27th Zlatý Voči

4. 2. 2023

The 27th edition of the Zlatý Voči International Film Festival took place on 9 and 10 September 2022 at the Kavalírka Cinema. Like every year, not only students of the Department of Film Studies but also film enthusiasts and theorists gathered to enjoy a weekend full of student films, audiovisual essays, music and other rich off-programme.

The festival offered a total of 47 films from all over the world in 6 screening blocks:

DISTANCE→CLOSENESS section presented films reflecting the themes of isolation, the crisis of communication and inaccessible intimacy
CAMERA OBSCURA offered grotesque, dreamlike and otherwise inverted or distorted views of our reality
SUPERNOVA section and its filmmakers problematized and subverted established gender norms in their films
HOMIES and the block of audiovisual essays showed the films of Czech students of audiovisual theory
FAR OUT, the only non-competitive, yet fan-favourite section, defied any labels, classifications and pigeonholes

The festival’s off-programme followed two debates centred around the post-pandemic film experience – The Transformations of the Pandemic Image and Reality TV and Covid Binge-watching. And each evening, our visitors enjoyed a rich musical programme thanks to vibrant independent bands and wild DJ sets.

List of prizes and winners of the 27th Zlatý Voči:

Zlatý Voči Award (main festival prize) – Jáchym Šidlák, Zpátky k troskám
Gaze of Jiří Anger (best audiovisual essay) – Jan Kinzl, Laura Mulvey na Prázdninách v Římě
Homies Award (best Czech film) – Kateřina Boušková, Pohovor
Chris Marker’s Objective (best documentary) – Xavier Lavernhe, Torches of Freedom
Kurt Kren’s Scratched Glasses (best experimental film) – Teodora Arsic, Pera Doesn’t Know When His Wife Died, Let Alone a Hippo