Notes from Eremocene

Food

• MENUS-PLAISIRS – Les Troisgros (Frederick Wiseman, United States, 2023)In his latest opus, Frederick Wiseman takes us behind the scenes of the world-famous French restaurant La Maison Troisgros, which boasts three Michelin stars.

Space

• LAST THINGS (Deborah Stratman, Spojené státy, Portugalsko, Francie, 2023) 
  The past and future of our planet, as imprinted in the texture of minerals, crystals and other inanimate terrestrial objects that will be here long after we are gone.    
• A Trip to the Moon (Georges Méliès, France, 1902)
  This undoubtedly most famous film by Georges Méliès is now available in its ultimate colourised version.

Water

• The Wonders of the Amazon (Silvino Santos, Brazil, 1918)    
  A travelogue and a key film for the history of South American documentary film, but also a colonial testimony that speaks indirectly about what it conceals.    
• MIGHTY AFRIN: in the time of floods (Angelos Rallis, France, Georgia, 2023)
  Orphaned Afrin leaves the flood-ravaged Brahmaputra river basin and tries to find a better life and her missing father.  
• The Judgement of the Sea (Gaston Méliès, Francouzská Polynésie, Spojené státy, 1912)
  Gaston Méliès pobývá asi měsíc na Tahiti a vyjíždí natáčet na okolní ostrovy, například také na ostrov Bora-Bora.  
• Projekt 02 (Adam Diller, United States, 2023)
  Project 02 seeks to understand the origins and workings of a Google data centre in a broader historical, media and ecological context.
• Still the Water (Naomi Kawase, Japan, 2014)    
  A teenage girl and a boy on a small Japanese island search for the meaning of life and death.

Community

• Atirkül in the Land of Real Men (Janyl Jusupjan, France, Czech Republic, Kyrgyzstan, 2023)An enterprising Atirkül enters the world of tough equestrian games in Central Asia with the ambition to start her own team.
• Pitch Black (Guillym Davenport, Australia, 2023)
  Inspired by the stories of three protagonists involved in the misogynistic incel subculture, this short hybrid film presents the manifestations and sources of patriarchal extremism, which is increasingly escaping from virtual space into the real world.
• King Coal (Elaine Sheldon, United States, 2023)
  The central region of the Appalachian Mountains has always been associated with coal mining. Elaine McMillion Sheldon's documentary is a compelling mosaic of myth, past and present, as well as a poetic reflection on the region and its transformation.
• Praying for Armageddon (Tonje Hessen Schei, Michael Rowley, Norsko, 2023)    
  Odhalování mechanismů oslabování demokracie v USA skrze náboženský fundamentalismus ukazuje, jak blízko je biblický konec světa tomu reálnému.
• SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD (Anna Hints, Estonia, France, Iceland, 2023)
  The darkened sauna becomes a sacred space where women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, ridding themselves not only of the toxins in their bodies but also of their buried traumas.
• The Third End of the Stick (Jaro Vojtek, Slovakia, 2023)
  Four multi-generational stories about longing, love and self-acceptance set in Roma settlements in Slovakia.
   

AI

• Total Trust (Jialing Zhang, Německo, Nizozemí, 2023)    
  Dokumentární dystopie ze současné Číny ukazuje, kam společnost může dovést užívání vyspělých digitálních nástrojů sledování a kontroly.    
• Another Body (Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn, Spojené státy, Velká Británie, 2023)
  Vysokoškolská studentka zjistila, že se po internetu šíří její pornografická deepfake videa – teď se snaží zorientovat ve světě digitálních dvojníků a vypátrat pachatele.    
• Notes from Eremocene (Viera Čakányová, Slovensko, Česká republika, 2023)
  Jaká bude role lidstva v budoucích podobách planety Země utvářených umělou inteligencí a proudy dat?    
• Fascinations: AI
  A selection of thirteen films presents an exploration of the creative abilities and possibilities of autonomous input of artificial intelligences into audiovisual works.
   
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How to Live?

• 100 seasons (Giovanni Bucchieri, Sweden, 2023)    
  Former dancer Giovanni looks back on his emotional life in a moving film about art, love and bipolar disorder.     
• The World According to My Dad (Marta Kovářová, Czech Republic, Slovakia, 2023)    
  The filmmaker travels to Olympic host cities and explores the devastating impact these Games have on the population and economy.    
• Lonely Oaks (Kilian Kuhlendahl, Jens Mühlhoff, Fabiana Fragale, Germany, 2023)
  The tragic death of a young German journalist marks the beginning of a documentary study of activism as a means of resisting the destructive actions of government institutions and industrial complexes.    
• Normal Love (Yannick Mosimann, Švýcarsko, 2023)
  Mike a Jeanne spolu bydlí, tráví volný čas, mají sex, prostě dělají vše, co obvykle partneři dělávají, akorát že na začátku jejich vztahu nebyly vzájemné sympatie, ale právní smlouva…    
• Bedwetter (Jan Hušek, Czech Republic, 2023)    
  A characteristic feature of today's masculinity is crisis – and director Jan Hušek is looking for a way out of it. With the help of self-defence courses, combat training and Igor Chaun.    
• Vika! (Agnieszka Zwiefka, Poland, Germany, Finland, 2023)    
  This emotional portrait of Poland's oldest female DJ takes a tenderly melancholic look into the way Vika fights against the stereotypes associated with old age and the awareness of her own finitude.