FAV132 Cinema of the Balkans since 1989

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
3/0/0. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 16:40–19:05 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The era of Balkan socialist cinemas ended with the collapses of communist regimes in Bulgaria, Romania (1989) and Albania (1990) and with the break-up of Yugoslavia. The Bulgarian film industry fell into depression, Romanian film art succeeded on festivals during the first time but they were no films produced in 2000; a revival came lately with a new wave. The national cinemas of the former Yugoslavia – Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bosnian, Macedonian and the cinema of Montenegro develop in conditions of independent countries; everyone reflects in its own point of view the upcoming ethnic conflicts and wars.Films: 4 luni, 3 saptamani şi 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu 2007), A fost sau n-a fost? (12:08 East of Bucharest, Corneliu Porumboiu, 2006), Armin (Ognjen Sviličić, 2007), Balanţa (The Oak, Lucian Pintilie, 1992), Bure baruta (The Powder Keg, Goran Paskaljević, 1999), Crna mačka, beli mačor (Black Cat, White Cat, Emir Kusturica, 1998), Cum mi-am petrecut sfârşitul lumii (How I Celebrated the End of the World, Cătălin Mitulescu, 2006). Čija e tazi pesen? (Whose Is This Song?, Adela Peeva, 2003), E pericoloso sporgersi (Don't Lean Out the Window, Nae Caranfil, 1993), Filantropica (Nae Caranfil, 2002), Hîrtia va fi albastrã (The Paper Will Be Blue, Radu Muntean, 2006), Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku (How the War Started on My Island, Vinko Brešan, 1996), Lepa sela lepo gore (Pretty Village Pretty Flame, Srdjan Dragojević, 1996), Magic Eye (Kujtim Çashku, 2005), Majmuni prez zimata (Monkeys in Winter, Milena Andonova, 2006), Marfa şi banii (Stuff and Dough, Cristi Puiu, 2001), Maršal (Marshal, Vinko Brešan, 1999), Moartea domnului Lazarescu (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Cristi Puiu, 2005), No Man's Land (Danis Tanović, 2001), O vară de neuitat (An Unforgettable Summer, Lucian Pintilie, 1994), Obarnata elha (Christmas Tree Upside Down, Ivan Čerkelov & Vasil Živkov, 2006), Occident (West, Cristian Mungiu, 2002), Patul conjugal (The Conjugal Bed, Mircea Daneliuc, 1993, Prea târziu (Too Late, Lucian Pintilie, 1996), Pred doždot (Before the Rain, Milčo Mančevski, 1994), Rane (The Wounds, Srdjan Dragojević, 1998), Rezervni deli (Spare Parts, Damjan Kozole, 2003), Ryna (Ruxandra Zenide, 2005), Savršeni krug (The Perfect Circle, Ademir Kenović, 1997), Svjedoci (Witnesses, Vinko Brešan, 2003), Terminus paradis (Next Stop Paradise, Lucian Pintilie, 1998), Ubistvo s predumišljajem (Premeditated Murder, Gorčin Stojanović, 1995), Underground (Emir Kusturica, 1995), Varuh meje (Guardian of the Frontier, Maja Weiss, 2002), Vukovar – jedna priča (Vukovar poste restante, Boro Drašković, 1994), Zona Zamfirova (Zdravko Šotra, Srbsko, 2002), Život je čudo (Life Is a Miracle, Emir Kusturica, 2004).
Literature
  • The cinema of the Balkans. Edited by Dina Jordanova. 1st pub. London: Wallflower, 2006, xvi, 291. ISBN 1904764819. info
  • JORDANOVA, Dina. Emir Kusturica. 1st pub. London: BFI Publishing, 2002, 198 s. ISBN 0851708986. info
  • JORDANOVA, Dina. Cinema of flames : Balkan film, culture and the media. 1st publ. London: BFI, 2001, 322 s. ISBN 9780851708478. info
  • GOCIĆ, Goran. Notes from the underground : the cinema of Emir Kusturica. 1st pub. London: Wallflower Press, 2001, 196 s. ISBN 1903364167. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
The exam: an essay.
Language of instruction
English
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