Křehká identita
Ve filmu Křehká identita hledá osobitá slovenská režisérka Zuzana Piussi současnou podobu toho, jak její krajané chápou svoji národnost. Vyslovuje obavu, že slovenské národnostní cítění má křehké kořeny a je snadno politicky zneužitelné. Její hrdinové se často vymezují vůči významným českým postavám československých dějin a hledají nacionální kořeny ve společné „přednacionální“ minulosti Velké Moravy. I když mnohé příběhy působí tragikomicky, bouřlivý vývoj sjednocené Evropy ukazuje, že hledání vlastní identity je křehká věc nejen na Slovensku.
Malaria 1983
Malaria 1983 is an immersive documentary video game where the player takes the role of a tropical parasitologist on a dangerous mission in the post genocide Cambodia. The interactive story is closely based on the autobiographical book "To Heal, To Survive" (Léčit a přežít) and personal diaries of Dr. Michal Giboda. The player is hurled into a twisted Cold War world of cruel political schemes, post-colonial cynicism and swarms of malaria infected mosquitoes. The task is to face the upcoming challenges through reason and scientific method. You have limited resources, mental energy and you will have to compromise. Will you help the infected patients at the local field hospital where all the former doctors have been executed or will you prioritize your long-term research? Despite being a part of historical events and political shifts, you never get to see the grand picture of things. What you understand with confidence is the internal perspective, the microcosmos of blood and other bodily fluids is what you focus on every day. Your closest companions are petri dish, centrifuge and an old microscope. However, without having the right political connections and profile, your research will hardly ever get published, or at least not under your name and credit.
Panic button
What risks must one journalist take, both in his professional and private life, in order to fight for free speech and a free, independent media? This questioning is at the heart of PANIC BUTTON (WT).
Director Samara Sagynbaeva has been documenting how her husband, Ali Toktakunov, one of Kyrgyzstan’s most prominent investigative journalists, challenged the ruling nomenklatura by exposing to the public a case of corruption within the government. Both Ali and Samara took great risks with their privacy and security, and as a result received several death threats. The film discusses the value of public good, freedom and free speech at the cost of sacrificing the private life of one family.
Director Samara Sagynbaeva has been documenting how her husband, Ali Toktakunov, one of Kyrgyzstan’s most prominent investigative journalists, challenged the ruling nomenklatura by exposing to the public a case of corruption within the government. Both Ali and Samara took great risks with their privacy and security, and as a result received several death threats. The film discusses the value of public good, freedom and free speech at the cost of sacrificing the private life of one family.