Cinema Regained
Overview of films
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The Key to Defining Dwarves or Lemuel Gulliver’s Final Voyage
Martin Šulík | 58' | Czech Republic | International premiere
Filmic essay and documentary mystification about Juracek and the context of the Czech nouvelle vague and the Prague Spring. -
Kiss
Varun Grover | 17' | India | None
A young filmmaker gets in hot water with the censors over his new film. -
The KKK Boutique Ain’t Just Rednecks
Camille Billops, James Hatch | 78' | USA | None
Polemically essayistic tour (de force) through the history and presence of racial segregation in the US. -
Kolkata
Mark LaPore | 30' | USA | International premiere
This film, a portrait of North Kolkata (Calcutta), searches the streets of the city to see how people are doing and reflects the changing landscape… -
Kontakty
Jaroslava Havettová | 11' | Czechoslovakia | None
Three fables about Havettová’s main theme: help and abuse. A masterpiece of pre-independence Slovak animation! -
Korean Dream: The Nama-jinheung Mixtape
Lee Taewoong | 84' | South Korea | International premiere
An invitation to discover a hardly discussed chapter of Korean film history. -
Korean Ghost Stories – ieodo
Choi Sangsik | 69' | South Korea | International premiere
Version of a popular folk tale about a mysterious island realm ruled by women. A rare treasure of television! -
Korean Ghost Stories – ieodo
Choi Sangsik | 69' | South Korea | International premiere
Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET -
Kým sa ucho neodbije
Jaroslava Havettová | 11' | Czechoslovakia | None
Ironic yet forgiving look at human foibles and weakness, set to commentary of peasant proverbs. -
Laada
Drissa Touré | 80' | Burkina Faso | None
A meditation on tensions between village and city, tradition and progress, told through the story of three men. -
Labour of Love – The Housewife
Rajendra Gour | 19' | Singapore | None
An exploration of a woman’s work around the home as something of economic worth instead of her duty. -
The Lady Avenger
Yang Chia-yun | 84' | Taiwan | None
One of the most typical so-called Taiwan Black Movies (see also the documentary in this programme about a B-film genre that has disappeared) in terms