Czech Center New York

Czech artist Valentýna Janů arrives in New York as an artist in residence at ISCP. During her two-month residency, she will focus on the development and production of her new film Darklings, co-produced by Mannschaft, as well as on a new performance.

A screening of Viktor Portel’s short documentary Between the Ditches and Ramparts, followed by a discussion with Michael Simonson of the Leo Baeck Institute, presented in connection with the exhibition Hidden in Plain Site: The Secret Photo Album of Theresienstadt.

A screening of the award-winning poetic documentary by Slovak director Miro Remo, inspired by Aleš Palán and Jan Šibík’s book of the same name about Šumava hermits, sibling bonds, and the price of freedom. The film won the top prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.