ROTTERDAM 2022: SEVEN DAYS EVERY WEEK OR FILM AS A FREE VERSE
By Milan Cyron
Translated from Czech by Tomáš Hudák.
In the 1960s, works of the Czechoslovak New Wave were regularly awarded in Cannes, Venice, Bergamo, Sorrento, Locarno, Mannheim, or Oberhausen while film critics praised directors such as Miloš Forman, Vera Chytilová, Jaromil Jires, or Hynek Bocan. However, these Czech filmmakers somewhat overshadowed their Slovak companions, including arguably the most famous one, Juraj Jakubisko, whose second feature, Deserters and Pilgrims (1968), was awarded at the Venice Film Festival.