On the weekend of 7-9 November, London’s Riverside Studios Cinema (probably the most consistently supportive of all British venues when it comes to central and eastern European cinema) is hosting a season of ten films featuring one or both of the father-and-son team of Zdeněk and Jan Svěrák, who will also be appearing in person.
The full line-up is:
Friday 7 November
6.40pm – Daddy (Tatínek, d. Jan Svěrák, 2004)
8.30pm – Empties (Vratné lahve, d. Jan Svěrák, 2007)
(Empties has an introduction and Q&A by Zdeněk and Jan Svěrák)
Saturday 8 November
4pm – The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (Život a neobyčejná dobrodružství vojína Ivana Čonkina, d. Jiří Menzel, 1993)
6.05pm – The Elementary School (Obecná škola, d. Jan Svěrák, 1991)
8.05pm – Kolya (Kolja, d. Jan Svěrák, 1996)
(Kolya has an introduction and Q&A by Zdeněk and Jan Svěrák)
Sunday 9 November
2pm – Three Veterans (Tři veteráni, d. Oldřich Lipský, 1983)
4pm – My Sweet Little Village (Vesničko má středisková, d. Jiří Menzel, 1985)
5.50pm – The Oil Gobblers (Ropáci, d. Jan Svěrák, 1988) plus The Ride (Jízda, d. Jan Svěrák, 1994)
8.05pm – Dark Blue World (Tmavomodrý svět, d. Jan Svěrák, 2001)
(Dark Blue World has an introduction and Q&A by producer Eric Abraham)
The Riverside’s website is here, but their November programme hasn’t been published yet.