As with previous editions, the 2019 Febiofest will again deliver films whose quality has been affirmed by the recently announced Academy Awards. The Docs section will feature Free Solo by directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, which as well as winning the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature has also picked up a BAFTA and the viewers’ prize at the Toronto IFF. Febiofest will present the film free of charge in cooperation with the company Channels, which represents National Geographic in the Czech Republic. Screenings will be in the original language with Czech subtitles. Meanwhile, the Central Park section will include If Beale Street Could Talk by director Barry Jenkins. A love story set in the New York’s Harlem in the 1970s, it earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Regina King, who also picked up prizes at the Golden Globes as well as New York and Los Angeles critics’ awards.