March 29 - April 1, 2001

232-6727

All screenings at
395, rue Wellington Street,
Auditorium, National Library and Archives of Canada / Bibliothèque et archives nationales du canada

FREE PARKING

DIRECTIONS & PARKING INFO

CAFÉ EX at
Club SAW,
67, rue Nicholas Street

ADMISSION

Ticket and Membership Purchase Info:

All tickets, memberships and festival passes can only be purchased at the box office.
(Box office opens one half hour before screening time)

Tickets can only be purchased on day of screening; they cannot be purchased in
advance.

$ 6.00
Members, seniors,
children 15 and under / Membres, age d'or et enfant de moins de 15 ans

$ 9.00
Non-member /
Grand public

$10.00
Annual Membership / Carte annuelle de membre

$50.00
Patron /Donateur
Includes membership and a $15.00 charitable donation tax receipt. / Ceci inclut tous les privilèges des membres, ainsi qu'un reçu de charité de $15.00 (pour déduction d'impôt).

$200.00
Ambassador / Ambassadeur

Double bills for members only.

Separate admission for non-members.

Tous les soirs un double programme pour les membres.

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Toute contribution serait fortement appréciée.

2001 CENTRAL EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL
MARCH 29 - APRIL 1, 2001

Soon after the fall of communism, the countries of Central Europe decided to start a new form of regional co-operation. In 1991, they established the Group of Visegrad that now consists of four countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and the Slovak Republic. Besides the strengthening of political, economic, and cultural relations, its main goal is closer co-operation in their integration process into the European Union. The four countries, with similar histories and cultural roots, also reveal a fascinating diversity.

Presented by Canadian Film Institute in collaboration with the Embassy of the Czech Republic, the Embassy of Hungary, the Embassy of Poland, and the Embassy of the Slovak Republic.

Thursday, March 29, 19:30
6:3
Hungary 1999, 90 min. Director: Peter Timar
On November 25, 1953, the soccer match of the century took place. All of Hungary had awaited this championship game for months. An upstart Hungarian team was about to take on the mighty, and hitherto undefeated, English team. Peter Timar,s delightful drama follows two characters as the game is broadcast across the nation. There is Tutti, a fortune teller, and Helen, a street sweeper who recently returned after deportation. Helen feels the need to look after Tutti, and so this unlikely duo spend the day together, rushing from place to place to catch the broadcast of the momentous game. From bars to barbershops to the famous Gellert baths, they are captivated by what is happening on the field. Meanwhile, State Security Authorities are looking for Tutti. As they hide, the game goes on. English sub-titles.

Friday, March 30, 19:30
A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A MAN / Tydzienz Zycia Mezczyzny
Poland 1999, 89 min. Director: Jerzy Stuhr
Take one middle-aged man and one week: he buys a new house, publishes a book, watches his wife receive a prestigious prize, and prepares to sing with his choir which has been chosen to tour England. All is going well, it seems, until his career as a prosecutor intrudes on his personal life. Things soon go from bad to worse when his ailing mother and the taxman come calling. Ever have one of those weeks? An engaging romp through one man,s very crowded agenda, the film stars the internationally acclaimed Stuhr (who also wrote the film!) and the luminous Gosia Dobrowolska, an actress often seen in the films of Australian auteur, Paul Cox. English sub-titles.

Saturday, March 31, 19:30
BLUE HEAVEN / Modré z neba
Slovak Republic 1997, 103 min. Director: Eva Borusovicova
BLUE HEAVEN is a poetic tragicomedy about three women living of different generations and nationalities: mother, daughter and grandmother, Czech and Slovak. The three women live in between the city and the countryside and struggle to cope with the daily problems of a forced co-existence. Their world is disrupted by real estate speculators, agents of the state, and, most complicating of all, a search for the right man. A gentle satire on life after the Velvet Revolution, BLUE HEAVEN is a finely observed film about the personal and its many implications in the political. English sub-titles.

Sunday, April 1, 19:30
COSY DENS / Pelísky
Czech Republic 1999, 115min., Director: Jan Hrebejk
Set at the end of the 1960s, the comic narratives of COSY DENS revolve around the bustle and changes experienced by two neighbouring families, the Sebeks and the Krauses. The two family patriarchs could not be more different: Mr. Sebek is a simple minded, good-natured officer who supports the ruling political regime; Mr. Krause, a former resistance fighter with bitter memories of the war, is a staunch enemy of the state. While their families grow up around them in a world much different than their own, both men are forced to rethink their lives in their cosy dens. Things become decidedly less cosy when the Soviets invade in 1968. English sub-titles.