This year’s collection of short films presents a selection from the filmography of the Třešť (right in the heart of Vysočina) based creative collective Natvrdlí (Blockheads). Their poetics can be described as metatextual recycling of the mass-media waste of the everyday Czech existence into the form of post-modern exploitation.
Devil’s Minions
Original title:
Ďáblovi přisluhovači
Czech titile:
Ďáblovi přisluhovači
Country and year:
Czech Republic 2003
Director:
Miloš Kameník
Version:
Czech
Running time:
12 minutes
Screening:
Wednesday 10th February 2010 před každým filmem
This film with a PG rating label about an armed robbery with The Professionals is conceived as an exploitation poker in which perversity is beaten out by sleaziness and bad taste takes it all.
Felch in Flat
Original title:
Felch in Flat
Czech titile:
Felch in Flat
Country and year:
Czech Republic 2009
Director:
Miloš Kameník
Version:
Czech
Running time:
9 minutes
Screening:
Saturday 13th February 2010 před každým filmem
An exploitation piece about a railwayman’s love chagrins, executed with a nostalgic air of the era of black market videotapes with voice-over dubbing.
Blockheads
Original title:
Natvrdlí
Czech titile:
Natvrdlí
Country and year:
Czech Republic 2001 - 2003
Director:
Miloš Kameník
Version:
Czech
Running time:
1 minute
Screening:
Thursday 11th February 2010 před každým filmem
Dimensions of Dialogue with a new spin.
Business
Original title:
Obchod
Czech titile:
Obchod
Country and year:
Czech Republic 2006
Director:
Miloš Kameník
Version:
Czech / English subtitles
Running time:
10 minutes
Screening:
Tuesday 9th February 2010 před každým filmem
A meta-ad for the literary and film goodies from Cheap Books Publishing, full
of subliminal signals and delicately cryptic references.
Handicapping (It Short)
Original title:
Postižiny
Czech titile:
Postižiny
Country and year:
Czech Republic 2009
Director:
Miloš Kameník
Version:
Czech and Czenglish
Running time:
6 minutes
Screening:
Sunday 14th February 2010 před každým filmem
An improvised summer comedy on the themes of Václav Klaus, life during socialism and weekend-housing.
Time for Tie
Original title:
Time for Tie
Czech titile:
Time for Tie
Country and year:
Czech Republic 2006
Director:
Miloš Kameník
Version:
Czech
Running time:
2 minutes
Screening:
Thursday 11th February 2010 před každým filmem
A tie as a mullet or: business in the front, party in the rear.
