Istanbul Modern Cinema, in collaboration with the Visegrád Four (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia) presided by the Republic of Poland, presents a program of films from the Visegrád countries. The films deal with different periods and stories that explore aspects of these four countries with a common geography and culture, including their shared history from the Holocaust to Communism, the dreams and disappointments they have carried from past to present, and the socio-realistic complexities of today’s societies.
1945, 2017
Hungary | HDD, Siyah-Beyaz, 91’ | Hungarian
Director: Ferenc Török
Cast: Péter Rudolf, Bence Tasnádi, Tamás Szabó Kimmel
DIVIDED WE FALL (MUSÍME Sİ POMÁHAT), 2000
Czech Repulic, Slovakia | DVD, Color, 120’ | Czech, German
Director: Jan Hřebejk
Cast: Bolek Polívka, Csongor Kassai, Jaroslav Dusek
EVA NOVÁ, 2015
Slovakia, Czech Republic | DCP, Color, 106’ | Slovakian
Director: Marko Škop
Cast: Emília Vásáryová, Milan Ondrík, Anikó Varga
JUPITER’S MOON (JUPITER HOLDJA), 2017
Hungary, Germany | DCP, Color, 129’ |Hungarian, English
Director: Kornél Mundruczó
Cast: Merab Ninidze, Zsombor Jéger, György Cserhalmi
NOTHING IS LOST (NIC NIE GINIE), 2019
Poland | DCP, Color, 71' | Polish
Director: Kalina Alabrudzinska
Cast: Zuzanna Pulawska, Michal Surosz, Piotr Pacek
KOLYA (KOLJA), 1996
Czech Repulic, Slovakia | HDD, Color, 105’ | Czech, Slovakian
Director: Jan Sverák
Cast: Zdenek Sverák, Andrey Khalimon, Libuse Safránková
THE LEGIONS (LEGIONY), 2019
Poland | DCP, Color, 140’ | Polish
Director: Dariusz Gajewski
Cast: Sebastian Fabijanski, Bartosz Gelner, Wiktoria Wolanska
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE (LA DOUBLE VIE DE VÉRONIQUE), 1991
France, Poland, Norway | DCP, Color, 98’| French, Polish
Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cast: Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Haline Gryglaszewska
MUG (TWARZ), 2018
Poland | DCP, Color, 91’ | Polish
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska
Cast: Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Malgorzata Gorol