SATAN AMONG US + PPPP

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SATAN AMONG US
CZ 2023 / 70 min. / Super8, 16mm

“I would like to have the sadness of all that has grown, blossomed and matured in vain, for no one…” – Martin Ježek

A meta-film (about the film Arved, directed by Vojtěch Mašek) that should never have been made, because no one can parasitize the ever-blooming flower of the film industry with impunity. Nevertheless, Ježek has signed a pact with the devil, thought he was some kind of Faust, played with the devil and black magic, and made the project happen. And this is unforgivable in today's profit- and success-oriented world. He'll face eternal damnation and the fires of hell. And it serves him right. At least he won't continue to harm those who demand nothing but peace of mind from the world.

Martin Ježek (1976) is one of the most prominent Czech representatives of experimental structural film. He studied production and editing at FAMU. He has been making short documentary essays since 1999, when FOMA started producing 8mm film again. Ji.hlava IDFF regularly screens his works, including auteur films, adaptations (A House Far Away, 2007), or collective films (Second League, 2007).

PUSSY POWER PORNO PROJECT | Martin Ježek, Kryštof Kočtář, Kryštof Pátra, Kryštof Richter

A film and sound improvisation performance that uses found footage—sexually explicit material from a time when film and other forms of pornography were strictly private and possession of such material was a criminal offense (the 1910s–1960s). The visual component consists of four 8mm projectors running simultaneously, whose images are manipulated through direct interventions in the projection (color filters, lens attachments, changes in speed, etc.), creating a unique, constantly shifting collage of pure film images on the screen. The sound accompaniment is provided by a changing ensemble of improvisational musicians and a player on an antiquated Casio SK-1 analog synthesizer. The entire performance is purely improvised, with a predetermined duration of 50–60 minutes. Due to the nature of the film, it is not suitable for viewers under the age of 18.