3.-4.3.2020
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MOVIES
WITH ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEMES

REFLEXE STAVU VIZUÁLNÍ ANTROPOLOGIE V ČR A SR

Česká republika, 2020, 120 min
Katedra sociální a kulturní antropologie FF UPa
04.03.2020 13:00

Discussion about visual anthropology in Czech and Slovak republic. Guests are Zuzana Beňušková, Tomáš Hirt, Tomáš Petráň, Michal Pavlásek, Pavel Borecký a Milan Durňak and Lívia Šavelková.

ARCHIPELAGO

Itálie, Írán, 2017, 61 min
C. Insom, G. Squillacciotti
04.03.2020 20:30

Archipelago is a journey through ancient myths, exorcism rituals, sounds and spirits. In the south of Iran, on a group of islands of the Persian Gulf, humans and spirits coexist since centuries. The culture and traditions of these Islands are the result of the encounters between the African Diaspora, the Arab Countries and Iran, generating a unique system of syncretic beliefs. Spirits of different heritages and origins, called Bād, the Persian word for wind, moving through the air, take possession of the islanders bodies and can only be quieted through a music ceremony called the Zār Ritual. Thanks to an unprecedented access given to foreign film makers, the Film showcases stories and landscape s of the islanders daily life within the frame of the Rituals, giving, through pounding drum rhythms and wailing vocal chorus, a rare and unexpected glimpse of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Camilla Insom, anthropologist lives and works Sulaimaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. After completing the MA in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Rome Sapienza, she's currently a Phd candidate in Iranian Studies at University of Naples "L'Orientale".She is in charge of the Anthropological Studies of "Sapienza" University of Rome. Giulio Squillacciotti is Artist, Filmmaker and researcher lives and works in Milan and Maastricht. He studied Medieval Art History in Barcelona and Rome. He owns a MA in Visual Arts from the University of Architecture in Venice IUAV, where he studied Art, Philosophy, Semiotics and Anthropology. His work is mainly oriented on storytelling, cultural apexes and the way traditions re- shape in new contexts.

Direction, production, script, edit: Camilla Insom, Giulio Squillacciotti
Camera: Giulio Squillacciotti

Language of dialogues: Persian
Langiage of subtitles: English, Czech

35th Torino Film Festival - in Competition (December 2017); 27th International Festival of Ethnological Film Belgrade

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/234164343

LAKROS - TO JE ZPŮSOB ŽIVOTA

Česká republika, 2014, 63 min
L.Šavelková, T.Petráň, M.Durňak
03.03.2020 20:00

The film is about the lacrosse, and its importance for the Haudenosaunee people (represented by the Iroquois Nationals), and for the Czech people (represented by the lacrosse organisations, scouts, and woodcrafters). In 2011, the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was held in Prague, the Czech Republic. It was the first time when the Iroquois National lacrosse men’s team visited the Czech Republic, using their Haudenosaunee passports.
However, the film is not focused only on reporting of the Championship agenda. Furthermore, it highlights the essential spiritual, political and sport aspects of the lacrosse for the Haudenosaunne and Czech communities. It also explains the formation of this originally Native American game in the Central Europe, including the hint of political issues in the formercommunist Czechoslovakia.
 

Directors: L.Šavelková, T. Petráň, M. Durňak 
Production Cinepoint 
Camera: T.Petráň, M.Durňak, V. Barák, P.Řezáč, P. Záruba 
Script: L.Šavelková 
Edit: T.Petráň, M.Durňak

Language of dialogues: Czech, English
Langue of subtitles: Czech, English