Academy Award-winning film opens Czech movie festival

COMEDY Kolya, the 1997 Academy- award winning movie for Manila’s yearlong cinematic celebration, “Czech Movie Gems”. The event is open to the public and will take place at Cinematheque Centre Manila on January 10 at 6:30 in the evening. Expected guests to share the opening night are artists, directors and cinematographers from

Oscar awardee Jan Sv rák suc alongside his father, legendary Czech actor, writer and playwright, Zden k Sv rák. The cast of the movie inludes A-list Czech celebrities and then-newcomer and child wonder, Russian Andrej Khalimon who gave life to the main character of the movie, Kolya.

This Sv rák masterpiece, centered on a man’s sudden “twist” in life brought by unexpected circumstances of love, is a tender comedy of genuinely endearing characters. Czech Ambassador Jaroslav Olša, jr. invites everyone to catch Kolya’s screening, as “it is a touching tale of friendship, love and compassion—truly a mustwatch that should not be missed”.

Kolya has received high praises its release in 1996 and was wellreceived by audience around the world. Critics of MovieGuide. com have dubbed the film as “Beautifully acted, deeply moving and an artistically stunning foreign language film“while Entertainment Weekly saw it as “a heart-melter that is truly deserving of its accolades”.

- tional acclaim, the Czechs did not miss to recognize Kolya, as the highest award- giving body in the Czech Republic, bestowed for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay and Best Editing.

Czech movie festival organized in cooperation with the Film Development Council of the Philippines will begin from January 2018 until January 2019. Films, selected personally by Czech Ambassador enthusiast, will showcase the most interesting Czech movies of the last decades, including award-winning masterpieces, unique genre viewers favorites. Screening will be held every second Wednesday of the month.