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Labo Competition

The Labo competition section presents fresh and innovative approaches to cinematic language and forms of storytelling. A jury made up of figures from the domestic art scene will name one of the seven films the festival’s Best Experimental Film.

Rampant bullying on the threshold between the real and virtual worlds. A finger pointed at the soullessness of mass tourism. An unsettling cinematic dream about artists’ fears and insecurities.

A compelling archival look back at the year 1952, when London was unexpectedly choked by the “Great Smog” long before the unsustainability of industrialization became an urgent topic of debate. A radical essay about artificial intelligence, fully generated (how else?) by artificial intelligence. A pseudo-Marxist complaint about the futility and aimlessness of living, which perhaps can only be illuminated by a bunch of bouncing balls. And all of it topped off by an ultimate surreal ride in the style of “Jarman meets Lynch meets Bowie.”

The 113-minute block of films will be screened with a brief intermission.

AliEN0089

AliEN0089 AliEN0089

  • Chile, Argentina
  • 2023, 21 min
  • Director: Valeria Hofmann
29.2. 18:00 Praha | Kino Atlas
2.3. 17:30 Praha | Kino Světozor - Malý sál
Tam jsem taky byl

Been There Been There

  • Switzerland
  • 2023, 10 min
  • Director: Corina Schwingruber Ilić
29.2. 18:00 Praha | Kino Atlas
2.3. 17:30 Praha | Kino Světozor - Malý sál
Hideous

Hideous Hideous

  • United Kingdom
  • 2022, 20 min
  • Director: Yann Gonzalez
29.2. 18:00 Praha | Kino Atlas
2.3. 17:30 Praha | Kino Světozor - Malý sál
Kinderfilm

Kinderfilm Kinderfilm

  • Austria
  • 2023, 11 min
  • Director: Total Refusal
29.2. 18:00 Praha | Kino Atlas
2.3. 17:30 Praha | Kino Světozor - Malý sál
Zákon času

The Law of Time Zákon času

  • Czech Republic
  • 2023, 30 min
  • Director: Adéla Babanová
29.2. 18:00 Praha | Kino Atlas
2.3. 17:30 Praha | Kino Světozor - Malý sál
Buďme kamarádi

Let’s Be Friends Let’s Be Friends

  • Netherlands
  • 2022, 8 min
  • Director: Arno Coenen, Rodger Werkhoven
29.2. 18:00 Praha | Kino Atlas
2.3. 17:30 Praha | Kino Světozor - Malý sál
Zahalené město

The Veiled City The Veiled City

  • United Kingdom
  • 2023, 13 min
  • Director: Natalie Cubides-Brady
29.2. 18:00 Praha | Kino Atlas
2.3. 17:30 Praha | Kino Světozor - Malý sál