Finále Plzeň Film Festival
Annual film festival in Czechia
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Finále Plzeň is a film festival based in the Czech Republic. It focuses on Czech feature and documentary films. The best film is awarded the Golden Kingfisher by a jury. It was founded in 1967 and the first year was held in 1968. The festival was held in 1970 but the Golden Kingfisher wasn't awarded. The festival wasn't held again until 1990, when 12 films were awarded the Kingfisher to represent Czech and Slovak cinematography from the 1969-1990 period.[2]
Golden Kingfisher | |
| Location | Plzeň, Czech Republic |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| Awards | Golden Kingfisher |
| No. of films | 40 (2017)[1] |
| Website | www |
Awards
Festival jury
Awarded Films:
| Release year | Film title | Director | Country[3] | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Adelheid | František Vláčil |  Czech Socialist Republic |
[36] |
| 1970 | Case for a Rookie Hangman | Pavel Juráček | Czech Socialist Republic |
[37] |
| 1970 | The Sweet Games of Last Summer | Juraj Herz |  Slovak Socialist Republic |
[38] |
| 1970 | Witchhammer | Otakar Vávra | Czech Socialist Republic |
[39] |
| 1977 | Rosy Dreams | Dušan Hanák | Slovak Socialist Republic |
[40] |
| 1979 | Prefab Story | Věra Chytilová | Czech Socialist Republic |
[41] |
| 1980 | Signum Laudis | Martin Hollý | Czech Socialist Republic Slovak Socialist Republic |
[42] |
| 1983 | The Millennial Bee | Juraj Jakubisko | Slovak Socialist Republic |
[43] |
| 1987 | Why? | Karel Smyczek | Czech Socialist Republic |
[44] |
| 1990 | The Ear | Karel Kachyňa | Czech Socialist Republic |
[45] |
| 1990 | Larks on a String | Jiří Menzel | Czech Socialist Republic |
[46] |
| 1990 | Funeral Ceremonies | Zdenek Sirový | Czech Socialist Republic |
[47] |
| Year | Film title | Director | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Marcela | Helena Třeštíková | [48] | |
| 2008 | Citizen Havel | Pavel Koutecký, Miroslav Janek | [49] | |
| 2009 | Česká RAPublika | Pavel Abrahám | [50] | |
| 2010 | Land of Destiny | Pavel Kolaja | [51] | |
| 2011 | The Hardest of Choices | Dagmar Smržová | [52] | |
| 2012 | Love in the Grave | David Vondráček | [53] | |
| 2013 | Věra 68 | Olga Sommerová | [54] | |
| 2014 | The Great Night | Petr Hátle | [55] | |
| 2015 | wave vs. shore | Martin Štrba | [56] | |
| 2016 | Under the Sun | Vitaly Mansky | [57] | |
| 2017 | 5 October | Martin Kollar | [58] | |
| 2021 | A New Shaft | Jindřich Andrš |  Czech Republic |
[33] |
| 2022 | How I Became a Partisan | Vera Lacková |  Slovakia Czech Republic |
[34] |
| Citizen Miko | Robin Kvapil | Czech Republic |
[35] |
| Year | Film title | Director | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Úžera | Martin Řezníček | |
| 2004 | Jan's Return from the Parisian Exile to Prague in the Summer of 2003¨ | Kateřina Krusová | |
| 2005 | Things | Marta Hrubá | |
| 2006 | Děti z Hartmanic | Lucie Králová |
| Year | Film title | Director | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Hitler, Stalin a já | Helena Třeštíková | |
| 2004 | Kristova léta, dámy | Tereza Kopáčová | |
| 2005 | Kamenolom boží | Břetislav Rychlík | |
| 2006 | Legenda o ptačím vejci | Zdeněk Novotný Bričkovský |
| Year | Film title | Director | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Tajné životy | Ján Sebechlebský | |
| 2016 | Mamon | Vladimír Michálek | |
| 2017 | Kosmo | Jan Bártek |
| Year | Film title | Director | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Je to jen rock'n'roll | Robert Sedláček | |
| 2016 | The Midsummer Wreath | Jiří Strach | |
| 2017 | A Case for a Skier | Lucie Bělohradská |
| Year | Film title | Director | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Čtvrtá hvězda | Jan Prušinovský, Miroslav Krobot |
| Year | Film title | Director | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film title | Director | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Cirkus Bukowsky | Jan Pachl |
Student jury
| Year | Film title | Director | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Nothing Against Nothing | Petr Marek | [59] |
| 2013 | DONT STOP | Richard Řeřicha | |
| 2014 | Like Never Before | Zdeněk Tyc | [27] |
| 2015 | Schmitke | Štěpán Altrichter | |
| 2016 | The Little Man | Radek Beran | |
| 2017 | We Are Never Alone | Petr Vaclav |