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Festival program
Enjoy a selection of the best popular-science films from all over the world. Don’t miss exclusive releases you won’t be able to see in the theatres. The introductions and following discussions of attending filmmakers and scientists from the Czech Republic and abroad is an important part of the screenings.
Osprey: Sea Raptor
Meet the osprey, the only one of its family! This documentary on the best fishermen among birds will present you with unique slow-motion footage, subtle music and the commentary of Seas “Boromir” Bean himself.
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ENG FRIENDLY: YES
Ode to Nature + NATURE_2.0
Guests: Radek Ševčík & Petr Chromčák
A visually stunning journey through the German countryside, from the mountains and alpine pastures in the south to the coast and depths of the North and Baltic seas. Director Jan Haft's film Ode to Nature looks back at the end of the "UN Decade of Biodiversity”. Profile →
This screening will include a screening of the short film NATURE_2.0 Profile →
ENG FRIENDLY: YES
Microorganismus: The Air We Breathe
Air is all around us. It is essential for all life despite the fact that we cannot see it. Nor are we able to perceive the countless creatures present in the air. However, that does not make them less important. Profile →
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Allergy Alert: Paranoia in Our Immune System
Guest: Philipp Starkl
Watch out for allergies! Scientists are trying to get to the bottom of the growing number of allergies and looking for new ways of treatment. Profile →
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River – Festival opening
Rivers as beautiful and majestic living organisms. They flow through cities and adorn the landscape. Both wild and serene, kind and treacherous. Australian filmmakers will take us on a journey that presents all the facets of these arteries of our planet. Profile →
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Fathom
Two scientists and two different approaches to the communication of humpback whales. Jump into the realm of the largest creatures on Earth. Profile →
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Beyond the Curtain of Nature – The Magic of Pretence + Slatiniště
We will screen two episodes from the Beyond the Curtain of Nature series. The first, entitled The Magic of Pretence, will explore the nature around us, which is full of fascinating shapes and colours.
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The second will take us takes us through the fens of Slovakia and Sweden.
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ENG FRIENDLY: NO
Charcoal Kilns - From the Past to the Present
Guest: Markéta Marečková & Zdeněk Zvonek & RNDr. Luděk Šefrna, CSc. & Tejnecký Václav & Jiří Vaníček
Charcoal kilns remind us of ancient times and forgotten crafts that we now know only from fairy tales. However, their remains can be found throughout the Czech landscape to this day, and they can tell us stories of history and nature.Profile →
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The North Drift
Guest: Steffen Krones
How did a beer bottle made in Germany end up in the unspoiled wilderness beyond the Arctic Circle? Director Steffen Krones decides to follow a piece of plastic waste from continental Europe to the cliffs of the Norwegian Lofoten.Profile →
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Foodforest
Guest: Hilde Eylenbosch
Farmland takes up 40% of our planet. Is there a method to use the land and produce food which is sustainable and environmentally friendly in the long term?Profil filmu →
ENG FRIENDLY: NO
Let There Be Water!
Guests: Karel Žalud & ing.Bořivoj Šourek & doc.ing. Vladimír Zmrhal & Mgr. Jiří František Potužník
Can the Czech Republic leave its mark on EXPO and create a project that will help the world? Such an attempt was made in 2020 in Dubai by a team led by the Commissioner General for the Czech participation, Jiří František Potužník.Profil filmu →
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Cow
Luma gives birth to a calf and barely manages to lick it before it is taken away and she is milked to meet human needs. Oscar winner Andrea Arnold presents an intimate observational portrait of a mottled dairy cow named Luma.Profil filmu →
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Into The Wilderness
Guest: Prokop Pithart
You don’t need to go far to reach nature. You can find it right in your backyard. What can we find hidden around us? Profile →
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Rainforest of Tomorrow
Guests: Tomáš Jůnek & Stanislav Lhota & Michal Gálik
Zoologists from the Czech University of Life Sciences travel to remote corners of the Congolese rainforest to explore its biodiversity and contribute to its protection. Profile →
ENG FRIENDLY: NO
France, A Journey Through Time
Guest: Michael Pitiot
What if we looked at French history not in terms of its rulers but from the point of view of the landscape from which it was born? How did Paris look like 45 million years ago? Was the Arc de Triomphe underwater or Champs-Élysées on a hill? Profile →
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The Two Faces of Tomorrow
This film between fiction and documentary takes the viewers into laboratories, toxic baths and even space to show the relationship between algae, man and nature. After seeing it, you will never look at these single-celled organisms the same. Profile →
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The Invisible Extinction
Guest: Manuel Fankhauser
"The Invisible Extinction" follows globetrotting scientists Gloria Dominguez-Bello and Marty Blaser – partners in life and the lab - on their urgent quest to reverse this trend before it’s too late, while three patients with life-threatening diseases triggered by this disruption try experimental treatments to recover their health. Profile →
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Pleistocene Park + Ten Thousand for the Climate
The unconventional Russian geophysicist Sergei Zimov, his son Nikita and an ambitious project to restore an ecosystem that disappeared 10,000 years ago with the end of the Ice Age. Two men in one of the least hospitable places in the north gather vast herds of cattle and release them into the “Pleistocene Park” in the Siberian wilderness. Profile →
This event will include a screening of Ten Thousand for the Climate, a short sociological documentary about whether and how this amount can mitigate the impacts of climate change. Profile →
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Beyond the Curtain of Nature: Bats + The Mysterious Meadows in the Carpathians
We will screen two episodes from the Behind the Curtain of Nature series. In the first, we'll go in search of bats and wrens. What fascinates scientists about their behaviour? And what is a typical day like for them?
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The second part will explore the jewel of our nature, the White Carpathians, and their biodiversity.
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Planet Ocean
Guest: Michael Pitiot
This documentary by the directors Yann Arthus-Betrand and Michael Pitiot examines the diversity of underwater life and focuses on its relationship with humankind. How many more of our thoughtless decisions can nature stand? Planet Ocean sets out on a voyage through the ocean and confronts the human population with the impacts of its behaviour.
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I Miss You, Marius
Guests: Péter Becz & Márton Kis & Abdi Hedayat
Meditative, optimistic, and humanistic film reveals a modern human relationship with nature and how we pass this relationship on to the next generation. Will there be any place left for innocence if it is exposed too soon to the world of science?
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After Nature
Guest: Esther Elmholt
What changes has nature undergone in the past few hundred years? What is the impact of agriculture and urban life on biodiversity and the evolution of animals and plants adapting to this environment?Even though answers to some of these questions may be depressing, all is not yet lost.
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My Garden of a Thousand Bees + A Film About Earthworms
What happens when a cameraman who used to work in the wild now has to stay at home during lockdown? He aims the lens at his own garden! Watching the secret homes of wild bees and looking for peace in the middle of a pandemic are approached with a personal touch. Profile →
What would life be like without earthworms? Do earthworms have it harder than ever in the modern world, or can they handle all the challenges on their own? That's what the short movie A Film About Earthworms. Profile →
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