Section: THE FEMALE GAZE: New Czech films by female directors

Ještě nejsem, kým chci být

I AM NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE

Klára Tasovská
CZ, SK, AT, 2024, 90 Min

A portrait of world-renowned photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková, often called the "Nan Goldin of Czechoslovakia," tells the story of an exceptional life and the endless search for freedom. Klára Tasovská's unique documentary consists solely of Jarcovjákovás photographs and diary entries, narrated by the photographer herself.

#doc #history #queer

Performance

2024-11-06 | 13:00
Weltspiegel Saal 2
2024-11-10 | 10:30
Weltspiegel Großer Saal

Jarcovjáková's life began away from any international and national attention in communist Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. Decades before people became obsessed with taking selfies, the young woman began taking self-portraits in the mirror. And she never stopped. Her photos from the 1970s and 1980s take us into semi-illegal queer-clubs among factory workers, and into Vietnamese and Cuban migrant communities. We travel with her to Japan and West Germany. Photography became her way to express herself, a refuge within an oppressive system, and a pursuit of freedom and independence.

Text: Lenka Tyrpakova

06.11.2024 | 13:00 | Weltspiegel Saal 2 (original version with German subtitles)

10.11.2024 | 10:30 | Weltspiegel Großer Saal (original version with German subtitles)

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