The fiction feature debut by Czech documentary filmmaker Jan Foukal centres on the fragility and evanescence of life. Czech documentary filmmaker Jan Foukal is currently shooting his first fiction feature, The Martian Ships. A graduate of Documentary Filmmaking from Famu, Foukal shot the short documentaries Hello Babu, Egon Bondy’s Last Lecture and The Making Of, while also appearing in supporting roles in Jitka Rudolfová’s films Dreamers and Delight. His feature-length directorial debut was the documentary road movie America (produced by HBO Europe), where he also stars on screen, and which was unveiled in the documentary section of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2015. The story of The Martian Ships is inspired by a collection of poems of the same name by musician Martin Kyšperský and his then-girlfriend, psychologist Alena Černá. The film, billed as a romantic drama, follows their relationship from its inception to its abrupt end,...
The programme for this year’s festival has been announced and there are a number of literature-based films including the Opening Night Gala Never Let Me Go, Closing Night Gala 127 Hours and the provocative ‘Muslim punks’ film The Taqwacores.
With so many films in this year’s Lff programme having their origins in printed form, a discussion panel is also being held on 25th October, with a number of screenwriters discussing their adaptations in the Hollywood Reporter-sponsored event A Novel Idea: Adapting Books for the Screen.
Below a selection of the films with a literary connection screening at this year’s London Film Festival:
Literary Feature Films:
127 Hours; Dir. Danny Boyle – Gripping, adventurous film making and headline grabbing drama from Oscar winning director Danny Boyle, based on Aron Ralston’s book Between a Rock and A Hard Place (set for re-release in January).
The American; Dir. Anton Corbijn – George Clooney...
With so many films in this year’s Lff programme having their origins in printed form, a discussion panel is also being held on 25th October, with a number of screenwriters discussing their adaptations in the Hollywood Reporter-sponsored event A Novel Idea: Adapting Books for the Screen.
Below a selection of the films with a literary connection screening at this year’s London Film Festival:
Literary Feature Films:
127 Hours; Dir. Danny Boyle – Gripping, adventurous film making and headline grabbing drama from Oscar winning director Danny Boyle, based on Aron Ralston’s book Between a Rock and A Hard Place (set for re-release in January).
The American; Dir. Anton Corbijn – George Clooney...
- 9/22/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
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