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IVETKA AND THE MOUNTAIN IVETKA ŞI MUNTELE
Documentary Specifications	Biography / Biografie
View Trailer / Official Website IVETKA AND THE MOUNTAIN IVETKA ŞI MUNTELE Ivetka a hora Janecek Vit Czech Republic 2008 84 min. Director: Vit Janecek Photography: Brano Pazitka Editor: Hedvika Hansalová Production Company: Petr Oukropec / Negativ Film Productions World Distribution & Sales: Negativ Film Productions Address: Petr Oukropec, Negativ Film Productions, Ostrovni 30, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic Tel./ Fax: 00420224933755 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Webpage: www.negativ.cz	VIT JANECEK Director, scriptwriter, critic and teacher. Documentary film studies and Philosophy studies. Article writer for bi-monthly Cinepur and the weekly Literární noviny. Co-founder of the FAMU Centre of Audiovisual Studies in Prague. Regizor, scenarist, critic şi profesor. Studii de film documentar şi filosofie. Scrie articole pentru revista Cinepur şi Literární noviny. Co-fondator al Centrului de Studii Audiovizuale FAMU din Praga.
	Filmography / Filmografie
	2007 - Dejiny Jaroslava Sabaty 2005 - Pravidla hry - vymezení prostoru 2004 - Den E (segment "Prague") 2003 - NATO Inside Our Hearts? 2002 - Nove moznosti (pokracovani) 2000 - Fungus 2000 - Battle for Life 2000 - Cisticka divadlem 1998 - The Center of Film 1998 - In the Warmth of Home 1995 - Rodina v pousti

Synopsis / Sinopsis

August the 5th, 1990. Two girls from the village of Litmanová in North-East Slovakia, Ivetka (11) and Katka (12) had a vision: The Holy Virgin appeared in a wooden cottage up in the mountain. The visions kept coming constantly for the following five years, a fact that turned their village into a pilgrimage destination for thousands of Orthodox Christians, in spite of the fact that the Church never took an official position in this matter. Today, Katka is a married woman and leads a housewife’s ordinary life. Ivetka, on the other hand, still claims to be in touch with divinity, even if she hasn’t had any more visions of the Virgin. After spending many years in a convent, and after a suicide attempt, she is still not at peace. The author challenges Ivetka to pursue her lost gift. Archive footage, interviews with the young girl’s relatives, fellow-villagers, and ocasional pylgrims, help us understand the impact of such an experience.

5 august 1990. Două prietene din satul Litmanová (nord-estul Slovaciei), Ivetka (11 ani) şi Katka (12 ani), au asistat la apariţia Fecioarei Maria într-o căsuţă de lemn de pe muntele Zvir. Până în 1995, ele avuseseră numeroase revelaţii similare. Cu timpul, Litmanová a devenit un loc de pelerinaj pentru mii de credincioşi ortodocşi, deşi Biserica nu a formulat o poziţie oficială în privinţa epifaniilor. Astăzi, Katka e femeie măritată şi duce viaţa unei gospodine oarecare. În ceea ce o priveşte pe Ivetka, ea se simte în continuare în contact cu divinitatea, chiar dacă Fecioara nu i s-a mai arătat. E în continuare dezorientată, după o lungă perioadă petrecută într-o mănăstire şi o tentativă de sinucidere. După 17 ani de la prima ei revelaţie, Vít Janeček o provoacă să pornească în căutarea harului pierdut. Autorul foloseşte imagini de arhivă şi interviuri cu rudele şi consătenii fetei, precum şi cu pelerini, pentru a ne ajuta să înţelegem implicaţiile unei asemenea experienţe mistice.

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2009

Programming / Programare
Monday 26 - Hall A - 22h25 / Luni 26 - Sala A - 22h25
Sunday 01 - Hall B - 20h10 / Duminica 01 - Sala B - 20h10

Films in Europa Competition / Filme in Competitie - Europa
AGAINST BLOOD JUSTICE , Nathalie Rossetti & Turi Finocchiaro, France
ALYOSHA , Meelis Muhu, Estonia
AT HOME ANYWHERE , Judith Vrerinks, The Netherlands
BACK PASSING , Jaro Vojtek, Slovakia
BERLIN, KREUZBERG 36 , Angeliki Aristomenopoulou, Greece
THE FLOWER BRIDGE , Thomas Ciulei, Romania
IVETKA AND THE MOUNTAIN , Janecek Vit, Czech Republic
LOOK AT THE LIFE THROUGH MY EYES , Marija Dzidzeva, Croatia
LOST IN TRANSITION , Thom Vander Beken, Belgium
LOST WORLD , Gyula Nemes, Hungary
MY CLASS - FROM RUSSIA WITH RELATIVITY , Ekaterina Eremenko, Germany
PEACE FOR ALL , Elizabeta Koneska, Macedonia
PEOPLE DREAMS ACTIONS , Andreas Stiglmayr, Germany
ROUGE NOWA HUTA , Blandine Huk & Frederic Cousseau, France
SHADOW OF THE HOLY BOOK , Arto Halonen, Finland
SINGING , Rossella Schillaci, Italy
SOUL , Marina Anedda, Italy
YOU LIVE AND BURN , Iiris Harma, Finland

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

film screenings

AFF09 Film Program (.pdf)

Mo.26 | Tu.27 | We.28 | Th.29

Fr.30 | Sa.31 | Su.01

events

Mo.26 - Su.01

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