29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Pavla!
Pavla!
Pavla!
Pavla!
Pavla!

Pavla!

Barbora Venclová / Czech Republic / 2024 / World Premiere / 15 min.


synopsis

In the 1980s, she was one of the prominent personalities of Czech alternative music. In parallel, she studied translation and anthropology and became an expert on gender and subcultures. A portrait of the musician, feminist and scholar Pavla Jonssonová, whose lifelong programme is to revolt against established structures.

“When we were having so much fun with the girls in the band, I wished more girls had a band too and experienced the great joy of creating.”

biography

Barbora Venclová studied film history and theory at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague and at the Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3. She is currently studying documentary directing at FAMU. In addition to making her own documentaries, she cooperates with a number of Czech NGOs.

more about film

director: Barbora Venclová
producer: Agáta Kolářová, Lenka Medová
photography: Josef Kader Agha
editing: Lea Teodora Kolevska
sound: Anna Hokešová

contact

Marek Koutesh / FAMU
marek.koutesh@famu.cz

Screening time

Saturday 26. 10. 2024, 17:00

DIOD

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2024
section:Ji.hlava Online, Students Present
language:English, Czech
subtitles:English
colour:Colour and B&W

Info

director:Barbora Venclová
original title:Pavla!
country:Czech Republic
year:2024
running time:15 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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