Synopsis
“The Place of Love” under its roof unites dramatic stories of 4 distinctive characters: Vadim, local Don Juan, breaks girls' hearts, but suffers from deep solitude; Tanya possessively desires to marry her beloved man and defends her love from rivals; Olya, young pure soul, whose attention many boys search for, becomes the centre of shaming; Denis can’t choose between two women passionately in love with him. Every day they visit a social centre for leisure pastime for people with very light mental disabilities. Affected by social stigma they can’t find a job or get an education, are treated as helpless kids and not taken seriously.
Articles
27. 5. 2020
The Place of Love: Remembering Belarusian filmmakers with special screening
On May 14, producer Vladimir Mikhailovski and sound designer Max Gavrilenko died in a terrible car crash. Director Lyubov Zemtsova was fighting for her life in the hospital. Unfortunately, she died on May 22, 2020.
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15. 3. 2018
One World Has Been Successfully Updated. The Festival’s Best Film is the Swedish Documentary The Deminer
This year’s 20th annual One World film festival, held from 5 to 14 March in Prague, has its winners. The juries handed out a total of nine prizes in the categories of International Competition, Right to Know, and Czech Competition.
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9. 3. 2018
East Doc Platform Awarded Best Documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe
Organized by the Institute of Documentary Film, the EAST DOC PLATFORM – the largest event for documentary filmmakers in Central and Eastern Europe – took place for the seventh time. Prague hosted 350 film professionals from around the world.
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