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Made In Prague

8 November – 19 November 2017

The Made In Prague film festival reaches its 21st edition this year. It will celebrate by screening the first UK retrospective of enfant terrible of the Czechoslovak New Wave Jan Němec, who died last year. It will screen 11 of his features and shorts, including his final film The Wolf from Royal Vineyeard Street, in which he reimagines his life, and The Party And The Guests, which was banned "forever" at the time by the Czechoslovak government.

The festival also celebrates the best of the current crop of films from the country, along with additional visual arts, music and theatre. The festival runs from November 8 to December 6, with the film showcase running from November 10-19.

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  • Late Night Talks With Mother
    Review preview for Late Night Talks With Mother

    This film is a considerably more soul-searching affair, which like much of his output concerning himself, has its moments in terms of experimentation but also flirts with self-indulgence.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Semi-autobiographical reflections based on Němec’s imaginary dialogue with his mother and inspired by Kafka’s A Letter to his Father.
  • The Wolf From Royal Vineyard Street
    Review preview for The Wolf From Royal Vineyard Street

    Its facts and its fictions come together so seamlessly that it’s almost impossible to separate the man from the myth.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A comedic reinvention of the director's own own quasi-autobiographical short stories.
  • Diamonds Of The Night
    Review preview for Diamonds Of The Night

    Nemec knows that, in the real world, most people's trains of thought don't move steadily from one place to another like a teleplay but instead flit about, throwing up a murmur of a memory here, the whisper of a fantasy there.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Two boys run away from the certain death awaiting them at a Nazi concentration camp.
  • The Czech Connection
    Review preview for The Czech Connection

    Even Nemec's darkest works contain a certain mordant humour and here he plays up the absurdity.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Short experimental film conceived by the director as a metaphor for his own death.
  • Toyen
    Review preview for Toyen

    He doesn't lead us through Toyen's life by the hand but by the emotion.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Portrait of the Czech surrealist.
  • The Teacher
    Review preview for The Teacher

    Hrebejk and Jarchovsý deftly employ humour as a way of mocking and undercutting their anti-heroine while preventing their overall point about power and corruption from becoming preachy.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A teacher creates a climate of fear in the classroom.

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