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Be2Can is a presentation of selected festival films
We want to bring films that offer an insight into current festival events and which are missing in regular distribution to the audience. We do not limit ourselves to mere "presentation", our goal is critical selection and discussion – about films, festivals, their dramaturgy, politics, and awards.
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Did you miss the previous editions of Be2Can, or do you just want to revive your memories? Watch selected movies online in the Edisonline video library.
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Organizers

We look at festival film critically, independently and professionally. From film selection to discussions with guests, the showcase is organised by a team from Film Europe, a film distribution company. Be2Can was founded by Ivan Hronec with the ambition to create an open platform for the dignified presentation of quality film.

Jury

Our film jury is made up of students from FAMU and Film Studies (UK). The films featured at Be2Can will compete for the best film, directing, screenplay and acting awards.

Vojtěch Konečný

Úvodní slovo
Vojtech Konecny is a student of the directing course at Film and TV Academy in Prague (FAMU). He graduated from University of the Arts London, BA (Hons) Film and TV course, where he focused on directing and screenwriting. He was one of the 28 jurors of Giornate degli Autori film section at the 75th Venice International Film Festival in 2018 and he was part of the student jury at the 24th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival in 2020. He set up along with his collegue Peter Poch his own film production company called nukleon frame. He has been currently finishing the postproduction of his graduation film Doprovázení.

Farah Abou Kharroub

Juror profile
Farah Abou Kharroub is an award-winning Palestinian director, writer, editor and producer who was born and raised in Lebanon. She is finishing her MFA in film directing at FAMU in Prague. Farah works with both fiction and non-fiction formats, and through her work she explores themes that are related to identity. In 2020, Farah was presented as a Producer under the spotlight in Cannes with her first feature film in development. She is an alumni of 16th Sundance Rawi, Jihlava Academy, Sunbird Stories, East Doc Platform, IDFA documentary showcase, and Midpoint shorts. Farah is currently working as a screenwriter for the leading series platform in the Arab world Shahid VIP and she is developing content under her Prague based Coded Production.

Max Niedoba

Juror profile
Max Niedoba is currently a third-year student of the Department of Production at FAMU. Prior to that, he spent some time studying film science at Charles University’s Faculty of Arts as well as working as an assistant executive producer for Czech TV. He currently works as a production coordinator (PSH Neverending Story). When asked to name the production that is closest to his heart, he says it would be Spaced directed by Edgar Wright.

Adéla Kaiserová

Juror profile
Adéla Kaiserová is a third-year student of a bachelor’s programme at FAMU’s Department of Documentary Film. Along with several schoolmates and other young enthusiasts, she is involved in Tvůrčí produkční skupina Remízek (Remízek Creative Production Group), focusing on audiovisual works primarily in the non-profit sector and in the field of protecting biodiversity and social equality. Adéla also pursues other projects as part of FAMU – last year, she was a member of the dramaturgy team for FAMUFEST and moderated several sections of the festival, and throughout the year, she would assist with several student film productions in various positions ranging from assistant director to sound engineer to script supervisor.

Gerron Stewart

Juror profile
Gerron Stewart is a student of the Film Studies Department at Charles University’s Faculty of Arts in Prague. Prior to that, he graduated from a cinema-oriented high school. His primary interests are contemporary Asian cinema and culture. Rather than a cinema scholar, he considers himself to be a film fan, as he believes this helps him approach films with perspective and understanding for different opinions. Aside from studying, he also makes original music, attempting to create new worlds and stories based on those presented in films.

Nikola Micajová

Juror profile
Nikola Micajová studies at the Department of Film Studies at Charles University and teaches film history and art at a Prague high school. She also works as a lecturer in film-educational institutes, such as Aeroškola. In addition to film education, she has been involved in production for a long time, mainly film festivals.

Adam Jurčík

Juror profile
Adam Jurčík is a second-year student of the Film Studies Department at Charles University’s Faculty of Arts in Prague (as well as a third-year student at CU’s Faculty of Law). He took part in organising the Zlatý Voči (Golden Eyes) international student film festival. He is actively involved in amateur theatre and cinema endeavours.
Vojtěch Konečný
FAMU
Department of Directing
Farah Abou Kharroub
FAMU
International
Max Niedoba
FAMU
Department of Production
Adéla Kaiserová
FAMU
Department of Documentary Film
Gerron Stewart
Faculty of Arts Charles University
Department of Film Studies
Nikola Micajová
Faculty of Arts Charles University
Department of Film Studies
Adam Jurčík
Faculty of Arts Charles University
Department of Film Studies

The cooperation between FAMU and Film Europe includes students’ participation in the jury, which I think can offer original views of up-and-coming authors whose attention is focused on the stylistic and narrational aspects and details that they also focus on when thinking about their own work and searching for their own expression, as well as during instruction. I believe that their viewpoint can enrich the perspectives of experienced film professionals who usually sit on juries. I am also happy that our students will have an opportunity to watch award-winning films from the most prominent festival in such a condensed manner, as the knowledge of the current global productions is key for the education of young filmmakers, and we at FAMU encourage students to pursue any and all activities that can put them in touch with current audiovisual works.

Andrea Slováková
Dean of FAMU

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Be2Can manifesto

Dramaturgy per se

Primary sources for the movies selection included in the presentation are the main competitions of three A film festivals – Berlinale, Venice and Cannes.
Other competitive and non-competitive sections of these festivals are a secondary source. We compose the show based on the preselection of their dramaturgists and juries. We are interested not only in the winning films themselves, but also in the meaning and role of festival awards as such, regardless of the selected films quality.

Film gallery

We understand the main competitions of major festivals as a representative probe into current trends in festival cinematography and as a impuls for polemics.
We offer a strictly curated gallery of film works that starts a dialogue with the competition sections. Among other things, it is also a careful filter that takes into account remarkable titles that could have escaped the attention of the juries for various reasons. We offer recipients a clear view of what drives contemporary art film.

Festival resonance

At festivals we listen, read, participate in debates in the corridors. This helps us to determine which movies have a strong vibe, spark discussion, and open up interesting topics.
As a result, the resonance of the movie is more important than the prize awarded to the film by the jury. The top prize will be forgotten unless it goes to a movie with the potential to appeal to audiences and critics. On the contrary, a neglected film can resonate more strongly in the future than the winner of a prestigious award.

Space of discoveries

Be2Can is not necessarily a festival of movies from the biggest names that attract attention in itself.
It also focuses on lesser-known filmmakers whose careers are at the very beginning, but who bring an innovative view of film or a remarkable poetics that follows the strong trends of festival movies. We don't just want to offer the audience proven choices, but we want to motivate them to explore.

Discuss and listen

The ticket is also an invitation to a discussion.
We want to draw the audience into the festival events and offer them above-standard information background for individual movies from the festival through professional introductions, lectures, Q&A with the creators and masterclasses. Our goal is to raise awareness of what's going on in the festival scene and to provoke debate. We don't state, but we ask – ourselves and our audience.

In the wider perspective

Great filmmakers do not appear out of the blue in the main festival competitions. That's why we carefully follow events outside the main sections of the "big three" and at other significant European festivals.
Even if the movie does not appear in the Be2Can portfolio we will always take it into account when creating context for our titles – on the web, through social media, in the festival magazine and in the accompanying lectures.

Open festival

The films selection is not limited to the Film Europe Media Company portfolio.
The main program part of Be2Can is open to all distributors. Its aim is to raise awareness of art films and to give them the publicity they deserve.

Guests, not faces

We are not only concerned with media glamour, but with inspiring observations and topics for discussion.
We invite such guests and delegations connected to the festival movies in order to offer our viewers an interesting insight into making of the movie they represent.

Without populism

We know that our movies are not for everyone.
We aim our communication at those who know what they want and why they want it.
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