24. 4. 2023
True Story Podcast, EP 51: Ana Maria Vijdea
Interview
Listen to the interview with the director Ana Maria Vijdea about her short documentary film May the Earth Become the Sky, awarded by the Institute of Documentary Film at Ji.hlava IDFF 22. She will pitch her new project Blue at Short Pitch during MDAG 23.
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30. 1. 2023
True Story, episode 50: The Hamlet Syndrome
Interview
Ivona Remundová talked at Ji.hlava IDFF with Piotr Rosołowski, co-director of The Hamlet Syndrome, a film about a generation of Ukrainians confronting their war trauma and tackling the painful past.
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23. 1. 2023
True Story, episode 49: Emilia Mazik and Mathieu Janssen
Interview
Ivona Remundová talked at Ji.hlava IDFF 2022 with Silver Eye Award jurors Emilia Mazik (Kaboom Animation Festival) and Mathieu Janssen (Go Short) about short films, festivals and current trends.
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16. 1. 2023
True Story, episode 48: Avitaminosis
Interview
Nicole J. Adelman talked to director Kateryna Ruzhyna about her short documentary Avitaminosis, a self-portrait of a young filmmaker from Ukraine living in Prague, awarded by the Institute of Documentary Film at Ji.hlava IDFF 2022.
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19. 12. 2022
True Story, episode 47: Invisible Landscapes
Interview
Director Ivo Bystřičan talks with Nicole J. Adelman about the "field-recording" of his film Invisible Landscapes in which he focuses on "future critical infrastructure and breaking points through sound".
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9. 12. 2022
True Story, episode 46: Pongo Calling
Interview
With director Tomáš Kratochvíl about his new film Pongo Calling about Štefan Pongo, a Roma lorry driver. The film was premiered at Sheffield Doc/Fest and was awarded at Ake Dikhea? Festival of Romani Film.
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29. 11. 2022
True Story, episode 45: A Date in Minsk
Interview
Ivona Remundová talked to Nikita Lavretski, "an abrasive and indelible comedic voice from Belarus", about his film A Date in Minsk, a one-take documentary which re-stages director's first date with his girlfriend.
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3. 7. 2022
True Story, episode 42: Pianoforte
Interview
With director Jakub Piątek and producer Maciej Kubicki about their project Pianoforte, an intimate coming-of-age portrait of young pianists taking part in the legendary International Chopin Piano Competition.
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26. 6. 2022
True Story, episode 41: 5 Pills Away
Interview
With director Karolina Domagalska and producer Anna Stylinska about their documentary 5 Pills Away following four women friends from Abortion Dream Team who step in and lead a revolution when Polish government introduces a near-total abortion ban.
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12. 6. 2022
True Story, episode 40: Up in the Air
Interview
At the East Doc Platform in March 2022, we talked to Ukrainian director Oksana Syhareva and producer Nataliia Pogudina about their documentary project Up in the Air which follows Ukrainian aerial artists from Kharkiv before and after the Russian invasion.
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