04/03/2010

The Febiofest international film festival has unveiled the programme and international guests of its 17th edition, running March 25–April 3 in Prague.

The programme is rich with European films, including Giuseppe Tornatore's Baaria [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], Jane Campion's Bright Star [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], Radu Mihaileanu's The Concert [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Radu Mihaileanu
film profile], Marina de Van’s Don’t Look Back, Ken Loach's Looking for Eric [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Cannes 2009
Ken Loach
interview: Steve Evets - actor
film profile], Duncan Jones' Moon [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile], and Marco Bellocchio's Vincere [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Cannes 2009 Marco Bellocc…
interview: Filippo Timi - actor
film profile].

The festival will screen four opening films, three of which are European productions: Polish-born actress Hanna Schygulla will present Rainer Werner Fassbinder's classic The Marriage of Maria Braun. Czech director Olga Špátová will present the world premiere of her documentary The Eye Above Prague, which maps the life and work of architect Jan Kaplický. American emigre director Sherry Hormann will introduce her German film Desert Flower [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile]. Opening-night audiences can also see Everybody's Fine, a US remake of Giuseppe Tornatore's 1990 flm Stanno tutti bene.

In addition to the filmmakers mentioned above, Febio Fest will also welcome Fanny Ardant, Terence Davies, Bruno Dumont, Bruno Ganz, Martin Huba and Gaspar Noé as guests.

Febiofest screenings will take place in three cinemas in Prague as well as in the towns of Hradec Králové, Pardubice, Liberec, Brno, Olomouc and Ostrava.