FAVh022 Czech documentary filmmaking after 1989

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/2. 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 8:00–11:40 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
The course presents the development of Czech nonfiction and documentary cinema since 1989. The ourse focuses on documentary TV series, documentary feature films and also the shorts and its production system, political background and key institutions such as State Fund or IDFF Ji.hlava. At the end of the course students should be able to understand key genres of nonfiction and documentary 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 documentary cinema production after 1989; understand the significance of local documentary 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
  • Crisis of Czech documentary cinema and the influence of Czech TV
  • New institutions for supporting documentary cinema
  • Famu and its important students and absolvents
  • Development and production of documentary film
  • Distribution of documenatry films and its alternatives
Literature
    required literature
  • Iluminace : časopis pro teorii, historii a estetiku filmu = the journal of film theory, history, and aesthetics. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 2007, roč. 19, č. 1. ISSN 0862-397X
  • ČESÁLKOVÁ, Lucie. Generace Jihlava (Generation Jihlava). V češtině vyd. 1. Brno - Praha: Větrné mlýny - NAMU, 2014, 334 pp. Vysočina. ISBN 978-80-7443-109-8. info
  • BERNARD, Jan. Z šedé zóny : texty a kontexty. 1. vyd. Praha: Akademie múzických umění, 2010, 592 s. ISBN 9788073311643. info
    recommended literature
  • https://www.dokrevue.cz/
    not specified
  • PALÚCH, Martin. Autorský dokumentarny film na Slovensku po roku 1989. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Ustav divadelnej a filmovej vedy SAV, 2015. 376 s. ISBN 9788089550241
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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