Nov 11, 2008
Portobello Pictures is pleased to announce the great success of ‘Jan and Zdeněk Svěrák: A Tribute’, a weekend of talks and screenings held at the Riverside Studios Hammersmith between the 7th-9th November 2008.
Organised by the Czech Centre London in collaboration with Biograf Jan Svěrák, Portobello Pictures and Riverside Studios, the weekend included sold out screenings of Portobello titles EMPTIES and KOLYA, both introduced by Jan and Zdeněk Svěrák, as well as films from across the careers of father and son.
These included Portobello’s THE LIFE AND EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF PRIVATE IVAN CHONKIN, adapted by Zdeněk Svěrák from Vladimir Voinovich’s classic satirical novel, and Jan Svěrák's Student Academy Award-winning short film, THE OIL GOBBLERS.