Program of Cannafest Cinema 2011

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25


11:30
CHEECH AND CHONG: NICE DREAMS
(USA / Tommy Chong / 1981 / 88´ / English, Czech subtitles)

A third comedy from the Cheech and Chong duo. Their films are fundamentally influenced by marihuana. Cheech and Chong own an ice cream stall. But they don’t sell no ordinary ice cream. It’s marihuana ice cream!

13:00
MARIJUANA – A FOREST SURVIVAL STRATEGY (USA / 1998 / 30´ / English, Czech subtitles)

Sixty percent of all forests on Earth was cut down. In the USA there is only five percent of original vegetation left. Deforestation is growing into an ecological catastrophe. There is, however, a plant, which can substitute wood…

13:45
PĚSTOVÁNÍ A TÍRENSKÉ ZPRACOVÁNÍ KONOPÍ SETÉHO
(ČR / 2004 / 15´ / Czech)

This documentary was filmed for the Czech ministry of agriculture. „There are good conditions for development and cultivation here. We should believe, that with social and financial support from development programs, the cultivation of hemp will experience its righteous boom.“

14:00
THE MEDICINAL USE OF CANNABIS
(Nederland / Ton Lith / 2003 / 40´ / English)

„My life is better thanks to marihuana. It allows me to do the ordinary tasks. I would be a fool, if I didn´t smoke it.“ A mosaic of positive effects, that smoking marihuana has, is gradually build up from different testimonies of several diseased people: among others newly gained appetite, pain relief, enthusiasm to talk again.

14:45
KONOPNÉ PAŠIJE
(ČR / Konopí je lék o. s. / 2008 / 40´ / Czech)

This movie provides a detailed analysis of the Dvořáks’ prosecution. Mgr. Dušan Dvořák treats people with cancer. He also founded the “Konopí je lék” association. He accepted an award for his work from the hands of the former prime minister of the Czech Republic, Jan Fišer.

15:30
THE UNION: THE BUSINNES BEHIND GETTING HIGH
(Canada / Brett Harvey / 2007 / 104´ / English, Czech subtitles)

BC's illegal marijuana trade industry has evolved into a business giant, dubbed by some involved as 'The Union', commanding upwards of $7 billion Canadian annually. With up to 85% of 'BC Bud' being exported to the United States, the trade has become an international issue.

17:30
CHEECH AND CHONG / STILL SMOKIN
(USA, Nederland / Tommy Chong / 1983 / 91´ / English, Czech subtitles)

Cheech and Chong’s fifth movie. The comic duo is coming to Amsterdam to save a festival by performing at it. The movie is gradually falling to pieces and finally consists of more or less interrelated sketches.


SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26

11:15
SAVING GRACE / BÍLÁ VDOVA
(Great Britain / Nigel Cole / 2000 / 91´ / English, Czech subtitles)

Grace Treveth’s idyllic life is falling apart. It´s time to change her beloved orchids for marihuana and to set off on a journey from a safe little village to find a dealer in the underworld of Notting Hill!

13:00
CANNABIS: WHAT´S THE HARM?
(Great Britain / 2010 / 56´ / English, Czech subtitles)

Some journalists caught the EastEnders series star, James Alexandrou, smoking weed shortly after he left the series. He is determined to find out what the truth about this most popular illegal substance in Britain is. He meets various consumers and goes out there with the police to witness their raids on the big producers.

14:00
GRASS
(Canada / Ron Mann / 1999 / 80´ / English, Czech subtitles)

The Grass documentary narrates the story of US marihuana laws. The viewer is lead through the whole 20th century. The film elaborates plenty of archive footage as well as a few scenes from the movie Reefer Madness.

15:30
SUPER HIGH ME
(USA / Doug Benson / 2007 / 89´ / English, Czech subtitles)

Doug Benson actually avoided marihuana for a month. Then he underwent some tests. After that the experiment itself was ran – 30 days of non-stop marihuana consumption. The document among other things also proves how easy it is to abuse the medical usage of marihuana in the state of California.

17:00
WHEN WE GROW… THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO
(Great Britain / Seth Finegold / 2011 / 49´ / English, Czech subtitles)

An independent documentary about two young filmmakers who want to uncover what does the marihuana ban mean, who does it affect, who is profiting from it and why does it actually exist in the first place. In the movie, we can see the consumers, activists, shop owners, dealers and academics.

18:00
REEFER MADNESS (TELL YOUR CHILDREN)
(USA / Louis Gasnier / 1938 / 68´ / English, Czech subtitles)

A famous anti-marihuana propaganda. A story about a group of young people who become violent murderers and irresponsible drivers after smoking some joints. The movie was not popular until the 70s, when the smokers of marihuana started to find it funny. Colored version.

19:15
HEMP FOR VICTORY
(USA / Raymond Evans / 1942 / 16´ / English)

The US government gave an impulse to create this short movie during the WWII. Its goal was to convince farmers to grow hemp and thus help to win the War. The movie gives advice on how to grow the plant and urges the farmers to do so.


SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27


11:15
CHEECH AND CHONG / NEXT MOVIE
(USA / Tommy Chong / 1980 / 99´ / English, Czech subtitles)

After their first movie Up in smoke, Cheech and Chong gloriously continue with their Next movie. They still do smoke joints in this flick, too. But this time they run out of both money and marihuana. A comedy for everyone who would like to know how to transform a roulade into a strawberry.

13:00
HISTORIE MARIHUANY
(USA / National Geographic documentary/ 2008 / 51´ / Czech)

A clearly and briefly put documentary about the history of marihuana.“ What would your answer be, if a foreigner came up to you, gave you some seeds and told you: “plant it and you will be able to produce ropes, paper or canvas. This plant helps the diseased and delights the healthy.“

14:00
ÚTĚK PŘED LÉKEM / RUN FROM THE CURE – RICK SIMPSON
(Canada / Rick Simpson / 2008 / 58´ / English, Czech subtitles)

Rick Simpson survived a serious head injury in 1997. Cannabis oil helped his healing, so he started to promote it. His case caught public attention and he ended up being accused of marihuana trade.


15:00
DROGY A MOZEK / DRUGS AND BRAIN
(France / 2005 / 50´ / Czech)

A part of the Drugs and brain series from 2005. It is only concerned with the scientific view on marihuana. An unbiased scientific research supported by actual experiments.

16:00
LEGALIZACE.CZ
(ČR / Filip Menzel / 2008 / 23´ / Czech)

The Legalizace.cz association headed by a controversial journalist Jiří X. Doležal makes an effort to legalize marihuana. They don´t explicitly refuse the plant as a drug, they do, however, justify its use and cultivation for the medicinal effects it possesses.

16:30
CANNABIS: THE EVIL WEED?
(Great Britain / 2008 / 59´ / English, Czech subtitles)

This documentary asks a basic and often discussed question: can marihuana consumption really lead to schizophrenia? Does it represent a first step on one’s way to harder drugs? What do the last researches tell us?

17:30
CHEECH AND CHONG / UP IN SMOKE
(USA / Lou Adler, Tommy Chong / 1978 / 86´ / English, Czech subtitles)

The Cheech and Chong comic duo’s first movie. The main character - marihuana. Anthony Stoner plays drums. He befriends a guitar player Pedro de Pecasa… And their meeting makes for a legendary comedy where the joints are the size of hot dogs.