STDs: Bigger, Better, Harder Stuff That Doesn't Suck 11_03-17_03 - Praha

Thursday 11th March

ONE WORLD 2010 International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival @ Lucerna

Name: Lucerna
Street Address: Štěpánská 61, Praha 1
Additional:
City: Praha
Postal Code: 11602
Country: Czech Republic
Phone:

ONE WORLD 2010 - JEDEN SVET 2010

International Human Rights Documentary

Film Festival

Organised by People in Need

Held under the auspices of Václav Havel, the Minister of Culture Václav Riedlbauch, and the Mayor of Prague Pavel Bém

 

 

Locations:

Lucerna: Štěpánská 61, 116 02 Praha 1, Czech Republic

E-mail: lucerna@lucerna.cz

http://www.lucerna.cz

Svetozor: Vodičkova 41, Prague 1, 110 00

Atlas: Sokolovská 1, 186 00 Praha 8
tel.: +420 222 312 737
e-mail: info@kinoatlas.cz

Institut Français de Prague: Štěpánská 35, 111 21, Praha 1

Municipal Library: Mariánské námĕsti 1, 110 00, Praha 1

Evald: Národni třida 28, 110 00, Praha 1

Langhans Gallery: Vodičkova 37. 110 00, Praha 1

One World has grown over the years to become the largest human rights film festival in Europe. It is one of the leading cultural events in Prague and the Czech Republic. Every year, One World presents more than 100 films from all around the globe and seeks to promote high-quality documentary filmmaking on social, politically engaged, human rights themes. In 2007, One World was awarded a UNESCO special mention for its contribution to human rights and peace education.

As in years past, Lucerna cinema will function as the festival centre in Prague. The festival’s other cinemas will be the Světozor cinema (two theatres), Archa Theatre, the Atlas cinema (two theatres), the Institut Francais de Prague, the Municipal Library (Městská knihovna), and the Evald cinema. The festival’s press centre will be located at Langhans Gallery.

One World is not just a film festival, but also a forum for debate. There will be daily panel discussions organised on topical issues after the screening of individual films in three debating cinemas – Archa Theatre, the Municipal Library and the Institut Francais de Prague.

As is the case every year at the festival, we will be welcoming dozens of foreign guests. Most of these guests are directors, but we will also be hosting some of the protagonists from selected movies, who will attend debates immediately after the screening of their films.

Tickets for films can be bought at the box offices of all festival cinemas for the same price as last year, i.e. 70 CZK.

Opening Film

The opening film of the 12^th annual One World festival will be the Iranian documentary Green Days. This extremely relevant film documents one the worst examples of the suppression of democratic principles in recent years. Since the violent crackdown of post-election demonstrations last summer, People in Need has helped organise discussions, screenings and happenings in support of the Iranian opposition. During this year’s festival, People in Need would also like to emphasise the longstanding role played by student activists in the pro-democracy movement in that country.

The protagonist of Green Days is a young Iranian theatre director called Ava, who finds herself caught up in the euphoric pre-election demonstrations being held by the supporters of the presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi. Through spontaneous interviews with Mousavi’s followers, the film takes a very open look at an opposition movement imbued with optimism. Just a few days after the rigged elections, however, these pictures are replaced by shocking footage from small handheld cameras and mobile phones recording the brutality of the Iranian police, which had already claimed hundreds of victims. This film by the 21-year-old Iranian director Hana Makhmalbaf (who had to leave her country for fear of arrest) won the Bravery Award at last year’s Venice International Film Festival.

More info & full programme: oneworld.cz/2010/

Friday 12th March

OCEAN VERSUS DAUGHTER @ Palác Akropolis

Name: Palác Akropolis
Street Address: Kubelíkova 1548/27, Praha 3
Additional:
City: Praha
Postal Code: 130 00
Country: Czech Republic
Phone:

OCEAN vs DAUGHTER (cz) @ Palác Akropolis

guests:

Justin Lavash (uk), Monika

Naceva, Ken Nash (us)

entry: 140-170 czk
 

Ocean vs Daughter are a hard band to pin down. Singer Flanna Sheridan's piano is the driving force behind the music which can veer from delicate introspection to full on sonic assaults. Cello, violin, guitar, synth and drums are all thrown into the mix in songs that can be both joyful and achingly sad, fragile and angry. This is indie music that doesn't follow the rule book................................. How many times have you been alone in the jungle and heard someone pretending to be an airplane or an old carnival hand? You can relive that experience during a live performance of Ocean Versus Daughter. Acclaimed as one of Prague’s most important indie bands, their music has been called “acoustic rococo architecture with that kielbasa smell.” If there is one performance you will see during a visit to the Golden City, it would be “Carmina Burana: Louder and Darker” but Ocean Versus Daughter would be the next best thing. --Ken Nash of www.kennash.com............................ A recent and welcome find among the 'expat' musicians is Ocean vs Daughter. Ocean vs Daughter play truly gorgeous music that is both sonically and emotionally vast in scope. Flanna Sheridan’s voice and piano playing is the throbbing delicate heart at the center of this band. A group that deserves wider interest.

www.myspace.com/oceanversusdaughter

www.myspace.com/naceva

www.myspace.com/kennashmusic

 

Saturday 13th March

Vibrátor With Zombie Nation Live! @ Roxy

Name: ROXY
Street Address: Dlouhá 731/33
Additional:
City: Praha
Postal Code: 110 00
Country: Czech Republic
Phone:

Vibrátor

With Zombie Nation Live!

@ Roxy

Entrance fee: Presale - 250 Czk, in place - 300 Czk

live act
Zombie Nation (GER)
resident dj
Tvyks (CZ)
guest dj
Tuco (CZ)
Romano Porni (CZ)
vj
Quark /astraL d:VISION (CZ)
chill out
Shadow D (CZ)
Tecta Number (CZ)

www.youtube.com/watch

Sunday 14th March

Combichrist @ Abaton

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COMBICHRIST @ ABATON

Born from the metal and hardcore soul of Norway, COMBICHRIST is the brainchild of Andy LaPlegua. Creating music for much of his life, Andy began his musical empire fronting two highly respected (but very Norway-inclusive) bands: Fleshfire, who split up after releasing an EP, and Lash Out. While playing with Lash Out, Andy felt constricted within the organic side of hardcore and metal and decided it was time to branch out work in electronics and dance beats… which began the influential and seminal band Icon Of Coil. Originally a solo adventure, Andy soon added Sebastian Komor and Christian Lund and it became Andy’s first project to be released in the US through Philadelphia’s Metropolis Records. 

Andy started to explore harsher, less pop-driven sounds and, in 2003, he signed to seminal German electronic label Out of Line and released The Joy Of Gunz, an album that highlighted his darker, harder-hitting material. This was the first release under the name Combichrist. A new creature had been created, conceived and let loose, ready to devour all who stood in its way. LaPlegua may have been in the driver's seat but Combichrist had a mind of its own. By the end of 2004 there were two more Combichrist EPs: Kiss The Blade and Sex Drogen Und Industrial. 

Their second full-length album, Everybody Hates You, released in March 2005, marked another milestone in Andy’s career as it was the first Combichrist US release through Metropolis Records. Everybody Hates You featured the now- legendary club hits “This Sh*t Will Fcuk You Up” and “This Is My Rifle” as well as 11 other hard electronic/techno classics. The success of Everybody Hates You led to the band’s successful US tour (and their sold-out headlining appearance at the Los Angeles Industrial Festival at The Avalon in Hollywood in July, 2005). 

Fueled by the musical adrenaline of touring, Andy was able to unleash a new EP Get Your Body Beat at the end of 2006. The eponymous single proved such a success it gave Combichrist their first Billboard Chart position – six weeks in the Dance Singles Top 10! 

Combichrist returned in March of 2007 with their third full-length release What The Fuck Is Wrong With You People, which contained the aforementioned “Get Your Body Beat”, the now-classic title track as well as club staples “Electrohead” and “Deathbed”. A triumphant return to the Hollywood Avalon was included in the 2007/2008 tour which took Combichrist across the US, continental Europe, the Eastern Bloc and Australia. 

Andy rested for probably all of ten minutes and, in May of 2008, joined former Metropolis act Mindless Self Indulgence for a series of dates in the Southern US in support of the new release Frost EP: Sent To Destroy. The EP featured the single “Sent To Destroy,” which would later make its appearance as the first single and video for their upcoming next album. 

Circa late Fall 2008, Andy has put the finishing touches on his latest opus, Today We Are All Demons, an album immersed in not only the trademark fire and burn of Combichrist of yore but adding a new-found sense of urgency and dynamics. Today We Are All Demons sees Combichrist meshing old sounds with new, creating a whole new direction for the band. From the propulsive and expansive “All Pain Is Gone” to the sultry stomp of “Can’t Change the Beat” to the jackhammer-pound of “Get Out of My Head”, the album rips through beats, bass and rhythm, creating an aggro genre that crisscrosses rock, metal, industrial, and underground dance. 

Combichrist’s Today We Are All Demons will be released in the US January 20, 2009 via Metropolis Records. A national tour is being planned for Late Winter/Early Spring 2009.

www.combichrist.com/

Monday 15th March

Friet-Sex-Speciaal @ PONEC

Name: Divadlo PONEC
Street Address: Husitská 24a/899
Additional:
City: Praha
Postal Code: 130 00
Country: Czech Republic
Phone:

Friet-Sex-Speciaal

@ PONEC

Miroslav Kochánek & Tegest Pecht-Guido

Entrance fee: 120, 190 Czk

 

 

 

Some say, it's not possible to perform and act like a penis.

But if you wanna see a choregraphy of a penis, you should definitly come and watch it!

 

Choreography: Tegest Pecht-Guido, Miroslav Kochánek
Dancers: Miroslav Kochánek, Tegest Toonen
Lighting design: Tomas Moravek
Costumes: KASJ
Music: DJ Hamba, Norman Hoffman
Supporters: Koko, Productiehuis Brabant, De NWE Vorst

Tuesday 16th March

iDolls, The Leech, Last Escape, Rude Audia Sound System @ Chapeau Rouge

Name: Chapeau Rouge
Street Address: Jakubska 2
Additional:
City: Praha
Postal Code: 110 00
Country: Czech Republic
Phone:

Live Concert

@ Chapeau Rouge

iDolls

The Leech

Last Escape

Rude Audio Sound System

 

Live-Underground:

iDolls: grunge-punk bandzone.cz/idolls

The Leech: grunge-punk bandzone.cz/theleech

Last Escpace: rock bandzone.cz/lastescape

Rude Audio Sound System: 2tone

 

(Dance-Klub: R'n'B JAM with DJ Pussycat lu Michel and DJ Smog)

Wednesday 17th March

Film Klub A Artcam / "Korea" @ Meet Factory

Name: Meet Factory
Street Address: Ke Sklárně 3213/15
Additional:
City: Praha
Postal Code: 150 00
Country: Czech Republic
Phone:

Film Klub A Artcam

"Korea"

@ Meet Factory

Čas (Korea, Japonsko 2006, rež. Kim Ki-duk, 94min)

Plastic surgery booms in Korea, because nearly half of the girls around 20 would like to change their appearance.

The film is about a couple... She suddenly starts to doubt the love of her boyfriend.

So for her, drastically plastic surgery is the only solution to keep him attracted.

 

meetfactory.cz/