28th annual Film Festival Finale Plzen, which runs from April 26 to May 2, 2015 in Pilsen Burghers Beseda, became an official part of the main program of the Pilsen - European Capital of Culture 2015.
Fans and visitors to the festival can look forward to a digitized version of the film Jiri Trnka Old Czech Legends. Festival invites viewers in the section ZOOM to France or to the reconstructed interior of Loos, he will be in addition to the competition films and a series of frames in the accompanying sections - for example, animated and focused on underground culture ... attractions and points of interest, however, will be more!
The main prize Golden Kingfisher in this year will traditionally compete Czech and Slovak fiction, documentary and television films that have arisen from April 2014 to April 2015. To date it entered into competition within 27 feature and animated films, 86 television and 65 documents Project "New this year is the division of the competition Czech and Slovak TV formats into categories cyclic and non-cyclic creation. Last year's division into categories dramatic and comedic work has in fact proved to be too tied to a specific genre and select juries largely limited the, "explains the executive director of the festival Eva Veruňková Košařová.
This year will be the awarding of prizes to arbitrate international jury, whose unencumbered view often brings surprising and unexpected view of the current Czech and Slovak cinematography. O my favorit be decided by student jury composed of students from University of West Bohemia in Pilsen.
The exceptional part of this year's Festival Finale Plzen its involvement in the project Pilsen - European Capital of Culture 2015. Opening this year's festival will herald a Pilsen native Jiří Trnka. On the initiative of the organizers and significant financial support for the Pilsen 2015 project was started digitizing Trnka Old Czech Legends. Fully restored version will launch this year's festival Finale Plzen on Saturday, April 26th. "Putting Old Czech Legends is part of the flagship project Jiří Trnka and the world of animation, which is the art and craft of puppetry and animation film from the very beginning to the modern forms. Restored image so perfectly complement the current exhibition studio Jiri Trnka and Trnkova Garden 2, "says program director of Pilsen 2015 George Sulženko.
Rich offer festival is traditionally conceived to take the widest possible audience: Section ZOOM will this year focus on France, whose cinematography is also part of traditional long night of short films. Again this year, visitors can also watch Czech festival traces in international co-productions. An interesting feature is also a special section dedicated to prof. Jiri Svoboda, on which arises from the pen of John and Jana Lukešových book whose christening will take place just at the Festival Finale Plzen.
"Viewers can look forward to this year talks, readings and events about which we will gradually reveal. This year's screenings will take place in addition to building Municipal Meeting also in the unique interiors of Loos in Benda Street in Pilsen and Zach's Pub, "says Eva program Veruňková Košařová. An important and essential part of the festival, used and appreciated especially by professionals from the Czech Republic and abroad are meeting at the Industry Days, a festival platform that brings ideas and contacts for industry professionals.
Source: tz
