FAV154 Worker's Film Festival - research seminar

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Luděk Havel, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 11:40–13:15 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
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The capacity limit for the course is 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 0/12
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Course objectives
The Film Festival of the Working People was the greatest "film action" (as it was called most often) which took place almost annually from 1948 until 1990 all over Czechoslovakia. The main purpose was to spread movies screened at the Marianské Lázně International Film Festival (taking place in Karlovy Vary since 1950) to a broader audience in open-air cinemas. The range and the focus of this festival were changing in the course of time. The number of locations where the festival took place was also spreading until covering more than 170 cities and towns. The whole event generated the giant corpus of written materials. The seminar will focus especially on the years 1948 – 1959. The introduction will feature an overview of film events in Czechoslovakia, the general cultural background as well as principles of the Film Festival of the Working People.

The central theme will then be an analysis of archival materials and period journalist discourse and searching for answers to such questions as:

• What was the rhetoric of the official festival documents, publications and newspaper articles?
• How did this rhetoric change in the course of time?
• How did the number of festivals locations spread?
• How did the festival fit within other film and cultural events?
• How did the status and concept of the festival change?
• What events did accompany the festival?
• How did their number and nature change?
• What aspects were accentuated in selection of the films?
• How did the dramaturgical structure change?
Syllabus
  • Introductory overview of the festival.
  • Reading of texts.
  • Partial papers and their presentation in the seminar.
  • Discussion about papers and their conclusions.
  • Writing final papers.
Literature
  • ELSAESSER, Thomas. European cinema : face to face with Hollywood. Amsterdam: Amsterdam university press, 2005, 563 s. ISBN 9053565949. info
  • KNAPÍK, Jiří. Kdo byl kdo v naší kulturní politice 1948-1953 :biografický slovník stranických a svazových funkcionářů, státní administrativy, divadelních a filmových pracovníků, redaktorů ... 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2002, 278 s. ISBN 80-7277-093-4. info
  • Havelka, Jiří. Čs. filmové hospodářství 1945-1950 až Československé filmové hospodářství 1966-1970. Praha: ČFÚ 1970 až 1976.
  • REČKA, Al. and St. HAVLÍČEK. Filmový festival pracujících – Gottwaldov (13. – 21. 8. 1949). Gottwaldov: Svit, 1949, 67 pp. info
  • KNAPÍK, Jiří. V zajetí moci : kulturní politika, její systém a aktéři 1948-1956. První vydání. Praha: Libri, 2006, 399 stran. ISBN 807277316X. info
  • TUNYS, Ladislav. 35 ročníků Filmového festivalu pracujících. Praha: Ústřední půjčovna filmů, 1984, 63 pp. ISBN (Brož.). info
  • VALCK, Marijke de. The Reappearance of Europe. A Historical Overview of the Film Festival Phenomenon. Iluminace. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 2003, 49/15, No 1, p. 31-51, 20 pp. ISSN 0862-397X. info
  • VALCK, Marijke de. Film festivals : from European geopolitics to global cinephilia. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2007, 276 s. ISBN 9789053561928. info
Teaching methods
Reading of period periodical, summarized papers, discussion
Assessment methods
80% attendance.
Active participation.
Presentation of papers.
Final paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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