Svetlana Lazarova: “By The Second Death of Joan of Arc I would like to get people out of the inner stereotypes and the low self-esteem feeling, to make them realize their own human qualities. Today, in the world of tech-progress, when an individual is vulnerable, confused and lonely, it is quite natural that he or she underestimates his or her own power and skills. One needs to ripen to a self-growth and heroism. Every one of us carries their Joan inside them. The art of “living right” cannot be taught but it can be felt.

I was very lucky that this journey was embarked on with top-notch actors we have: Vilma Cibulkova, Ladislav Mrkvicka, Stanislav Lehky. By their initiative and experience they also happened to become my stage kids, artistic partners and theater teachers. It is a wonderful gathering.”

Three-actors play, 90 minutes long, without an intermission.

DILIA carries all the rights for this play. Dilia o.s., Kratkeho 1, Prague 9

An honest churchman gets hit by a 400 pound stone angel and kills him. He had lived all his live according to the Testament and he knew all the apostles’ names, his homepage on the computer was a cardinal’s webpage and he clicked on his smile every morning.
There was no time for sinning. Now he is dead and waiting for resurrection and Ascension but not a thing is happening. He booked the ride, packed his suit, paid the fare but no bus around. He is waiting for his Angel to take him to the Almighty but he is getting more depressed instead and his disappointment turns into resigned attitude. He re-thinks his believer’s life when all of the sudden his sins emerge for it – the hatred towards the people that deserted him, anger, malice. Eventually he asks God for a reaction and hardly notices he is put in Hell, in his own private, personal hell. He, who’d dedicated his whole life to church, has found himself in a dead end and comes to the conclusion that he should have enjoyed life better.

The life of local inhabitants sits on the border of myth and reality which, as it seems, brings the locals peace and harmony. Their current picture has faded a bit but it did keep the primary features of the Rhodope cosmology: the sky, the earth, the world underground and their connection.
The aim of this film trilogy is to introduce remarkable discoveries by the current Bulgarian archeology: Stone Castle Perperikon, The Orpheus’ Sanctuary, The Virgin Mother Temple, etc. It thrives to present the presence of traditional values in the lives of the locals, to show the cultural and spiritual heritage of Thracian times, and to present myth, legends and folklore of the area. Thrives to meet parallels of our time.

Available in Czech

Writer: Svetlana Lazarova , Cinematography: Miroslav Kousal, Sound: Jiri Mach, Editing: Allan Lazarov, Production: Ladislav Kozik

Cast: Prof. Nikolaj Ovcarov (archeologist), Doc. Iliya Nedin (etnologist), Zorina Milkovska (the potter), Plamen Sirakov (the actor), Tanya Madzarova (bohemist), Zorzeta Colkova (bohemist), Asen Karailie, Lidia Galabova

Produced by both the Czech Television and G.A.P.

Project partner: Bulgarian Television
Financial partner: CEZ Bulharsko

Broadcast: Czech TV, Bulgarian TV, First broadcast took place in January 2011.
Premier: January 2011

Muscle dystrophy is a graduating muscle disorder which cannot be cured for the present. It graduates by making more muscles dysfunctional, the sadder cases must use breathing devices to keep them on living…

Length: 30 min, Screenplay: Svetlana Lazarova,Cinematography: Miroslav Kousal, Sound: Jiri Mach, Editing: Allan Lazarov, Music: Marketa Mazourova, Director: Svetlana Lazarova

To get to know current Bulgaria is a pretty tough task. Not because of the country’s size, but because, as opposed to other European countries that haven’t been able to show any surprises as they are thoroughly walked over and mapped, Bulgaria still remains “mysterious”, like a relative we have always heard of but do not know nothing about and we want to find out more!
Each of the stories tells us about politics, society, culture and religion in present Bulgaria and points out current phenomena.
The question if the Bulgarian contemporary society is ill or not and the search for the answer is the main topic of the film. Well, it always depends on the eyes that do the looking, right?

Premier: Czech Television, 18th Oct 2009

Cast: Dimitar Dobrev, Martin Hoffmann, Martin Mladenov, Margarita Mladenova, Sevdalina Kostadinova-Kovarova

Ordered by The Association of Bulgarians and friends of Bulgaria in the Czech Republic
Financed by the City of Prague

Sponsors: The City of Prague
Czech Touris

The international Trienale of the contemporary art in the National Gallery in Prague presents works of art of more than 200 artists whose trademark should be “non-mainstream”. “Re-reading the Future is the topic of the meeting. It thrives to find out how art reacts to the world which is getting faster and faster. The point is that the works that really matters are now “underground art”, but later perhaps shall not be.

Cast: Prof. Milan Knizak, Doc. Tomas Vlcek

Mobility was co-worked on by five European countries and the art of Kinetics (the art focused on mobility, light and time).

Cast: Prof. Milan Knizak, Doc. Dr. Tomas Vlcek, Henry Meyric Hughes Boris Danailov, Pivi Kalhama, Olga Marcinkiewicz, Carlos Cabral Nunes.

Episode One – Of Strength and weakness

This episode shows a difference between Eastern and Western world and how martial arts are perceived there. And about Greek wrestling and Japanese sumo can lead to understanding of oneself’s power and weekness.

Cast:Zdenek Srstka, Jaroslav Poriz st., Jaroslav Poriz ml., Marek Svec, Rostislav Pinkas, Ervin Varga,Petr Petrak, Veronika Pinkasova, Petr Svehla

Episode Two – Of Temperence and Violence

In the everyday rush and attempt to get work done people tend to overstretch themselves. They meet misunderstanding and violent behavior, and often they tend to be aggressive themselves.

Cast: Rostislav Osička, Pavel Hakim Mayer, Ivana Veselková, Eva Liskova , Miroslav Sobotka, Marek Svítek,Petr Kotík, Jaroslav Tomsa, Lukáš Konečný,Ondřej „Spejbl“ Hutník, Martin Zavoral

Episode Three – Of Vigilance and Blindness

his episode is about thajt´i Juan, sing-i a pa-kua, martial arts that come from Taoism.

Cast: Zhai Hua, Du Fukun, Yan Chunzhi, Daniel Brauckman, Kamila Ženatá, Petr Němec, Ivan Tulenko, Jiří Hušek, Pavel Simon, Jeshe Gyatso, Štěpán Vyhlídka

Episode Four – Of the Will and Vanity

Life is a mystery for some people just because they do not seek change. One of the keys to solve the riddle are provided by the martial arts although a Chinese saying points out that practicing kung-fu is like chewing something bitter.

Cast: Zhai Hua, Qin Mintang, Jiří Hušek, Jiří Novák, Juraj Durec, Jakub Kadlec, Frans Christian

Episode Five - Of Humidity and Weekness

In the contemporary Word, surrounded by goodness, as well as by increasing violence, people do feel a lack of love, respect and courtesy. As if people don’t care about Confucius thoughts anymore…

Cast: Roman Bittner, Pavel Macek, Ivan Rzounek, Jiří Hušek, Aleš Kocián

Episode Six – Of Resilience and skepticism

About the false presentation which martial arts get when shown in a movie. Japanese Karate and Korean Taekwondo, both deriving from Zen, are focused on the human spirit and human spirituality.

Cast: Marek Třesl, Ondřej Havlíček, Juraj Potyš, Roman Berny, Oskar Higa, Jiří Smeták, Jan Soukup, Martin Zámečník, Hwing Ho-Yong

Episode Seven - Of Wisdom and Pride

A famous Japanese Samurai Miamoto Musashi, after many wins and losses at battles sword-to-sword, came to the conclusion that the greatest enemy of a man, is the man himself.

Cast: Hideko Zaitsu, Vladimír Hotovec, Václav Kučera, Pavel Bolf, Petr Nůsek, Petr Koza, Josef Madl,Miroslav Khun, Roman Tichý, Jan Kozák, Hana Kotlářová

Episode Eight – Of Harmony and Defeate

NWe never know what is a victory and what is a defeat, the gift of life is the everyday understanding of how beautiful the world is even without fights and the constant need for proof that we are uniqe and exeptional.

Cast: Soke Yemaue, Shishiya Ichiro,Matěj Novák, Martin Matouš, Ondřej Malina, Jiří Marek, Michal Kulhánek, Daniel Barták, Petr Jakl, Markéta Tukinská, Blanka Vítovcová, Petr Chlumský

Episode Nine - Of Creativity and Stereotype

If everyone could see a miracle in what he or she does, the world would be a much kinder place. In this episode we mention styles like „capoeira“, „pencak silat“ and „arnis“.

Cast: Jana Čišmařová, Tomáš Kerle, Miroslav Riedel, Tomáš Zummer, Sarodjo Siswartono

Episode Ten – Of Sobriety and Fiction

eality is sometimes sadly seen as unreal life mechanism. We want to live in a better world but what do we do for that? Episode about new kinds of martial arts such as „systéma“, „FISFO, security system“, „sambo“, „krav maga“

Cast: Stanislav Gazdik, David Sýkora, Dušan Vavrečka, Ladislav Hodač, Roman Bittner,Sabina Horynová