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Agata Kulesza will receive the Golden Angel Award for Artistic Insolence at the 24th edition of the BellaTOFIFEST International Film Festival. It is the only award of its kind in the world, presented by the festival in recognition of artists whose work is defined by creative courage and uncompromising artistic vision. More »

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Kolja

Kolja · dir. Jan Sverak
Czech Republic 1996, 104’

Franta Louka is a concert cellist in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a confirmed bachelor and a lady's man. Having lost his place in the state orchestra, he must make ends meet by playing at funerals and painting tombstones. But he has run up a large debt, and when his friend, the grave-digger Mr. Broz, suggests a scheme for making a lot of money by marrying a Russian woman so that she can get her Czech papers, he reluctantly agrees. She takes advantage of the situation to emigrate to West Germany, to her lover; and leaves her five-year-old son with his grandmother; when the grandmother dies, Kolya must come and live with his stepfather — Louka.

Director:Jan Sverak
Screenplay:Zdenek Sverak
Cinematography:Vladimir Smutny
Editing:Alois Fisarek
Cast:Zdenek Sverak, Andrei Chalimon, Libuse Safrankova, Ondrej Vetchy, Ladislav Smoljak
Awards:Najlepszy Film Nieanglojęzyczny / Best Foreign Language Movie (Oscar 1997), Najlepszy Film / Best Feature Film (Czeska Nagroda Krytyków / Czech Critics Award 1997), Najlepszy Film, Najlepsza Reżyseria, Najlepszy Scenariusz, Najlepszy Montaż, Najlepsza Aktorka / Best Movie, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Actress (Czeskie Lwy / Czech Lions 1997)