Karel Vachek
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Robert Kirchhoff: All Men Become Brothers
I am sure many of you remember the iconic moment from November 1989, when #Vaclav Havel# and #Alexander Dubcek# stand on a balcony in Wenceslas Square in Prague, being welcomed enthusiastically by hundreds of thousands. It was the days of the #Velvet Revolution#, and the hero of 1968 and the hero of 1989 were there…
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«Visual artists are the quickest ones to reflect on what’s happening in society»
JIHLAVA IDFF: Marek Hovorka on the festival's place within the wider industry landscape, his thoughts on the art vs content debate, and on its extensive film and event programme.
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Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened
DOK.REVUE: Olaf Möller remembers Karel Vachek, who died in December 2020 at the age of 80
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Karel Vachek: Films just have to make you laugh!
Director Karel Vachek just died, so we publish this interview. Fifty years after Prague Spring and thirty years after the Velvet Revolution, he looked back on the evolution of our society and predicts a transformation to direct democracy.
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There’s more than one feminism
DOK.REVUE: A reflection on women documentarians inspired by Barbora Baronová’s book Women on Women.
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The end of representative democracy(?)
DEMOCRACY: In a 6-hour film essay, Karel Vachek weaves a collage of collective memory to show the exposure, conflict, crisis, and catharsis of the post-communist society.