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music by Bill Frisell, CD "Disfarmer", 2009
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Art Film 9 is a film and video production company that has produced resp. coproduced documentaries such as:
1999 "They think I'm crazy...", Beta SP, 25'; ART-Film 9 and Ceska televize documentary about the physician Dr. Jaroslav Tollinger
1997 "Marianne Werefkin", Beta SP, 35'; ART-Film and TSI documentary about the life and work of the Russian peintress Marianne Werefkin
1996 "Peter Rybar", Beta SP, 25'; ART-Film, Ceska televize, TSR and TSI portrait of the Czech violin virtuoso living in Switzerland
1995 "The Different Glass Of Bohemia", Beta SP, 28'; ART-Film and Ceska televize documentary about glass as art works; XIXe festival int. du film d'art, Paris, UNESCO
1994 "Domenico Trezzini", Beta SP, 45'; ART-Film and TSI documentary about the part the architect Trezzini (1734) played during the foundation and building of St. Petersburg under Peter The Great; XVIIIe festival int. du film d'art, Paris, UNESCO
Next to the above mentioned documentaries, Jiri Havrda (born '49, citizen of Switzerland and the Czech republic) has also written and directed films such as:
1993 "Artisti dei laghi", 16mm/Beta SP, 3 x 28' resp. 80'; Coproduktion Topic-Film AG/ TSI/Ceska televize Semi-documentary about the migration of the architects and constructing workers from the area of the Lake Lugano to Bohemia and Moravia; "Prix Information Architecturale", XVIIe festival int. du film d'art, Paris, UNESCO
1992 "Cenek Prazak". Beta SP, 40'; Ceska Televize documentary about the life and work of a Czech painter living in Switzerland
1991 "Vilma - A Life On The Edge", Beta SP, 42'/35'; PS-Film/UNICEF documentary about survival in the 'pueblo jovenes' of Lima, Peru; Luzern, Viper '91
1990 "The Velvet Revolution", Beta SP, 42'; SF DRS documentary about the part of the youth that it played during the "Velvet Revolution" in Prague, '89
1989 "Verne - All Kinds Of Lives", 16mm, 42'; Topic-Film AG documentary about an 80 years old 'Lebenskuenstler' from San Francisco; festivals Leipzig '89, St. Petersburg '91; Karlsbad, Solothurn '90; Muenchen '95
1988 "From Anton Graff to Max Bill", 35mm, 25'; CONDOR FILM AG documentary about the art collection of 'Kunstmuseums Winterthur'
1987 "The Collector An Artist" 35mm, 25'; CONDOR FILM AG documentary about the art collection of Oskar Reinhart at 'Am Roemerholz'in Winterthur
1985 "Born Again Primitive", 3/4 HB, 58'; CONDOR FILM AG and SKYLINE TV, NY documentary about Russel Means and the AIM and its goals; "Honorable Mention", Int. Film & TV Festival, New York '86.
1981 "I've Got A Name",16mm, 50'; CONDOR FILM AG documentary for UNICEF (Bangladesh, Tanzania, Peru) "Gold Award", Int. Film & TV Festival, New York '82; "Certificate Of Merit", INTERCOM, Chicago '82; Kodak Information Award '83.
1980 "Life Is Movement, Movement Is Life",16mm, 25'; CONDOR FILM AG documentary; Goldmedall Marburg '80, Kodak Information Award '82.