Release Date

13 Feb, 2020

Runtime

00:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Today, analogue video is attractive primarily thanks to the distinctive aesthetic quality of its pixelated image and raster errors. But for Czech artists who first explored the possibilities offered by video art in the late 1980s, this medium represented a path towards freedom. Through a portrait of her grandfather Radek Pilař, one of the pioneers of Czech video art, the director explores her own legacy of imperative creative fascination. Her film’s main story, i.e., the process of reconstructing the 1989 exhibition Video Day, contrasts this enchantment with life in the final days of the totalitarian regime, which different sharply with the adventures of those who decided to emigrate – whom the filmmaker also visits in order to discover forgotten works, get to know their creators, and re-establish broken ties.

Original Title

Viva video, video viva

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Actors

Crew

Jakub Halousek

Jakub Jurásek

Adéla Komrzý

Adéla Komrzý

Šimon Hájek

Vít Komrzý

Kryštof Hlůže

Jan Hammer

Ondřej Anděra

Jan Gogola ml.