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Home Land

(Rodný kraj)

This longitudinal documentary tracks 5 young people from Russia and Ukraine as they try to integrate into Czech society. How do they adapt? And how will their new country accept them?

Demian, Daniel, Jaroslav, Sonia, and Veronika come from two warring Eastern European countries. Fate has brought them together in a class at the Prague Centre for Integration of Foreigners. They are trying to grasp not only the local language, culture and environment, but also the hostility of Czech society towards people whose mother tongue is Russian or Ukrainian. For over a year, the film tracks the teenagers and their efforts to fit into both the education system and the work environment while their minds are occupied with concerns about home and their loved ones, as well as school, basketball and art. Portraits of daily life are combined with their insights and witty observations to compose a narrative about the search for one’s place in a destabilised world.

Ponrepo Cinema, Bartolomějská 11, Praha 1

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Širín Nafariehová, Director
Tomáš Poštulka, Moderator
Anna Marie Vinařická, CIC
Sofia Zorina, Protagonist
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Atlas – Small Hall, Ke Štvanici 371/4, Praha 8

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Anna Koucká, Moderator
Kristýna Abel Benešová, UNHCR
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Světozor Cinema – Small Hall, Vodičkova 41, Praha 1

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Širín Nafariehová, Director
Karla Melichnová, Moderator
Anna Marie Vinařická, CIC
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TitleHome Land
Original TitleRodný kraj
Original LanguageCzech, English
Subtitles Czech, English
PremiéraWorld premiere
Film typeFull-length documentary
Year of Production2022
Country of OriginCzech Republic
Length45 min.
Tags Children and Youth, Migration, Europe
Director Širín Nafariehová

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