New Czech Films
Four nights of premieres, previews and director presentations from the Czech Rep’s acclaimed post-Velvet Revolution generation of filmmakers. Thursday is the U.S. premiere of Ivan Vojnár’s Forest Walkers, a look at two young outsiders under communism. Friday, the Oscar-nominated Jan Hrebejk presents a sneak preview of Pupendo, which explores the mid-life crisis of a Czech dissident circle. Saturday is the U.S. premiere of Aurel Klimt’s stop-action animated Fimfárum, and Czech favorite David Ondricek introduces One Hand Can’t Clap, his much-awaited follow-up to his 2000 comedy Loners. Sunday closes things out with Benjamin Tucek’s sexy Girlie and Petr Zelenka’s Year of the Devil, a surreal folk-rock musical featuring Jaz Coleman. For details and times, see bam.org. BAM Rose Cinema, 30 Lafayette Ave. (betw. Ashland Pl. & Fulton St.),
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