23 MAY — 02 JUNE 2024

23 MAY — 02 JUNE 2024

Jan Švankmajer Shorts 1 – The Political Game or the Spectre of Objects

April 29, Saturday, 21:30 (78')

Cinemateca Portuguesa, Room Félix Ribeiro • C.433

The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer

A tribute to Jan Švankmajer, where a puppet teaches a boy the art of perspective and the illusory trick.

Keith Griffiths, Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay

1984, 14'

A Game with Stones

Clocks and stones in a symphony to the sound of a xylophone, in a stop motion animation in black and white.

Jan Švankmajer

1965, 8'

Punch and Judy

A classic in the traditional art of puppetry, where the male figure, Punch, “comically” fights with his wife, Judy. In this short film, they fight to the death.

Jan Švankmajer

1966, 10'

The Garden

A fence that is made of people and of which Franta, who has come to visit his old friend Josef, will become a part of.

Jan Švankmajer

1968, 19'

The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia

A film that Jan Švankmajer made for the BBC, when it asked for an animation about the situation in Czechoslovakia in 1990. Czech history from 1948 to 1989 is presented through clay figures that emerge from a bust of Stalin, open on an operating table.

Jan Švankmajer

1990, 10'

Flora

A creature made of perishable fruits and vegetables, decomposing so close to a regenerating glass of water.

Jan Švankmajer

1989, 0'

The Food

Jan Švankmajer invites us to think about our relationship with food in segments dedicated to the main meals of the day. How easy it is to devour each other.

Jan Švankmajer

United Kingdom / Czech Republic

1992, 17'

Retrospective

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