Days of Norwegian Culture in Slaný
Dny norské kultury ve Slaném

Royal Town of Slaný • Královské město Slaný
31. 3—5. 4. 2003

1st April Tuesday 2003

1st to 5th April

Restaurant No. 89 in Slaný

Days of Norwegian kitchen in Restaurant No. 89

Week of Norwegian specialities organized by chef Michael Martin and his team.

9.00 a 19.30

Municipal Cinema in Slaný

Aberdeen

Performance of a movie Aberdeen by Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland. Before the film a film presentation of the company UMOE Schat-Harding, spol. s r. o., made by Jiří Husník will be screened. The first performance is determined to school children. Admission 20 CZK, the tickets are available from the 20th March at the booking-office of the Town Cinema in Slaný.

ABERDEEN. Norwegian road movie from London to Scotland, about a father who drinks as a Danish. Price for the best man actor’s performance at the International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary. A Norwegian film in English, with a Swedish actor in a leading role. International, to say the least. Aberdeen is a touching, funny and sad film about relationships. Mainly the relationship between parents and children. Stellan Skarsgard, one of the greatest actors in the world, is as brilliant as ever. He plays drunk most of the time, but he does it in a subtle way. When his character is humiliated because he needs a beer you can feel it through the screen. Skarsgard is a wonderful actor. Ian Hart is also a great actor and it’s always wonderful watching him in a film. Lena Headey impresses spectators with a nuanced and touching performance. Directed by Hans Petter Moland, screenplay by Hans Petter Moland and Kristin Amundsen, camera by Philip Øgaard, music by Zbigniew Preisner, cast: Stellan Skarsgård (Tomas), Lena Headey (Kaisa), Ian Hart (Clive), Charlotte Rampling (Helen), Jason Hetherington (Perkins).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168446

9.00—12.00

Department for Children of Library of Václav Štech in Slaný

Polar Night As a Mirror

Reading from children books of Norwegian authors determined to children from elementary schools. http://kvs.slansko.cz

11.00

Václav Beneš Třebízský High School in Slaný

The North — My Love

Discussion for students with an editor-in-chief of Northern Journal, Ing. Michael Stanovský. For students of Václav Beneš Třebízský High School in Slaný. http://www.gymslany.cz

MICHAEL STANOVSKÝ was born in 1953 in Prague. He graduated from the Electro-Faculty of the Czech Technological University. Since the end of his studies he takes care of companys and individuals PC’s and their software as a system programmer, data administrator, partly as a IT-consultant, as well. He firstly found the European “North” in 1975 but he has visited it only after the “Velvet Revolution”. He travelled to all five northern countries — Denmark, Finland, Island, Norway and Sweden — and until now he saw them approx. Fifteen times and last time particularly as a guide from the Brno travel agency at KČT Kudrna Brno. He is a member of the Club of Czech Travellers, of the Club of Iceland Fanatics and of the Northern Society. Last four years he has been an editor-in-chief (and administrator, webmaster and editor) of Northern Journal — magazine which is edited by the Northern Society for its members and other friends. For the Northern Society he also created their websites. One of his biggest hobbies is taking pictures; he has got a lot of awards in this field.

17.00

Gallery of The Integrated Middle School in Slaný

That's Norway…

Vernissage of photographs from Renata Marcolová’s journey and a discussion with the author and with Ing. Michael Stanovský, editor-in-chief of Northern Journal. The exhibition is accessible for public from the 31st March until 30th April 2003.

RENATA MARCOLOVÁ was born in 1969, January 10 in Liberec. Since 1992 she works as a guide and, especially for well-known Czech travel agencies Čedok and Fischer, she guides tourists through European countries. Last years she concentrates mainly to Scandinavian countries inclusive Iceland. She is impressed by Norway not only for its beautiful and rough nature, but especially for the purity of its inhabitants’ spirit. As all tourists she takes pictures to catch at least a small piece of the beauty that shows everywhere in this country. In 2002 she graduated from the Hradec Photographic Conservatory under Prof. Ludvík Baran and a photograph Josef Ptáček.

The admission is free to all actions of the Days of Norwegian Culture in Slaný except actions marked in text.

Days of Norwegian culture in Slaný are arranged by: Royal Town of Slaný, UMOE Schat-Harding, spol. s r. o., and Nordic Society.