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An Acknowledgement of Country

The work of CaSFFA is largely conducted on the Kulin nation’s unceded lands, including the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung peoples and the Yorta Yorta nation. Many of you will likely be experiencing CaSFFA 2024 from Naarm or Kaurna lands. Wherever we are located, we pay our respects to all Elders past, present, and emerging and recognise these peoples as part of the oldest continuous culture in the world.

Artistic Director | Welcome

Welcome to the 12th edition of the Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia, which happily returns to Melbourne and Adelaide.

This year’s program is guided by the theme of “Labyrinth.” Unlike a maze containing many forks and dead ends, a labyrinth has a single continuous path. Walking this mythic track, one slowly moves towards the centre of a thing. The winding labyrinth of our 12th year is not a path of one kind — we follow the dark and twisted trail, visit paths decorated with magic, ones built by love, and paths dizzyingly unbalanced. What draws these trails together is the sense that one can get both lost and found in Czech and Slovak cinema.

Appropriately, our line-up this year diverges into 25+ films of all types: a combination of features and shorts, with some leading us in the direction of the art house, and others to the mainstream. We present debut films by new filmmakers, together with the latest films by old CaSFFA favourites. We walk into the world of fiction, follow the path of non-fiction, and traverse the zones of animation and experimentation. We continue this year our close partnership with the Melbourne Cinémathèque, presenting at ACMI a treasured retrospective of Jiřì Menzel, one of the great New Wave filmmakers.

Whether you’re in Melbourne or Adelaide, the CaSFFA team encourages you to follow the path to the Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia and we hope you will find your place among this year’s varied line-up. Lose yourself in the program to then emerge from the labyrinth having both learned something new and felt very deeply.

 

Artistic Director | Alexander Back  

The mission of the Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia (CaSFFA) is:

To showcase, celebrate and promote a contextualised range of classic and modern Czech and Slovak live-action and animated films to Australasian and expatriate audiences through a yearly, not-for-profit arts festival.

To encourage active participation in and from the Czech and Slovak communities for the advancement of their culture in Australasia.

To cultivate mutually beneficial partnerships with Czech, Slovak and local businesses and cultural organisations.

About Us - General Festival

The Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia (CaSFFA) is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to showcasing the best films from the Czech and Slovak Republics and former Czechoslovakia. Founded in 2011 by Cerise Howard, Brendon Black, Linda Studena, Katrina Wilson O’Brien and Denisa Cross, the festival has run tenth editions in Melbourne and festivals in Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide and Australia-wide online. CaSFFA welcomes all audiences and considers itself more than just a regular film festival, having screened silent films accompanied by scores on the Melbourne Town Hall organ, Coburg Drive-In, artistic and historical exhibitions, and children’s events. We are also a source of news and information on Czech and Slovak films relevant to Australian audiences, so please sign up for our mailing list and follow us on our socials to keep in touch.

Credits

Executive Team | Ioana-Lucia Demczuk | Caroline Ondracek | Denisa Cross

Team CASFFA  

Artistic Director | Alexander Back

Operations Manager | Ioana-Lucia Demczuk

Finance Manager | Denisa Cross

Association Secretary | Caroline Ondracek

Marketing & Brand Manager | Vera Morgan

IT and Technical Production | L’ubica Shannon | Jacob Agius | Lilliana Hajncl

Philanthropy, Grants & Sponsorship | L’ubica Shannon | Denisa Cross | Vera Morgan | Lilliana Hajncl

PR & Publicity | Petra Tomecko | Amelia Leonard | Vera Morgan | Ioana-Lucia Demczuk

Community Liaison | Denisa Cross | L’ubica Shannon | Vera Morgan | Petra Tomecko | Danka Tomecko 

Program Consultants | Jacob Agius | Amelia Leonard | Denisa Cross 

Next Wave Curators | Jacob Agius | Amelia Leonard

Student Interns | Clair Seoud | Drew Baker

Festival Trailer | Sense

CaSFFA functions with collaborative involvement across all roles.

Special Thanks

Adriana Tuček, Alexandra Hroncová, Anna Krupnova, Barbora Lochmanová, Benjamin McCann, Benji Tamir, Bérénice Hahn, Bianca Pradolin, Brendan Black, Cerise Howard, Clair Seoud, Daniel Weller, Denisa Cochran, Drew Baker, Ellyn Cenochova, Erika Paulinska, H.E. Jana Tyrer, Idris Williams, Igal Hodirker, Indra Adams, Ivana Hucíková, Jeremy Whiteside, John Zika, Joja Datko, Jonathan Shannon, Karolína Hrichová, Katrina Wilson O’Brien, Lea Pagáčová, Lenka Allen, Líba from CaterME, Linda Studená, Liptár Dance Group, Lisa Safi, Luba Majerik, Lucia Mižáková, Lucie Skaife, Lucia Slavkay Řeháková, Ludmila Chudil, Maree Raftis, Marek Koutesh, Margareta Velichova Rebelos, Marissa Payne, Marika Drienikova, Marta a Matej Šútora, Marta and Jozef Rusin, Marta Kapusta, Martin Kabáč, Martina Povolní, Matěj Paclík, Michala Svojsova, Mira Fornay, Miroslav Koman, Missy Kesseler, Nataša Slavíková, Niklas Teng, Nikoleta Tomecko, Nora Kovarčíková, Okan Safi, Ondrej Beck, Ondřej Hovádek, Patrik Tomecko, Pavel Tomecko, Peter Denison, Peter Hošták, Simona Kadrnkova, Soňa Tomecko, Sophie Bergogne, Stanya Jurčiová, Steve Virgo, Sylvia Melis, Tereza Lee, The Vaculik Family, The Zika Family, Tom Danby, Tomás Pertold, Vanessa Tuček, Vardos Trio, Veronika Tobolová, Veronika Warren, VodaFest, Zuzana Slováková, Zuzana Vasitch

and all our FABULOUS PARTNERS, GENEROUS SPONSORS and WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS.

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CALM IN THE CANOPY
2024, Michal Hogenauer
Lido Cinemas , Sat 12 Oct 5.00pm
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TONY, SHELLY AND THE MAGICAL LIGHT
2023, Filip Pošivač
Lido Cinemas , Sat 12 Oct 2.00pm
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Waltzing Matilda
2023, Petr Slavík
Lido Cinemas , Sat 12 Oct 7.30pm
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I’m Not Everything I Want to Be
2024, Klára Tasovská
Classic Cinemas , Sun 20 Oct 2.00pm
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The Aristocrats
2024, Jiří Vejdělek
Classic Cinemas , Sun 20 Oct 5.00pm
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Cold and Dark
2023, Peter Hoštak
Classic Cinemas , Sun 20 Oct 2.00pm
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Our Lovely Pig Slaughter
2024, Adam Martinec
Lido Cinemas , Fri 11 Oct 6.30pm
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Nightsiren
2022, Tereza Nvotová
Lido Cinemas , Fri 11 Oct 8.45pm
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SHE – HERO
2023, Mira Fornay
Lido Cinemas , Sat 19 Oct 2.00pm
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THE PIED PIPER
1986, Jiří Barta
Lido Cinemas , Sat 19 Oct 4.30pm
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Dede is Dead
2023, Philippe Kastner
Lido Cinemas , Sat 19 Oct 2.00pm
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The Gardener’s Year
2024, Jiří Havelka
Lido Cinemas , Sat 19 Oct 7.00pm
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The Vanished World of Gloves
1982, Jiří Barta
Lido Cinemas , Sat 19 Oct 4.30pm
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Bunk
2022, Piotr Jasiński
Classic Cinemas , Sun 13 Oct 2.00pm
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Of Fences and Men
2023, Petr Michal
Classic Cinemas , Sun 13 Oct 2.00pm
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A Good Mind Grows in Thorny Places
2023, Katarína Gramatová
Classic Cinemas , Sun 13 Oct 2.00pm
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Wasteland
2023, Timotej Lukovič
Classic Cinemas , Sun 13 Oct 2.00pm
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Far Between Us
2024, Vojtěch Javůrek
Classic Cinemas , Sun 13 Oct 2.00pm
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The Hungarian Dressmaker
2024, Iveta Grófová
Classic Cinemas , Sun 13 Oct 4.45pm
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Inheritance
2023, Matei Norbert Mlinarcsik
Classic Cinemas , Sun 13 Oct 2.00pm
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Madonna
2023, Marina Malysh
Classic Cinemas , Sun 13 Oct 2.00pm
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Next Wave: Shorts Strand
2023
Classic Cinemas , Sun 13 Oct 2.00pm
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Closely Observed Trains
1966, Jiří Menzel
ACMI , Wed 25 Sep 7.00pm
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Capricious Summer
1968, Jiří Menzel
ACMI , Wed 25 Sep 8.50pm
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Jiří Menzel – To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016, Robert Kolinsky
ACMI , Wed 02 Oct 9.05pm
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I Served the King of England
2006, Jiří Menzel
ACMI , Wed 02 Oct 7.00pm
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Larks on a String
1969 / 1990, Jiří Menzel
ACMI , Wed 09 Oct 7.00pm
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Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
1979, Jiří Menzel
ACMI , Wed 09 Oct 8.50pm
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Weeds
2024, Pola Kazak
Classic Cinemas , Thu 10 Oct 6.30pm
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MARCH TO MAY
2024, Martin Pavol Repka
Classic Cinemas , Thu 10 Oct 6.30pm
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