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Opening night: The Snake Brothers

CaSFFA’s 2015 Opening Night film is a terrific, blackly comic social drama plucked from the Main Competition at the 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, […]

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The Snake Brothers
Opening night: The Snake Brothers
Czech Republic, 2015, Jan Prušinovský, ACMI, Thu 17 Sep 6.30pm
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38

It is rare indeed that a documentary should prove to be one of the biggest box office hits of the year, yet such was the […]

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Slovakia
2014, Daniel Dangl, Lukáš Zednikovič
ACMI , Mon 21 Sep 6.30pm
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A Jester’s Tale

In this satirical and even subversive take on the Thirty Years’ War, which preoccupied much of Europe between 1618 and 1648, Karel Zeman’s continuing innovations […]

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A Jester’s Tale
A Jester’s Tale
Czechoslovakia
1964, Karel Zeman
ACMI , Wed 23 Sep 9.15pm
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An Invention for Destruction

This astonishing Expo ’58 Grand Prix winner was steampunk long before the term was coined. Drawing on Facing the Flag (1896) and other Jules Verne […]

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An Invention for Destruction
An Invention for Destruction
Czechoslovakia
1958, Karel Zeman
ACMI , Wed 23 Sep 7.00pm
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Children

The first fiction feature film from award-winning documentarist Jaroslav Vojtek, Children is a poetic omnibus compiling four stories of strained parent-child relations, each set in […]

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Children
Children
Slovakia & Czech Republic
2014, Jaroslav Vojtek
ACMI , Mon 21 Sep 8.30pm
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Daniel’s World

Virginal 25-year-old Daniel studies at the literary academy in Prague, where his output caused friends to wonder whether he mightn’t be a paedophile. Through the […]

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Daniel’s World
Daniel’s World
Czech Republic
2014, Veronika Lišková
ACMI , Sun 20 Sep 8.45pm
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Fair Play

With the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, and all that she has been training for, looming large, 18 year old sprinter Anna (Judit Bardós) is […]

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Fair Play
Fair Play
Czech Republic, Slovakia & Germany
2014, Andrea Sedláčková
ACMI , Sat 19 Sep 8.45pm
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Film Adventurer Karel Zeman

Tomáš Hodan’s documentary, only recently to have premiered in Karlovy Vary, is a fitting testament to the homespun ingenuity of visionary filmmaker, animator and special […]

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Film Adventurer Karel Zeman
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman
Czech Republic & Canada
2015, Tomáš Hodan
ACMI , Tue 22 Sep 6.30pm
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Journey to the Beginning of Time

Pre-dating Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park by nearly 40 years, Karel Zeman’s first feature to synthesise live action with animation is equal parts delightful boys’ own […]

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Journey to the Beginning of Time
Journey to the Beginning of Time
Czechoslovakia
1955, Karel Zeman
ACMI , Wed 16 Sep 7.00pm
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Photographer

In this ribald biopic-come-cautionary tale, Karel Roden enjoys himself immensely in the role of the unapologetically profligate Jan Saudek (b. 1935), an internationally renowned photographer […]

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Photographer
Photographer
Czech Republic
2015, Irena Pavlásková
ACMI , Fri 18 Sep 6.30pm
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Pictures of the Old World

Voted in 2000 by Slovak critics as the best Slovak film of all time, Dušan Hanák’s second feature film is an outstanding documentary that was […]

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Pictures of the Old World
Pictures of the Old World
Czechoslovakia
1972, Dušan Hanák
ACMI , Thu 24 Sep 9.30pm
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Short Films on the Fed Square Big Screen

A selection of family-friendly shorts on the Big Screen in Federation Square. Please note that this compilation will screen on the Big Screen again on Sun […]

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Short Films on the Fed Square Big Screen
Short Films on the Fed Square Big Screen
2012-15, Various
Federation Square , Fri 18 Sep 3.30pm
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Short Films on the Fed Square Big Screen

A selection of family-friendly shorts on the Big Screen in Federation Square. Please note that this compilation also screens on the Big Screen on Fri 18 Sep […]

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Short Films on the Fed Square Big Screen
Short Films on the Fed Square Big Screen
2012-15, Various
Federation Square , Sun 20 Sep 1.30pm
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The Cathedral Builder

This seldom-seen silent film concerns a legend about Petr Parléř (1330-99), architect to Charles IV, entrusted with the task of building the Gothic Saint Vitus […]

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The Cathedral Builder
The Cathedral Builder
Czechoslovakia
1919, Karel Degl, Antonín Novotný
Melbourne Town Hall , Thu 24 Sep 7.00pm
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The Magic Voice of a Rebel

CaSFFA’s 2015 Closing Night film is a superb documentary on Marta Kubišová, an icon of the Prague Spring and the most popular singer in Czechoslovakia […]

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The Magic Voice of a Rebel
The Magic Voice of a Rebel
Czech Republic
2014, Olga Sommerová
ACMI , Fri 25 Sep 7.00pm
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The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

Jules Verne’s 1892 novel The Carpathian Castle is given a Pythonesque treatment in this very funny, star-studded, sci-fi-horror romp directed by comedy specialist Oldřich Lipský […]

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The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Czechoslovakia
1981, Oldřich Lipský
ACMI , Fri 18 Sep 9.15pm
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The Organ

During World War II, a Polish deserter and organ virtuoso hides from the fascists in a Slovak monastery. Masquerading as “Brother Felix”, he lands in […]

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The Organ
The Organ
Czechoslovakia
1964, Štefan Uher
ACMI , Tue 22 Sep 8.45pm
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The Outrageous Baron Munchausen

Inspired by Gustave Doré’s engravings in the 1862 edition of Gottfried August Bürger’s book, Karel Zeman’s peerless Munchausen adaptation is a witty and beautiful succession […]

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The Outrageous Baron Munchausen
The Outrageous Baron Munchausen
Czechoslovakia
1961, Karel Zeman
ACMI , Wed 16 Sep 9.00pm
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The Snake Brothers

CaSFFA’s 2015 Opening Night film is a terrific, blackly comic social drama plucked from the Main Competition at the 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, […]

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The Snake Brothers
The Snake Brothers
Czech Republic
2015, Jan Prušinovský
ACMI , Thu 17 Sep 6.30pm
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The Way Out

Žaneta and David are a young, downwardly spiralling Romani couple in an unglamorous Czech town where societal and bureaucratic attitudes to Romani people range from […]

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The Way Out
The Way Out
Czech Republic & France
2014, Petr Václav
ACMI , Sat 19 Sep 6.30pm
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Three Brothers

Like in a fairy tale, all that the father and son team of Zdeněk and Jan Svěrák touches turns to gold. Following up from hits […]

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Three Brothers
Three Brothers
Czech Republic & Denmark
2014, Jan Svěrák
ACMI , Sun 20 Sep 4.30pm
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When the Cat Comes

Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes in 1963, this forgotten gem is one of the most inventive, magical – and subversive – family-friendly […]

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When the Cat Comes
When the Cat Comes
Czechoslovakia
1963, Vojtěch Jasný
ACMI , Sun 20 Sep 6.30pm
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Journey to the Beginning of Time
1955, Karel Zeman
ACMI , Wed 16 Sep 7.00pm
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The Outrageous Baron Munchausen
1961, Karel Zeman
ACMI , Wed 16 Sep 9.00pm
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Exhibitions
Spirit of Adventure
Spirit of Adventure Shorts
The Snake Brothers
2015, Jan Prušinovský
ACMI , Thu 17 Sep 6.30pm
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Exhibitions
Spirit of Adventure
Spirit of Adventure Shorts
Short Films on the Fed Square Big Screen
2012-15, Various
Federation Square , Fri 18 Sep 3.30pm
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Photographer
2015, Irena Pavlásková
ACMI , Fri 18 Sep 6.30pm
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The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
1981, Oldřich Lipský
ACMI , Fri 18 Sep 9.15pm
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Exhibitions
Spirit of Adventure
Spirit of Adventure Shorts
The Way Out
2014, Petr Václav
ACMI , Sat 19 Sep 6.30pm
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Fair Play
2014, Andrea Sedláčková
ACMI , Sat 19 Sep 8.45pm
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Exhibitions
Spirit of Adventure
Spirit of Adventure Shorts
Short Films on the Fed Square Big Screen
2012-15, Various
Federation Square , Sun 20 Sep 1.30pm
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Three Brothers
2014, Jan Svěrák
ACMI , Sun 20 Sep 4.30pm
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When the Cat Comes
1963, Vojtěch Jasný
ACMI , Sun 20 Sep 6.30pm
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Daniel’s World
2014, Veronika Lišková
ACMI , Sun 20 Sep 8.45pm
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Exhibitions
Spirit of Adventure
Spirit of Adventure Shorts
38
2014, Daniel Dangl, Lukáš Zednikovič
ACMI , Mon 21 Sep 6.30pm
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Children
2014, Jaroslav Vojtek
ACMI , Mon 21 Sep 8.30pm
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Exhibitions
Spirit of Adventure
Spirit of Adventure Shorts
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman
2015, Tomáš Hodan
ACMI , Tue 22 Sep 6.30pm
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The Organ
1964, Štefan Uher
ACMI , Tue 22 Sep 8.45pm
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Exhibitions
Spirit of Adventure
Spirit of Adventure Shorts
An Invention for Destruction
1958, Karel Zeman
ACMI , Wed 23 Sep 7.00pm
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A Jester’s Tale
1964, Karel Zeman
ACMI , Wed 23 Sep 9.15pm
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Exhibitions
Spirit of Adventure
Spirit of Adventure Shorts
The Cathedral Builder
1919, Karel Degl, Antonín Novotný
Melbourne Town Hall , Thu 24 Sep 7.00pm
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Pictures of the Old World
1972, Dušan Hanák
ACMI , Thu 24 Sep 9.30pm
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The Magic Voice of a Rebel
2014, Olga Sommerová
ACMI , Fri 25 Sep 7.00pm
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