Course: Cinematography of Poland, Russia, and Ukraine

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Course title Cinematography of Poland, Russia, and Ukraine
Course code KSO/1KIN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Andrejs René, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Jeništa Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Merzová Radana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Analyzing and producing audiovisual content
Learning outcomes
1. Historical Context and Development of Ukrainian Cinema, The Beginnings of Cinema in Ukraine (1910-1920) 2. Ukrainian Cinema During the Soviet Era (e.g., Dovzhenko, Paradzhanov) 3. Ukrainian cinema after independence: "Mamaj" (2003) by Oles Sanin; "Neskorenyj" (2000) by O. Yanchuk, and Ukrainian animated film: "Mykyta Kozhumyaka" (2016) by Manuk Depoyan; "Mavka, Guardian of the Forest" (2023) by Oleh Malamuzh, Oleksandra Ruban. 4. Contemporary Ukrainian cinema: themes and genres ("Atlantida", 2020, Valentyn Vasyanovych, Netflix Production: The First Days, 20 Days in Mariupol (2023) directed by Mstyslav Chernov) reflections on the current war, trauma, and identity. 5. History of Russian and Soviet Cinema. 6. The 1920s-1950s (avant-garde, socialist realism). 7. The 1960s-1990s (the New Wave during "the thaw", A. Tarkovsky, K. Muratova, Georgian and Armenian cinema). 8. Russian independent cinema (Yakut cinema, ecological and decolonial themes in cinema). 9. Polish cinema, 1894-1939. The beginnings of cinema, silent film, sound film of the 1930s. 10. Polish cinema, 1939-1968. The war experience, Socialist Realism. The Polish Film School. Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Tadeusz Konwicki. 11. Polish cinema, 1968-1989. Cinema of moral unrest. Krzysztof Kieślowski, Agnieszka Holland. 12. Polish cinema after 1989. Commercial blockbusters, festival triumphs, Oscar-winning films.
Knowledge of the most important milestones, figures, periods, and masterpieces of Ukrainian, Russian, and Polish cinema.
Prerequisites
A basic overview and interest in the movies.

Assessment methods and criteria
Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)

- 80% attendance in the course - Independent viewing of at least 3 recommended films - An essay on a given topic or a review of a selected film
Recommended literature
  • BUDJAK, Ljumdila (ed.). (2005). Istorija otečestvennogo kino. Moskva.
  • LUBELSKI, Tadeusz. (2025). Dějiny polské kinematografie. Praha.
  • THOMPSON, Kristin a BORDWELL, David. Dějiny filmu: přehled světové kinematografie. Praha. 2007.
  • ZUBAVINA, Iryna. (2007). Kinematohraf nezaležnoji Ukrajiny: tendenciji, filmy, postati. Kyjiv.


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