addition to holding the film festival 3Kino is a member of the jury Filmové babí léto in Třinec.Previously Menšl had worked on festival Pološero (Twilight) for Czech TV. Among other activities he is also directing current-affairs program for TV Barrandov called Bez cenzury (Without Censorship). As cinematographer and screenwriter he has collaborated in a number of other projects that are now in the progress, for example Paměť domů (The Memory of Buildings), Vyprávěj svůj příběh (Tell Your Personal Story) or Divadlo Sklep 1971–2012 (Theatre Sklep 1971–2012). He is also doing short travelogue reports for National Geographic. Currently he is involved, as a film tutor, in experimental project Aktivně do života (Active Life) where he works with young people who have ADHD syndrome. An observational documentary film entitled První třída (First Grade), what is based on this theme, is now in progress.
Other Menšl’s profession is photography. During 2008–2009 he had created a set of portraits of about thirty persons within the project My jsme to nevzdali (We Haven’t Given Up). These photographs were exhibited at the outdoor panels from the Prague Castle through Kampa Island to Wenceslas Square and were exposed during the film event One World Festival, too. Many photos he also took for a non-profit organization Isida Amanti and its against domestic violence campaign Isida Amenti Tour.He started with reportages at first, later on with arranged photos and today it is mostly architecture, fashion and design for domestic and international magazines such as National Geographic, MF Dnes, Instinct, Týden, ForMen, Design Home, H.O.M.I.E., ELLE DECOR, Glanc and others. His works have also been on display in many galleries – most recently the Fragner Gallery in Prague and the Architecture Center in Vienna’s MuseumsQuarter.
