FAVh036 Czech Cinema Since 1989

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
4/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jitka Lanšperková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 10:00–13:40 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
The course presents the development of Czech cinema since 1989. The course focuses on feature films as well as TV series and their production system, political background and key institutions such as State Film Fund international festivals. At the end of the course students should be able to understand key genres of Czech film; distinguish its functions in nowadays; explain work of important film-makers.
Learning outcomes
After finishing this course, students will: gain basic knowledge of Czech cinema production after 1989; understand the significance of local cinema in broader social context; understand Czech documentary cinema as a complex social phenomenon, not only as a sequence of aesthetically exceptional films; understand relationship between production, distribution and film introduction; broaden their existing knwoledge with less-featured films.
Syllabus
  • Privatization of Czech cinema
  • Czech Television and its position in Czech cinema
  • Very first production companies
  • Strong personalities in Czech feature films
  • Nonfictional film after 1989
  • Digitalization and its impact on Czech cinema
  • Film festivals and institutions
Literature
    required literature
  • HALADA, Andrej. Český film devadesátých let : od Tankového praporu ke Koljovi. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1997, 235 s. ISBN 8071062510. info
    not specified
  • SEDLÁČEK, Jaroslav. Rozmarná léta českého filmu: 1989-1998. Česká televize: Albatros Media, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7404-081-8. info
  • BERNARD, Jan. Z šedé zóny : texty a kontexty. 1. vyd. Praha: Akademie múzických umění, 2010, 592 s. ISBN 9788073311643. info
Teaching methods
Lecture - theoretical and historical explication; reading; screenings.
Assessment methods
Reading during the semester; written test with questions on lectures, reading and screenings.
Language of instruction
Czech
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