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Czech bill to compensate forcibly sterilized women passes second reading, as does bill to close institutions for children under three
6.5.2021 18:38
Helena Válková 2. 8. 2020 at Lety u Písku. (PHOTO: ROMEA TV)
A bill to compensate illegally sterilized women passed a second reading in the Czech Chamber of Deputies today. Amendments to the Health Services Act were also passed to help transform infant care facilities and replace them with care in family environments.
Closing the infant care faciltiies Today s session of the Chamber of Deputies pleases me not just as an MP, but especially as Human Rights Commissioner. I am very glad that we have managed to combine our forces to complete the second reading of the bill to compensate the victims of unauthorized sterilizations, people who were subjected to an irreversible interference with their lives, Czech MP Helena Válková told news server Romea.cz.
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âPandemic as an opportunityâ: Four Emerging Producers have their say
20/04/2021 - The discussion, organised by Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival and moderated by Cineuropa s editor-in-chief Domenico La Porta, was held online on 16 April
On Friday 16 April, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival hosted a special online talk entitled âPandemic as an opportunityâ. The panel, moderated by Cineuropa s editor-in-chief
Domenico La Porta, came at a critical moment for the entire audiovisual sector and aimed to discuss the opportunities that the post-Covid world may offer.
La Porta introduced the four Emerging Producers participating to the talk, namely
Maximilian Haslberger of Germany s Amerikafilm,
Marek Novák • Producer, Xova Film cineuropa.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cineuropa.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
One of the 2021 Emerging Producers, Czech producer
Marek Novák, of Xova Film, tells us what he thinks about the social importance and the future of documentaries
Why do you produce documentaries? Do you understand documentary film as an instrument of social and political change?
Marek Novák: I like to think that I am interested in producing films without choosing between fiction and documentary, because both can reflect on our reality to help us grasp it better.
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I would be careful about understanding film as an instrument for promoting a social change. The world today is too big and complex to be suddenly and radically changed by something as delicate as a single film. But seeing it as a conversation starter, a contemplation which inspires and provokes a train of thoughts that perhaps leads to some kind of action â that is for sure.