28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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Ten Minutes Before the Flight of Icarus
Ten Minutes Before the Flight of Icarus

Ten Minutes Before the Flight of Icarus

director: Arūnas Matelis
original title: Dešimt minučių prieš Ikaro skrydį
country: Lithuania
year: 1990
running time: 10 min.

synopsis

An observational film that won the grand prize at the Oberhausen film festival; considered to be a manifesto of the post-Soviet generation of documentary filmmakers using the observation method. The film, without commentary, uses its immersive visual poetics to draw the viewer into the lives of ordinary people in the historical areas of Vilnius.

biography

Prior to Lithuanian director Arūnas Matelis’ (1961) short film debut that foreshadowed the development of an entire generation of documentary filmmakers, he studied applied mathematics and music, theater, and television school.

more about film

director: Arūnas Matelis
script: Arūnas Matelis
editing: Danute Cicenaite
music: Faustas Latenas
sound: Vidmantas Kazlauskas
Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Creative Europe Media
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
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