With the help of private letters, award-winning director Phil Grabsky's new film reveals a whole new perspective on the man who not only contributed to the birth of Impressionism with his paintings, but was perhaps the most influential and successful painter of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Yet, and perhaps for that very reason, Monet's life presents a gripping story of a man who, under the cover of his sunlit canvases, suffered feelings of depression and loneliness and even tended towards suicide. But as his art evolved and his love of gardening led to the fame of his garden in Giverney, humour, understanding and a love of life emerge in his letters.
Historical
United Kingdom, 2017, 87 min
Directed by Phil Grabsky
Programme subject to change.
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Schedule
Wed 8 10
6pm Petra Beňová accompanied by pianist Marie Jírová
20:00 Opening Film: RATHER RISE IN DIVOCINE
Thu 9 10
16:30 Short Films Telegraph: DRINKING: Making the Indescribable & GOOD BOY from Slovakia
18:00 Mirroring Evil in Cinema - Martin Jiroušek
20:00 Film: I, Claude Monet
22:00 NIGHT CINEMA: The Matrix
Fri 10 10
16:00 Family Workshop: Make Your Own Kaleidoscope
18:00 Panel Debate: The Boundaries Between Documentary Film and Photography
20:00 Special Screening.telegraph.com/photography-workshop-fotim-mobile-with-jan-sibik">10:00 Photography Workshop "Photographing with Mobile" with Jan Šibík
17:00 Puppet Theatre SOUDRUŽKY S KROUŽKY
20:00 Preview: CONTINENTAL '25
22:00 Closing of TEFF25: DJ Weirdsky
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