Eastern promises by Kamila Dolotina: The Master and Margarita + Q&A

Eastern Promises is the curatorial cycle of film publicist Kamila Dolotina. Its goal is not only to reveal emerging talents, but above all to establish a dialogue between the latest Eastern European filmography, the unquestionable classics and contemporary culture. The cycle follows the eponymous popular section presented at the Summer Film School in Uherské Hradiště.

In Moscow in the 1930s, a playwright is expelled from the Writers' Union and finds himself on the margins of society. Under the influence of his muse Margarita, he begins writing a new novel—a satirical story in which all his persecutors are reflected as grotesque characters. A mysterious stranger named Woland arrives in Moscow, the embodiment of a dark force that turns the city upside down and punishes those responsible for the author's downfall. The adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's most famous work has become a symbol of cultural resistance against censorship and authoritarianism – and that is precisely why it has been the target of attacks by the regime in today's Russia.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with Alena Machoninová and Ondřej Soukup.