19TH WATCH DOCS FILM FESTIVAL
DOBRE ZPRAVY (GOOD NEWS)
Watchable. I think I stayed till the end only because I was trying to guess what it was about.
EXIT
Watchable. Overtalked. Some of former rightist (Nazi or jihadist) terrorists' stories are interesting - basically evil (having been raped) or the lack of prospects for the future spread evil further. Still, the best element of the film is catch electro music.
HOPE FROZEN
Watchable. Protracted. Interesting that TV interviewers ask the family the same question I was asking myself: why don't they thaw their daughter to release her soul for the next incarnation? While their love is admirable, they can't bring her back without tearing the synapses so she'd have no recollection of her life with them. The scientific method of extending life is as uncertain as the Buddhist beliefs in reincarnation. Hope permeates the film but the documentary is overlong.
After several years' of fascinating documentaries, 2018 being the best so far, the 2019 programme, with some exceptions, was much below the usual level. Previously I had been often shocked about the human rights violations depicted but this year it was hard to find anything of interest. Still, the organization was good, staff friendly, the catalogue and the screening guide very easy to follow and to take notes on, especially the catalogue was printed on very handy paper. Convenient, easy to reach venues this year too.
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