| Today the magic transporter
(aka,
train)
brought us to Letni Filmova Skola
(Summer Film
School) festival in
Uherske
Hradiste--yet another ridiculously charming Czech town. SFS is not literally
a school, but it is framed as an educational experience. Most film festivals
present mainly new works, whereas SFS screens scores of older classic as
well as lesser known films to deepen one's knowledge of the art. (Special
thanks to
Mirek,
who recommended it and hooked us up with one of the organizers who made us
feel very welcome.) It was a short pleasant walk from the train station to
the main "campus" at Namesti Miru (Peace Square), the core of the
festival where 4 of the 10 theaters were located. We camped nearby and had
access to a hockey arena's showers and toilets. Opening night we saw
WALKABOUT
and
MICROCOSMOS--the
latter of which was shown, appropriately, outside. We swatted at bugs as
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