Andrea Kleine’s ‘The End,’ ‘Cisco Kid,’ ‘Bloom’ Among World Premieres in Ji.hlava’s Competition
14.10.2022 - 23:15
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Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Ji.hlava Intl. Documentary Film Festival, which runs Oct. 25-30, has unveiled Opus Bonum, its international competition section. The 16-strong lineup includes eight world premieres. Andrea Kleine’s “The End Is Not What I Thought It Would Be,” from the U.S., is set during the pandemic. Kleine, the author of novels “Calf” and “Eden,” is seen performing stand-up comedy, monologues and music in a theater without an audience. Emily Allen’s U.S. film “Cisco Kid” features a young woman living in the middle of a vast desert in the American West, in the ruins of a town where the last of the oddball inhabitants struggle to survive.
Canada’s “Bloom” by Fanie Pelletier follows three groups of adolescent girlfriends from Quebec, who are going through tough changes in their lives as captured through the videos they post online.
Croatia’s “Deserters,” from director Damir Markovina, looks at the Bosnian War in the 1990s with the aid of photos and letters from former school friends in Mostar. The Czech film “The Investigator,” by director Viktor Portel, looks at war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia, and centers on an investigator for the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Also world premiering is Switzerland’s “Over Our Hills,” from director Mateo Ybarra, in which young men undergoing military service discuss the experience, while older men look back at their time in the military. Slovak director Jaro Vojtek’s “Shift” is a probe into the lives of three characters whose family relationships fall apart due to their work abroad. “Yoyogi” from Estonian director Max Golomidov focuses on a park in Tokyo, and captures its visitors. “Terra in Vista,” directed by Italians Mattia
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