CZ

2021

72 min

Finished

Intensive Life Unit

Jednotka intenzivního života

Directing: Adéla Komrzý

Synopsis

Doctors Ondřej and Kateřina often touch on the intangible in their work.
In this feature-length documentary, the pioneers of Czech hospital palliative care discuss topics that have essentially disappeared from our lives. Against an environment of robotic medicine and deified white coats, focusing on the disease itself, the human being returns to the centre of their attention. In an intimate conversations, doctors and their patients look for answers to a question that has, unfortunately, been forgotten in hospitals where life ends for 60 to 70% of Czech society: “How does one live a quality life with an illness?”
Over a period of three years, director Adéla Komrzý has documented the Department of Palliative Care at the General University Hospital on Charles Square in Prague. This originated as a pilot project to serve as an example for other hospitals. A team of experts help patients find solutions and make decisions that may be of benefit to them in an era that offers endless possibilities for life to be extended artificially. Because life is not just a beating heart and expanding lungs…

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Watch the recording of the Intensive Life Unit discussion
21. 11. 2022

Watch the recording of the Intensive Life Unit discussion

KINEDOK ONLINE
Dr. Dobos Atilla from Hungarian cultural anthropology association and Olivera Kapetanović, head of psychosocial support in La Verna - Palliative Care, discuss Adéla Komrzý's film Intensive Life Unit and a palliative care. Moderated by Saša Michailidis.
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KineDok online screening + discussion: Intensive Life Unit
1. 11. 2022

KineDok online screening + discussion: Intensive Life Unit

KINEDOK
The second of KineDok's monthly international events is coming up! This time you can look forward to the Czech award-winning documentary Intensive Life Unit.
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KineDok is back with online screenings and discussions
23. 9. 2022

KineDok is back with online screenings and discussions

KINEDOK
The alternative documentary distribution project KineDok returns this autumn with online screenings followed by international discussions. A total of six online events will take place between October 2022 and March 2023.
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Czech docs at DOK.fest München
4. 5. 2022

Czech docs at DOK.fest München

EAST SILVER CZECH DOCS
Four Czech docs are part of DOK.fest München (May 4-15 in Munich / May 9-22 online): Intensive Life Unit (dir. Adéla Komrzý), Kapr Code (dir. Lucie Králová), René: The Prisoner of Freedom (dir. Helena Třeštíková) and At Full Throttle (dir. Miro Remo).
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Czech Film Critics' Awards 2021 for Intensive Life Unit and Love, Dad
5. 2. 2022

Czech Film Critics' Awards 2021 for Intensive Life Unit and Love, Dad

EAST DOC PLATFORM CZECH DOCS
The winners of the Czech Film Critics' Awards 2021 were announced on Saturday, February 5, 2022. Adéla Komrzý's Intensive Life Unit is the Best Documentary Film and Diana Cam Van Nguyen's anidoc Love, Dad is the Best Short Film.
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Czech docs at IDFA 2021
7. 11. 2021

Czech docs at IDFA 2021

EAST DOC PLATFORM EAST SILVER CZECH DOCS
Intensive Life Unit by Adéla Komrzý will have International Premiere at IDFA 2021 in Luminous section. Museum of the Revolution by Srdjan Keča (co-produced by Lukáš Kokeš for nutprodukce) will have World Premiere in the same program section.
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Silver Eye Award 2021 nominees and juries
11. 10. 2021

Silver Eye Award 2021 nominees and juries

EAST SILVER
The Institute of Documentary Film will give Silver Eye Award to the best short and feature documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe in the East Silver Market at the 25th Ji.hlava IDFF (October 26-31, 2021).
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Ethical Challenges in Documentary Film (October 6)
29. 9. 2021

Ethical Challenges in Documentary Film (October 6)

IDF INDUSTRY SESSIONS ONLINE
On October 6 at 5:30 pm (CET), Adéla Komrzý (Intensive Life Unit) and Erika Hníková (Every Single Minute) will discuss what ethical challenges directors face when telling someone else’s story. Moderated by Patricia Aufderheide.
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Nine projects supported by the IDF at DOK Industry
12. 10. 2020

Nine projects supported by the IDF at DOK Industry

EX ORIENTE FILM EAST DOC PLATFORM
DOK Lepzig's DOK Industry line-up includes five projects from the Ex Oriente Film & East Doc Platform presented online during DOK Partner Presentations. In the programme of DOK Co-Pro Market you can find another four projects supported by the IDF.
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Czech Docs at East Doc Platform 2020
4. 3. 2020

Czech Docs at East Doc Platform 2020

CZECH DOCS
Five upcoming documentaries will be presented at Czech Docs... Coming Soon, while six Czech/co-production projects will be pitched at East Doc Forum and another five will be part of East Doc Market.
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