Czech Film at Cannes 2015

CZECH FILM at Cannes 2015 RETRIEVER in CINÉFONDATION

MARKET SCREENINGS JAN MACOLA PRODUCER ON THE MOVE

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Spotlight on the Czech Republic

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in the Czech Republic

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Retriever TOMAS KLEIN, TOMAS MERTA CZ 2014 | 23 min | DCP | fiction FAMU, GURU FILM When Milan’s wife leaves him and takes their son with her, Milan steals the last memory of a happy family – their retriever Goldy. Goldy becomes his guide to his life, mind and soul. A pack of wild dogs together with Goldy are running through Milan’s mind and bring him back to his family.

SCREENING 22 May, 11:00 Programme 4 Buñuel Theatre

CONTACT Anna Lisalova mobile: +420 723 718 484 e-mail: a.lisalova@centrum.cz

ABOUT THE DIRECTORS

Tomas Merta Tomas Klein and Tomas Merta create an ego/alter ego couple, under the brand GURU FILM. The genre of their films reminds more of states of mind than of stories.

What was your motivation to shoot this film?

In the beginning we came across a short story by Ondrej Stindl that appealed to us, as he focuses on a state of mind more than on a plot. The dog, one of the lead characters, is not only a lovable or obedient servant of a man, it is also his spiritual guide, a deeper symbol of the nature our main character had lost long ago. The master is stuck in his small traumas and the dog is waiting for the right moment to show him how a real man should behave.

How do you value this success?

MIDPOINT Central European Script Center

It is a great encouragement for our future work. We see that it is worthy to follow your opinion and be courageous both in form and in the content. Although not everybody will digest the film easily.

Tomas Klein

Congratulations for this beautifully directed and original film, with this dreamlike and mysterious dimension that goes beyond the simple narrative!

DIMITRA KYRYA, Artistic Director of the Selection

SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT AND FILM DRAMATURGY TRAINING MIDPOINT congratulates its project OUT (Vychladnutie)

by Gy枚rgy Krist贸f on being selected for the Cannes Festival's 2015 Cinefondation Atelier.

www.midpointcenter.eu

MARKET SCREENINGS

HONEY NIGHT MEDENA NOK IVO TRAJKOV MK, CZ, SI 2015 | 89 MIN | DCP | DRAMA

Skopje on the night of the national holiday of the recently independent Republic of Macedonia, and a wedding anniversary of Nikola, deputy Minister, and his wife Anna.

Returning home from a gala reception hosted by the Prime Minister, they start to experience their biggest marriage crisis yet. Anna starts a quarrel as Nikola has forgotten their anniversary. He is obsessed with the current political scandal

GHOUL

and the arrest of a minister. As a sole author of criminalizing

PETR JAKL CZ, US 2015 | 86 MIN | DCP | HORROR

to destroy all compromising evidence he keeps at home. He

report he fears he might be arrested too. The way out of it is

also fears he’s been followed and his home being bugged.

Ghoul follows three Americans who travel to the Ukraine to

After a long, turbulent night, Nikola reconciles with his destiny

investigate how cannibalism swept through the country

and awaits his arrest.

during the notorious famine of 1932. After being lead deep into the vast Ukrainian forest for an interview with the last known survivor of the cannibalism epidemic, they are plagued with a series of unexplainable supernatural encounters and come face to face with the evil spirit of Andrei Chikatilo, who was born in the Soviet Union and was the most violent serial killer and cannibal of all time.

SCREENING 16 May, 18:00 Riviera 3

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CONTACT Daniel Bort – Expression Entertainment mobile: +1 323 301 2792 e-mail: daniel@expressionent.com www.expressionent.com Cannes office LERINS Stand S3 Tel.: +33 492 99 32 09

SCREENING 19 May, 12:00 Palais E 19 May, 13:30 Palais J

CONTACT Robert Jazadziski – Kaval Film mobile: +389 70 279 092 tel: +389 2 24 47 107 e-mail: robert@kavalfilm.com.mk www.kavalfilm.com.mk

MARKET SCREENINGS

SISKA DELUXE JAN CVITKOVIC SI, CZ, MK 2015 | 107 MIN | DCP | COMEDY

Absurd comedy that takes place in the Siska district of Ljubljana.

Forty year-old longtime friends Mile, “smart-ass” and “know-itall” living with his mother, Fedr, ex-skinhead and divorced dad, and Zekir, ex-punker orphan, decide to open a pizzeria with the hope that success in the new business will help them rebuild their calamitous professional and personal lives. Unable to focus and put an end to their messy behavior, they seldom get any customer. It is then when mysterious Jana shows up in their lives and inspires them in the creation of a unique pizza service

KOZA

called Siska Deluxe: „Order a pizza and whatever else that would

IVAN OSTROCHOVSKY SK, CZ 2015 | 75 MIN | DCP | DRAMA, ROAD MOVIE

make you happy right now, we’ll make it happen for you!“ Business rockets immediately and everybody in Siska seems happier thanks to the dream maker pizza. But will Siska Deluxe also bring what Mile, Fedr and Zekir need to be happy?

Peter "Koza" Balaz is a former Olympic boxer. He and his girlfriend Misa live in a dilapidated housing estate, constantly struggling to make ends meet. Misa finds out she is expecting a child and decides to terminate her pregnancy.

She pressures Koza to get money for the procedure. Koza, who has not trained in a while, steps back into the ring, hoping to earn some much-needed cash and possibly change Misa's mind. He and his manager Zvonko embark on a "tour", where success is not measured in victories, but in the amount of blows that Koza can take. The film features Peter Balaz, Atlanta Olympic Games participant and Jan Franek as the couch, Moscow Olympic Games participant.

SCREENING 17 May, 10:00 Palais B

CONTACT Patricie Pouzarova – Pluto Film Distribution Network mobile: +49 157 822 749 16 e-mail: patricie@plutofilm.de www. plutofilm.de Cannes office VILLAGE INT’L Pavilion No. 123

SCREENING 19 May, 13:30 Gray 2

CONTACT Arkaitz Basterra mobile: +420 776 139 495 e-mail: arkaitz@czechfilms.cz

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MARKET SCREENINGS

THE WILSON CITY WILSONOV TOMAS MASIN CZ, SK 2015 | 115 MIN | DCP | COMEDY

Comedy inspired by paperback crime novels tells the story of an adventurous search for a mysterious murderer who, just after the end of World War, began a rampage in Wilson City.

The investigation is being led by an inhomogeneous pair of detectives – a greenhorn and local police cadet named Josef Eisner and an experienced FBI officer, Aaron Food who has

THE SNAKE BROTHERS KOBRY A UZOVKY

been sent to Eastern Europe by US President Woodrow Wilson himself.

JAN PRUSINOVSKY CZ 2015 | 111 MIN | DCP | DRAMA Brothers Cobra and Viper, in their late and early thirties respectively, live in a small Czech town not far from Prague.

Coming from a dysfunctional family, they both feel unable to build up a life to be satisfied with. Viper, unemployed and still without a girl, does not know how to escape from the shadow of his druggie and troublemaker brother Cobra. Things seem to change for Viper when all at once he gets the opportunity to be part of a promising business and starts a relationship with the waitress of a local pub. It is just then when Cobra and his addictions show up in his life once more to put him on the verge of losing everything he achieved. But this time Viper is determined to not let anybody or anything stop his last chance in life to be happy and he decides to teach his brother a life lesson he should never forget.... A lesson that uncontrollably turns into a nightmare...

SCREENING 18 May, 13:30 Riviera 4

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CONTACT Ida Martins - Media Luna New Films mobile: +33 6 19 50 7562 e-mail: idamartins@medialuna.biz www.medialuna.biz Cannes office RIVIERA Stand D10 tel.: +33 492 99 33 09

SCREENING 18 May, 13:30 Olympia 6

CONTACT Petr Bilek – FilmBrigade mobile: +420 775 168 342 e-mail: bilek@filmbrigade.cz Lubica Orechovska – PubRes mobile: +421 905 639 429 e-mail: pubres@pubres.sk

NOTES

AFERIM! RADU JUDE RO, BG, CZ 2015 | 108 MIN | DCP | DRAMA Silver Bear for Best Director

In 19th century Romania, Costandin (50), a policeman of the time, and his son Ionita (15) travel through the south of the country in search of a fugitive Gypsy slave. Costandin is a charismatic mixture between a funny Stalin and a somewhat more pragmatic Don Quixote. While Ionita seems to be quite the opposite: more like Dostoyevsky’s Idiot, finding himself in the unfortunate situation of having to settle his inner turmoil while riding, holding a sword or a gun. Their road speedily winds through exotic landscapes and meeting hundreds of secondary characters renders a surprise in every scene. All of this is pictured with infectious humor and stirring cynicism, while keeping the authenticity of the age, in an ingenious Western in a wild-wild East never yet captured on film.

SCREENING 15 May, 16:00 Palais I 17 May, 15:30 Palais J

CONTACT Tassilo Hallbauer – Beta Cinema e-mail: beta@betacinema.com Cannes office Grand Hôtel, Bâtiment Le Goéland, 45 bd de la Croisette tel.: +33 4 93 99 55 80 www.betacinema.com

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PRODUCER ON THE MOVE

Jan Macola I perceive my work as a certain

MIMESIS FILM

form of authentic life. With each film, a filmmaker embarks on a new adventurous journey with an uncertain end. I have a feeling that namely this necessity of

Mimesis Film is a feature and documentary film production company based in Prague, Czech Republic. It was founded in April 2012 by Jan Macola with the aim to develop and produce strong cinematic stories that appeal across borders. Mimesis Film focuses on international co-productions, both as a majority and minority partner.

repeated quest is what interests me in film production and pushes me forward.

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CONTACT Jan Macola – Mimesis Film mobile: +420 724 938 883 e-mail: jan@mimesis.cz www.mimesis.cz

PRODUCER ON THE MOVE In 2010, Jan participated in Screen

Confession of the Vanished is a part of

Leaders EU training program and in 2014

a bigger and long-term project of Jan

in EAVE European Producers Workshop

Macola and Petr Vaclav. Shooting and

where he learned about various aspects

editing took more than two years, during

of film production and film business in

which Petr Vaclav was simultaneously

international perspective. In 2012, he

working on the screenplay for the long

founded his own production company

feature Il Boemo, about the unusual

Mimesis Film and started to cooperate

fate of this composer, whose career

with the director Petr Vaclav.

reminds of the rise and fall of the mythological Icarus.

Jan Macola’s producer’s debut was Cesta ven / The Way Out directed by

“The project Il Boemo was the crucial

Petr Vaclav and premiered at Cannes

aspect in my decision to become

Film Festival 2014 within the ACID

a producer. When I read the story of the

section. The Way Out became the most

film for the first time, I was still working at

awarded film of 2015 on the domestic

Barrandov. The text absolutely fascinated

cinema scene. It received 7 Czech Lions

me. It was so exceptional both in its topic

(Czech Film and Television Academy

and the quality of its treatment that

Awards), including the best screenplay

I immediatelly arranged an option to

and best director category for Petr Vaclav

produce the film. At this point, the close

and best film category as well as

cooperation with Petr Vaclav started.”

4 Czech Critics’ Awards, including the award for best feature film of the year.

Apart from developing several feature

The Way Out is successfully distributed in

and documentary projects, Jan also

the Czech Republic, France and Slovakia

plans to open a two-screen art cinema

and many international film festivals are

in Prague later this year.

currently inviting it to its programme.

The second completed film Jan Macola

“I realized that in my neighborhood

Jan studied International Relations and

produced, a feature length documentary

there is no cinema in walking distance.

Political Science at Charles University in

about the Czech composer Josef

I am sure there is a lot of people there

Prague, graduating with the film related

Myslivecek Confession of the Vanished

who would like to go to a cinema and

thesis “EU Policy of Cinematography”.

was released by the Macola’s

the offer of multiplexes don’t satisfy

After the studies, from 2006, he worked

production company Mimesis Film in

them. I thought it could be a good plan

for 6 years at Barrandov Studios, first

April 2015 to selected Czech cinemas.

which can have a chance to survive.

Moreover, as a producer I am motivated

as the Head of Marketing and later as the Head of Acquisitions and Development.

“We think it is very important to work with

by the possibility to take better care of

During this period, he had a great

opera through film, and not only through

the films I produce, to keep them longer

opportunity of first hand experience with

television genres. We want to show this

on the screen. We plan to open a two-

big international productions which were

film not only in classical cinemas but also

screen Pilots Cinema in fall.”

taking place at the time at Barrandov,

at music festivals and on DVD and Blue

such as Casino Royale, The Chronicles

Ray at special screenings for lovers of

of Narnia or the series Borgia.

classical music,” said Jan Macola.

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PRODUCER ON THE MOVE FILMS THE WAY OUT COMPLETED

WE ARE NEVER ALONE IN POSTPRODUCTION

dir. Petr Vaclav CZ, FR 2014 | 102 min drama

dir. Petr Vaclav CZ, FR 2015 | 100 min drama Soused, a prison guard moves into a village. His neighbors across the street are a jobless hypochondriac and his wife Jana, a saleswoman in a local minimarket. One day Milan, a hustler involved with prostitution stops at the minimarket to buy cigarettes.

It turns out to be a life changing event for Soused and his neighbors...

North Bohemia. Zaneta aspires to an impossible future for a modern Roma woman: to live an ordinary life. With no means and no education, she is struggling against a hostile society, and in spite of it all, trying to preserve both her love and her dignity.

CONFESSION OF THE VANISHED COMPLETED dir. Petr Vaclav CZ, FR 2015 | 78 min feature, documentary The film follows the staging of the opera Olimpiade while at the same time exploring the dramatic life of its composer Josef Myslivecek, a friend and teacher of W. A. Mozart

INTO THE NORTH IN POSTPRODUCTION dir. Natasha Dudinski CZ 2015 | 80 min feature, documentary In 1939, a group of Jewish teenagers had to leave for Denmark in order to escape from the fate of their parents, relatives and friends. They spend 4 years together in a unique oasis, which enables them to start their new lives.

NORMAL AUTISTIC FILM IN PRODUCTION dir. Miroslav Janek CZ 2016 | 80 min feature, documentary What is it to be normal?

Instead of looking at autism as a diagnosis, the film shows it as a magic and mysterious way of thinking.

IL BOEMO IN DEVELOPMENT written and directed

by Petr Vaclav length: 120 min budget: EUR 5 million locations: Italy (Venice, Naples), Czech Republic, Germany (Munich) production: winter 2016 – spring 2017

Il Boemo tells the life story of Josef Myslivecek, a composer who sacrificed everything to be free, loved and famous and yet he died alone, sick and forgotten.

Josef Myslivecek rejected his comfortable bourgeois destiny as the eldest son of a Prague master miller to pursue his dream of becoming a composer in Italy. It is a tale of ambition, identity and love. While Josef has no qualms about exploiting the passions his music arouses in women to advance his career, he finds the one woman he truly loves is beyond his grasp. In the late 18th century, “Il Boemo” as he came to be known, was one of the most popular and prolific composers of Italian opera seria. He was also a friend and mentor of young Mozart.

Myslivecek’s life speaks to us because it is the story of an immigrant who leaves his obscure provincial birthplace to seek his fortune in what at the time was the most fashionable country in his field. If the change of climate is highly stimulating, the immigrant’s survival is by no means assured. The land in which he arrives with neither friends nor protectors is already bursting with talented rivals and controlled by people in established positions. Our protagonist has a greater chance of failure than success.

Josef’s fate tells how a career can be made. And how, like love, it can just as easily be lost…

If he is famed in the Czech Republic for having “conquered Italy” and being “the friend of Mozart”, the name of Josef Myslivecek is familiar in Italy and the opera world to only a few specialists and hardly known at all anywhere else. He would probably have been forgotten entirely if he was not mentioned with admiration by Mozart in his letters. It is in this correspondence that the only physical description of him may be found. Otherwise, all that remains of Myslivecek are a few of his letters, some legal documents, critics’ notices and public announcements. And his music.

PETR VACLAV, scriptwriter and director

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PRODUCERS NETWORK

Spotlight on the Czech Republic Saturday, 16 May

Kristina Hejdukova SIRENA FILM Kristina Hejdukova, a graduate of FAMU in Prague is a co-founder of Sirena Film, a Prague based production company specializing in films, TV projects, commercials, music videos and photography. Sirena film produces both its own and co-production projects, putting strong emphasis on creative skill, integrity and excellence. The company has regularly cooperated at international co-productions, especially Scandinavian projects, such as A Royal Affair, The Shamer’S Daughter, 1864 or US film Serena by Oscar awarded director of Danish origin, Susanne Bier.

Kristina co-produced the acclaimed historical epos of Nikolaj Arcel A Royal Affair, winner of 2 Silver Bears at Berlinale 2012 and Oscar nomination (for Best Foreign Language Film).

This Danish-Swedish-Czech co-production, received both types of funding available for co-productions in the Czech Republic – tax incentives program and minority co-production support.

What role you think did the launch of the tax incentive support program in the Czech Republic in 2010 combined with already existing minority co-production support play in winning in the international competition and becoming a part of this exclusive project?

Thanks to the tax incentives program and the minority grant we could offer our partners an interesting part of the financing, which could bring around 10-15% of the total production budget to the table.

Combined with competitive prices, which lower the production costs, we can find a local solution for 25 – 35 % of the total costs. The Czech Republic has been a traditional place for filmmakers from all around the globe for decades and its reputation is solid and trustworthy…and that counts as well, sometimes more than money.

You work a lot with Scandinavia. In 2014, you co-produced Serena by Susanne Bier, Oscar nominated director of Danish origin. Denmark is, similarly to the Czech Republic, a small country with a language spoken by a small community.

But – it has a great film reputation. Do you think we could get a recipe from Denmark?

We could learn a lot from Scandinavia…. the system of

generous state supporting of film schools and film industry, as everything starts with a good education…the open-minded approach to stories, as there are good stories everywhere…the self-confident yet humble approach to work…. the passion and eye for great talents…

What was your first love in film?

My first love was Thomas Winterberg’s film Festen in 1998... It took some time and a couple of bottles of wine to digest the film…but it is still one of my favorites... it proves that a great idea does not necessarily need a great budget... and I still have goose bumps when I think about it today.

What is your “dream” project?

I would love to work with Susanne Bier again, as she is a fantastic person, one of the greatest talents and a very strong and inspiring woman…

Another dream is to work on a film like Love Actually, as it gives off a feeling that it was a great shoot…and I love the script, for me it is a scriptwriting masterpiece.

Where do you see yourself as a producer in five years?

On the set, the first day of shooting of my dream project…starring Ryan Gossling and Sean Penn!

CONTACT Sirena Film

e-mail: info@sirenafilm.com www.sirenafilm.com

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PRODUCERS NETWORK This year Aferim! by Radu Jude was awarded with a Silver Bear for Best Director and Koza by Ivan Ostrochovsky was nominated for Best First Film Award.

A co-production between Romania, Bulgaria and Czech Republic is rather rare. How did you enter the project? And how was the co-operation?

There were several reasons for entering the Aferim! project: the experienced producers on board Ada Solomon and Rossitsa Valkanova, the topic, the script, Radu Jude’s daring vision.

The co-operation was superb – precise, fast, personally enriching.

ALWAYS TOGETHER

Jiri Konecny ENDORFILM Jiri Konecny is a film producer and owner of the

What are in your opinion the skills needed for a good co-producer?

Reliability. A similar point of view on a type of films we want to make. It is important to know each other for some time and to get along on a personal level.

I prefer to build a long-term co-operations.

Prague based production company endorfilm, focusing on feature films and documentaries and often participating in international co-production projects. Jiri’s productions have been selected for numerous international film festivals including Berlinale and IDFA. EAVE 2007 Producer on the Move 2008

CONTACT endorfilm e-mail: endorfilm@endorfilm.cz www.endorfilm.cz

You also co-produce the project Out by György Kristof, a part of this year’s Cinéfondation L’Atelier. Is it a certain director, a topic or something else that makes you believe in a project?

It is the personality and the talent of the director. It is the idea of the project. The range of the projects I do is quite wide. The quality of the film according to my own taste is the key. I like to learn from the project – to do something different than before.

You have produced Olmo Omerzu’s graduation film A Night Too Young presented in Forum at Berlinale 2012. Your recent project with Olmo Family Film is in post-production right now. It is a multiple co-production between Czech Republic, Germany, Slovenia, France and Slovakia.

How did this big project start?

We have developed the project together with Olmo since the very first idea. Olmo’s previous work was the main reason for the

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partners to come on board and I am happy for that. There is a specific role in the project for every co-producer and it all works together very well.

You regularly produce both fiction films and documentaries. Last fall, the documentary you’ve produced Always Together by Eva Tomanova premiered at IDFA 2014. Was it always your intention to go in for both genres?

There is no rule. I like to operate in both fields and often I also produce films on the border of documentary and fiction (Koza, Made In Ash). Perhaps the different aspects of documentary and fiction help me to retain my own balance.

Your docureality Trabant Vs. South America by Dan Priban has attracted more than 25.000 viewers in Czech cinemas in 2014, which is a huge success. A project of two new "trabant" films that will take place in Australia and Asia, brought a great experience with new financing opportunities – it gained more than 100.000 EUR by crowd-funding. Can you comment on this?

Together with Dan Priban we want to make a high-standard films in the “travel” genre. There is a combination of a film for cinema and TV series, so we hit all platforms. It’s provoking and funny. Dan is very active on social media and he also tours Czech and Slovak Republic with his live programme. He has big and active fan base. However, the crowd-funding response was surprisingly huge.

What is your “dream” project?

A contemporary love story.

PRODUCERS NETWORK You co-produced two very successful films last year.

Corn Island was awarded Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2014 and shortlisted for Oscar nominations in 2015. Life in a Fishbowl was selected as the Icelandic entry for Oscars and screened at Toronto International Film Festival.

How did you come across these projects?

LIFE IN A FISHBOWL

Karla Stojakova AXMAN PRODUCTION Karla Stojakova graduated from the production department of FAMU in Prague. In 2000 she co-founded the independent film production company Axman Production and in 2005 she founded FILMASIA – film festival on Asian cinema in Prague.

Axman Production concentrates on independent fiction and documentary films and is often involved in award winning international co-productions from all around the world. Axman is also a service production company with the main focus on projects from South Korea filmed in the Czech Republic.

I always meet wonderful people – filmmakers from all around the world at the major film festivals. I make some friends that stay for years and we cooperate on projects we feel great passion for. We read scripts and we look into films that the directors made before and when it all clicks we know we want to be part of it.

With Corn Island it was similar.

I first met the director through our common friend and afterwards I saw his previous films that were wonderful! All that contributed to the idea to make this special minority coproduction with Georgia and thanks to our Czech Film fund it became possible and we could be involved in this very unique film! Thanks to Karel Och (artistic director of KVIFF) who selected the film and believed in it, we finally won Karlovy Vary IFF and from there an amazing journey started and is still going on…

With LIF – there is a long friendship with Icelandic producer Ingvar Thordarson (we actually met at Producers on the Move) and we have already cooperated on several projects.

I love Nordic cinema, I was involved with Scandinavian films since my studies at FAMU.

I regularly come to my favorite Busan IFF that has become number one festival in Asia! In Korea I have wonderful friends I want to come back to see – they say I must have been Korean in my past life. I truly admire Korean cinema, to mention another film we line produced in the Czech Republic – amazing film Ode to My Father by director JK Yoon that is currently the second most successful film (box office) in the history of Korean cinema.

So by all this I can say I am really honored I can be involved with Korean films for more then 15 years now.

Life in a Fishbowl was your second co-operation with Icelandic director. In 2006, you produced a short film Slavek the Shit directed by Grimur Hákonarson, that was selected for Cinéfondation. Are you still in touch?

Yes we are in touch and I have already sent my wishes to Grimur when I found out his film Rams was selected for Un Certain Regard this year!

Grimur is very talented filmmaker and I was really looking forward to see his feature films after Slavek the Shit we made together in Prague, still during our studies at FAMU.

What are in your opinion the skills needed for a good co-producer?

Determination, commitment and trust, it must be someone you can rely on when needed.

Member of Ateliers du Cinéma Européen (ACE) Producer on the Move 2006

CONTACT Axman Production e-mail: karla@axmanproduction.com www.axmanproduction.com

Karla, you also work a lot with South Korea. Can you comment a on your unique connection with Korean film?

There is a special love I feel for this special country and its cinema. The first time I visited Korea was in 2000 and I production serviced my first Korean film in Prague in 2002 (film titled Double Agent / Ijung Gancheob). Since then

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PRODUCERS NETWORK

ALOIS NEBEL

Pavel Strnad NEGATIV After graduating from the Czech Technical University, Pavel studied film production at Prague FAMU. He is a co-founder of a film production company Negativ, which focuses primarily on working with young filmmakers. The company’s greatest successes to date include Year of the Devil, the winner of 2002 Karlovy Vary IFF, Something Like Happiness, the Best Film of San Sebastian IFF in 2005 and two winners of the European Academy Award – René for the Best Documentary in 2008 and Alois Nebel for the Best Animation Feature in 2012.

Pavel Strnad has been the Chairman of the Czech Producers’

You have worked several times with Bohdan Slama, a renowned Czech director, whose films has been selected for Venice Days, San Sebastian IFF or lately for Sundance.

Do you currently prepare his new project?

Currently, I am preparing a new feature film of Bohdan Slama, with the working title Icy Mother.

Its main character is a 65 years old woman, who, after the death of her husband, tries to cope with her new role in life. At the moment, we are finalizing the work on the script and start with the financing of the project.

The shooting should start in the beginning of 2016, the release is planned for the fall.

Two of your films have won the awards of the European Film Academy – the documentary Rene by Helena Trestikova in 2009 and the animated feature Alois Nebel by Tomas Lunak in 2012. In Alois Nebel, based on a comics trilogy, the unique technology of rotoscoping was used, combining feature and animation techniques. Can you comment on it?

For Alois Nebel, being an adaptation of comics, we were looking for a technology, which would avail us to preserve the artistic style of the comics and to work with actors at the same time. Rotoscoping links animation with acting and when we tested it during the preparation phase in a pilot scene, we knew it was the right choice. We were shooting at locations as well as in a studio.

Animation took us almost 2 years, it was not easy but the result was, in my opinion, worthy the effort.

Association APA since 2001. He is also a member of the Board of the Czech Film and Television Academy.

You often work with Germany, but you have also co-produced

Member of the Board of Ateliers du Cinéma Européen (ACE) Member of European Film Academy Producer on the Move 2003

CONTACT Negativ e-mail: pavel@negativ.cz www.negativ.cz

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FOUR SUNS

a closing film of Cannes Film Festival in 2011 Les bien-aimés

by Christophe Honoré.

How did you come across this project? Did you shoot in Czech Republic as well?

Why Not Productions, the production company we have collaborated with in the past on films by Bohdan Slama, offered us to co-operate on the film which partly took place in Prague. Apart from line production, we also helped the producers with the casting of Milos Forman to one of the lead roles.

You have been active in film production for 20 years now.

Apart from being a producer, you are also one of the founders of the Czech Audiovisual Producers’ Association (APA) and have been involved in cinema policy in the Czech Republic.

In your opinion, what is the weakest point on the Czech production scene? What do we need the most?

Of course, it all starts with financing and although the situation improves gradually, the sources for financing of filmmaking in the Czech Republic are in comparison with Western Europe still on lower level. Especially the field of development and script editing – which are in my opinion the weakest spots of Czech films – deserve bigger support.

What is your “dream” project?

I don’t have any “dream” project, but we are currently preparing several films, I look forward to produce. One of them is an adaptation of the biography of the famous photographer Frantisek Drtikol – A History of Light.

PRODUCERS NETWORK

Petr Tichy BARRANDOV STUDIOS Petr Tichy studied Screen Production and TV and Film Management in Australia. He has extensive international experience in film and television production and he worked in video and multimedia productions for many years. He joined Barrandov Studios in 2009 as Head of International Film and TV Projects and currently he is CEO and the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Barrandov Studios is one of the largest studio complexes in Europe, providing services and facilities for film, TV and commercials pre-production, production and post-production. The company have a long-term experience in national and international production

How is it to combine being a producer and heading one of the largest film studios in Europe?

The studio position is ideal for being able to offer maximum to any project. We are the only place on the local market with full-service studio facility at its disposal and can profit of an excellent know-how which our workers and craftsmen have gained during the long history of Barrandov Studios.

With the international projects coming to Barrandov Studios we have quite strictly determined position within the production so we can learn from this experience and bring this knowledge to our own projects.

What was your first love in film?

My film development was hugely influenced by Australia, where I studied and lived for seven years.

I was strongly impressed in particular by such directors as Peter Weir and Buz Luhrmann.

During your time at Barrandov Studios, you had a chance to meet outstanding international

filmmakers and producers working there. Is any of them very special for you?

Every project is unique and personally enriching experience and I do not think that it is necessary to mention any specific names. What I appreciate is sharing of thoughts, international experience and various points of view that your partners bring to the local film industry and which show you (or can show – if you are listening) how to make things better every next time.

What was the co-operation on Korean blockbuster Snowpiercer

by Bong Joon-ho like?

Snowpiercer was precisely one of these projects that can teach you so much on every step of its creation. Barrandov Studios hosted the production in several soundstages, they used costumes and props department’s services but probably the most important “input” from our side was the construction of large and amazing sets of the futuristic train where the story took place.

and co-production. Casino Royale, Chronicles of Narnia, Oliver Twist and other projects were filmed at Barrandov Studios’ fourteen soundstages.

We recently worked on feature films Snowpiercer, Child 44, Unlocked or television series Borgia, The Musketeers, Crossing Lines and many more.

CONTACT Barrandov Studios e-mail: ptichy@barrandov.cz www.barrandov.cz

SNOWPIERCER

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FUNDING in the Czech Republic

There are two possible forms of state support relating to international productions in the Czech Republic. Both are granted by the State Cinematography Fund: TAX INCENTIVES in the form of tax rebate – an automatic support for all applying qualifying projects - and selective support for MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS.

TAX INCENTIVES Since introduction of the tax rebate in 2010, Czech government has supported 140 audiovisual projects and paid out

HOW MUCH A PROJECT CAN GET?

 20% rebate on qualifying Czech spend and 10% on qualifying international spend

 Eligible spend is capped at 80% of

CZK 1,57 billion in rebates. The Czech

the total budget, there is no cap on

film incentive program is administrated

the amount of grant per project

by the State Cinematography Fund. The

 In more detail: 20% of payments to

disposable budget allocated for the

individuals paying income tax in the

incentives in 2015 is up to CZK 800

Czech Republic (wherever production

million (approximately USD 32,6 m /

takes place), plus 20% of payments

EUR 29 m).

to companies paying income tax in the Czech Republic (even if used

FOR WHAT PROJECTS TAX REBATE

abroad), plus 10% of payments to

IS APPLICABLE?

individuals who do not pay Czech

 Feature, TV, animation and

HOW TO QUALIFY?

 Pass the “Cultural Test”

 Comply with the minimum spend in the Czech Republic: – CZK 15 m (USD 612,000, EUR 545,000) for a feature or TV film – CZK 3 m (USD 122,000, EUR 109,000) for a theatrical documentary – CZK 10 m (USD 408,000, EUR 363,000) for each TV episode

 The Applicant must be registered as an income taxpayer in the Czech Republic

 An international producer can meet

income tax but who do pay Czech

this requirement by co-producing with

documentary films (runtime of at

withholding tax (for the part of

a Czech entity or by setting up

least 70 minutes)

production taking place in the Czech

a subsidiary that meets this

Republic)

requirement

 Episodic TV (runtime of at least 40 minutes per episode)

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FUNDING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

TIMING A call for project registration

SUPPORT FOR EUROPEAN MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS

a year (usually at the beginning of the

The State Cinematography Fund

year) and applicants have one month to

supports European minority

apply. Any applications received after

co-productions with the Czech

the one month period will be considered

Republic. It comprises those cases

in the next call.

of co-production where a Czech producer

HOW TO APPLY?

documentary or animated films.

is a minority co-producer of a feature,

process to the State Cinematography

GUIDELINES

Fund.

The support is intended for

3. Grant award application

 Czech artistic and technical participation

 Czech elements or use of Czech locations/settings

 overall artistic quality of the film;

 originality;

 what percentage of the financial assistance will be spent in the Czech

There is a three-step application

2. Project listing (allocation of the rebate)

The Fund Council will take the following criteria into consideration:

applications is made at least once

1. Project registration

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

 all genres – feature films, documentary films or animated films

 international films whose production

Republic

 cinema distribution of the film or broadcasting of the film in the Czech Republic

The rebate is paid as a cash grant at

at least partially takes place in the

An emphasis is placed on prior work

the end of production in the Czech

Czech Republic with the help of Czech

done by the applicants with view to their

goods and services

international cooperation.

is involved as a supplier of Czech

HOW TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION?

Republic upon submission of audited statements of costs incurred.

 films in which a Czech producer

For further information see the

creative elements and as a minority

The applications can be submitted

www.filmcommission.cz.

co-producer (contributing the minority

based on the calls of the State

funds required); a Czech producer

Cinematography fund. Fund shall

For application forms see the website of

may also cooperate only as

announce special calls for the support

the State Cinematography Fund

a financial participant

of minority co-productions once a year.

www.fondkinematografie.cz.

 official co-production on the basis of a bilateral agreement or the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production

CONTACT State Cinematography Fund Magdalena Kralova (Tax Incentives) e-mail: magdalena.kralova@fondkinematografie.cz Katerina Vojkuvkova (Minority Co-productions) e-mail: Katerina.vojkuvkova@fondkinematografie.cz www.fondkinematografie.cz

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DOC CORNER

CONFESSION OF THE VANISHED | ZPOVED ZAPOMENUTEHO PETR VACLAV | CZ, FR 2015 | 80 MIN

The film portrays the staging

ALWAYS TOGETHER STALE SPOLU EVA TOMANOVA | CZ 2014 | 75 MIN

Twenty five years ago, Petr

in a self-made house build

used to be an urban man

on a meadow of the

studying computer science.

Bohemian Forest, with the

Then he met Simona and

bare essentials – and their

together they decided to

nine children. Can fatherly

pursue their dream of

love become suffocating for

freedom. Choosing

the children? Rejecting

a primitive lifestyle of self-

a conventional life style

sufficiency, love and

means self-sacrifice for the

togetherness, the couple

whole family. Will they be

leads a frugal, bohemian life

able to fit in modern society?

CONTACT Thierry Detaille - Visible Film mobile: +32 477617170 e-mail: sales@visiblefilm.com Jiri Konecny - endorfilm mobile: +420 602 358 373 e-mail: jiri@endorfilm.cz

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Prague, then travelled to

of an opera Olimpiade and

Dijon, Caen and Luxembourg.

introduces Josef Myslivecek,

It was directed by the

a friend and teacher of

renowned Ursel Hermann

W. A. Mozart. The opera was

and conducted by Vaclav

premiered in spring 2013 in

Luks and his Collegium

the National Theatre in

1704.

CONTACT Jan Macola - Mimesis Film mobile: +420 724 938 883 e-mail: jan@mimesis.cz

DOC CORNER

GOTTLAND VIERA CAKANYOVA, PETR HATLE, ROZALIE KOHOUTOVA, LUKAS KOKES, KLARA TASOVSKA | CZ, PL, SK 2014 100 MIN

DANIEL’S WORLD DANIELUV SVET VERONIKA LISKOVA | CZ 2014 | 74 MIN This daring documentary tells

film’s attempt to break one

the story of a platonic love in

of the last sexuality-related

which fulfillment would mean

taboos is not an insight into

more than just moral failure

the world of sexual predators,

for everybody. A young

Gottland provides an

Goebbels, the story of

unconventional look at

Eduard Kirchberger,

Czechoslovak 20th century

a pilot/author in the services

history. This film comprised

of the Czech State Security

of short stories portrays

(STB), Tomas Bata’s vision of

peculiar fates – the Letna

assembly line production and

Plain with the largest statue

the tragic decision of Zdenek

of Stalin replaced by a huge

Adamec to self-immolate as

billboard depicting Vaclav

a form of protest against the

Klaus, the love affair

state of society. This feature

between the actress Lida

film was inspired by the

Baarova and Joseph

bestselling book Gottland from the Polish journalist Mariusz Szczygiel.

child pornography and the

CONTACT

writer Daniel was born

abuse of children, but

a homosexual paedophile.

a sensitive recording of

He is in love and he makes

Daniel’s experiment on how

Tomas Hruby – nutprodukce mobile: +420 731 163 041 e-mail: tomas@nutprodukce.cz

it clear even to the parents

to live a “happy life” as

of the beloved boy. Daniel’s

a paedophile. This paradox

World is a documentary

requires a degree of self-

about a borderline form of

control from Daniel, which is

love and the human capability

unimaginable for most

of trust and tolerance. The

people.

CONTACT Zdenek Holy – Vernes mobile: +420 721 517 780 e-mail: zdenek@vernes.cz Thierry Detaille – Visible Film mobile: +32 477 617 170 e-mail: thierry.detaille@gmail.com

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DOC CORNER

LEAN A LADDER AGAINST HEAVEN OPRI ZEBRIK O NEBE JANA SEVCIKOVA | CZ 2014 | 100 MIN

INTO THE CLOUDS WE GAZE K OBLAKUM VZHLIZIME

Marian Kuffa is a priest in

hosted almost two hundred

a small village of Zakovce in

people. Some die, some are

Slovakia. At his presbytery

born, people come and go‌

he cares for the homeless,

A film about strong faith and

former prisoners, boys and

the value of sacrifice, about

girls from orphanages, the

how much one person is

handicapped and abused

capable of giving another,

mothers with children.

how much he loses and how

Altogether, the priest has

much he wins.

MARTIN DUSEK | CZ 2014 | 66 MIN Women pass through Rada's

wheels is lined in white

life as quickly as tuning

plush, illuminated by green

meets. The only constant is

diodes, and loaded with

his Ford Escort, which isn't

a roaring exhaust. But when

exactly in best shape but

he leaves this small world,

means everything to him.

he runs up against harsh

Rada's miniature world on

reality and his own limitations.

CONTACT Kamila Zlatuskova – Ceska televize mobile: +420 731 433 442 e-mail: kamila.zlatuskova@ceskatelevize.cz

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CONTACT Jana Sevcikova mobile: +420 604 605 349 e-mail: filmsevcikova@seznam.cz

DOC CORNER

MAGIC VOICE OF A REBEL | MAGICKY HLAS REBELKY OLGA SOMMEROVA | CZ 2014 | 85 MIN

LONG LIVE HUNTING! LOVU ZDAR! JAROSLAV KRATOCHVIL | CZ 2014 | 66 MIN

For 20 years, Marta Kubisova

1968. Her dramatic personal

endured with dignity in

life intertwined with the

opposition to the communist

political tragedy. The film

regime. The famous singer

looks at her career, private

Marta Kubisova was silenced

life, civic engagement, and

at the height of her

the history of Czechoslovakia

professional career by the

in the 2nd half of the 20th

Russian tanks that had

century.

occupied Czechoslovakia in Three real hunters lure

in the greenery, and with

viewers on an exotic safari,

hyperbole and exaggerated

on their search for trophies,

poeticism shows the entire

and to their deer stands in

hunting process from luring

the woods. With a brisk polka

the animals to their gutting

tempo, the film presents

and final ingestion. This

various hunting techniques

concisely constructed

and the protagonists’ varied

documentary essay takes

personal relationships to

aim at Czech hunting, but to

hunting. The filmmaker sets

the hunters it doesn’t make

out after the scent of animals

much difference.

CONTACT Pavel Bercik – Evolution Films mobile: +420 777 932 957 e-mail: pbercik@evolutionfilms.cz

CONTACT Pavla Kubeckova - nutprodukce mobile: :+420 605 256 190 e-mail: pavla@nutprodukce.cz

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DOC CORNER

SUGAR BLUES CUKR-BLOG ANDREA CULKOVA | CZ 2014 | 78 MIN

MY HOME | JAMA JIRI STEJSKAL | CZ 2014 | 84 MIN

My Home is a story about an

modern living quarters. In

unusual family in Kiev, who is

addition to that she has to

The director, who was

impact of hundreds of years

currently suffering from

of sugar consummation on

pregnancy diabetes, was

individuals and society. She

suddenly forced to give up

discovers the huge power

refined sugar. Suffering from

this white powder has played

the withdrawal symptoms,

in history right through to the

she realized how difficult it

present day. She uncovers

really is. Sugar is

links between mental and

everywhere; from a roll and

behavioral disorders and

bread, through pre-prepared

excessive consumption of

meals to beer. It’s in tinned

sugar. The genre of the film

vegetables, crisps, and

is mixing scientific

sausages, even in

observation and social

cigarettes, as well as

documentary with some real

advertising and politics. The

life documentary situations.

director investigates the

fighting the real estate

take care of her four

injustice. Natasha, the head

children, two husbands and

CONTACT

of the family, is trying to

a little herd of mischievous

preserve the family farm,

goats.

Irena Taskovski – Taskovski Films mobile: +44 7957 105672 e-mail: irena@taskovskifilms.com

which is now surrounded by

CONTACT Tomas Hruby – nutprodukce mobile: +420 731 163 041 e-mail: tomas@nutprodukce.cz

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DOC CORNER

WAVE VS. SHORE VLNA VS. BREH MARTIN STRBA | CZ, SK 2014 | 88 MIN

VACLAV HAVEL – LIVING IN FREEDOM | ZIVOT PODLE VACLAVA HAVLA

A documentary about an

“Our film tells the story of

extraordinary generation of

diverse journeys branching

Slovak photographers who

out in many different ways,

met at Prague’s FAMU (Film

however, all keeping

Academy) in 1980s and

something in common.

became the Slovak New

Despite the fact that each of

Wave.

them follows its own direction through completely different countries, one thing unites them all. That thing is the constant searching.”

MARTIN STRBA

ANDREA SEDLACKOVA | CZ, FR 2014 | 70 MIN CONTACT The documentary mapping

film is designed to not only

the life of one of the most

attract foreign audiences, but

famous Czechs is portrait of

thanks to the unique

a man whose life was rich in

personality of Vaclav Havel in

paradoxes. He consciously

the context of a complex

made it a drama full of

historical period to also

contrasts and always

approach the younger

followed his conscience. The

generation of Czech viewers.

Lubica Orechovska – PubRes mobile: +421 905 639 429 e-mail: pubres@pubres.sk

CONTACT Jitka Prochazkova – Ceska televize mobile: :+420 736 531 568 e-mail: telexport@ceskatelevize.cz

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SHORT FILM CORNER

ABSOLVENTSKY FILM PROKOP WILHELM | 7 MIN CZ 2015 | ANIMATION

BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN

Animated film with autobiographical

SAKARI LERKKANEN | 16 MIN CZ 2014 | DRAMA

elements that drag you into a life adventure through the cinematographic history.

CONTACT Veronika Kuhrova mobile: +420 724 148 114 e-mail: vkuhrova@gmail.com FAMU – Vera Hoffmanova e-mail: vera.hoffmannova@famu.cz

BABY-BOX KATARIINA LILLQVIST | 9 MIN FI, CZ 2015 | DRAMA, ANIMATION

In an remote east European town, the

The chaos and abstract life of Prague following on 6 stories in 16 minutes.

Everyday troubles of people who cannot see beyond their daily troubles.

CONTACT

evening bells can´t hide the cry of a hungry baby. His father, a streetmusician named Baro, is also having

Sakari Lerkkanen e-mail: mattisakke@gmail.com

a bad day. The social curator is blaming him to be a miserable parent, and shivering the whole day in a square is

AZ ZAPADNE SLUNCE NATALIE CISAROVSKA 28 MIN | CZ 2014 | COMEDY

not healthy option for the child anyway.

CONTACT Otto Suuronen e-mail: otto.suuronen@ses.fi

A movie about freedom and identity in

CTVRTE JARO

the relationship. Sometimes, it is easy

BIRDWATCHER

MARTIN PAV | 14 MIN | CZ 2015 DRAMA

SIMON REVILLA | 6 MIN CZ 2014 | DRAMA

Jakub, alone and lonely, tries to find

to stop believing in yourself, especially if your partner is a very charismatic personality. Tereza is sculptor and Adam is film director. She can’t even be concentrated on her job until Adam's younger brother shows up.

love. In doing so, however, he hits rock A plumber enters an apartment after

bottom.

complaints about leakage, but is

CONTACT Kristyna Kvetova mobile: +420 731 203 715 e-mail: k.kvetova@gmail.com FAMU – Marek Jindra e-mail: marek.jindra@studiofamu.cz

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confronted with the harsh truth.

CONTACT Simon Revilla mobile: +46 0700392729 e-mail: simon.revilla@gmail.com

CONTACT Julie Zackova mobile: +420 602 166 593 e-mail: juliezackova@gmail.com FAMU – Marek Jindra e-mail: marek.jindra@studiofamu.cz

SHORT FILM CORNER

DZENTLMEN

O

IVAN SHVEDOFF | 15 MIN CZ 2015 | COMEDY

LUNGYIN LIM | 7 MIN | CZ, TW 2015 | DRAMA, THRILLER

An adventurous taxi ride with

Living behind his own obstructions, a life

a mysterious passenger without money.

without emotions isn't easy for the man.

CONTACT Ivan Shvedoff e-mail: ivan.shvedoff@gmail.com

FOOD TO GO

Strokes and strokes, he seeks for the ideal contour of something beyond. One

EDGAR ORTIZ | 6 MIN CZ 2014 | COMEDY

day, a strange encounter with his mirroring

A straight faced executive on his lunch

true faces of his surroundings.

images drives the man to unmask the

break, few minutes before a vital

FINE LINE AMIR SHAMS | 6 MIN CZ, US 2014 | DRAMA

presentation. At a restaurant the waitress goes on with her day. They collide as the man wants everything done immediately and she tries to keep her own pace.

A young boy takes his baby brother out for a stroll in the park. Once his friends invite him to play soccer, he faces the dilemma of either accepting the offer or

CONTACT CONTACT FAMU – Vera Hoffmanova e-mail: vera.hoffmannova@famu.cz

taking full care of his close kin. The film

FAMU International – Eva Kotatkova e-mail: eva.kotatkova@famu.cz

explores the real and imagined consequences of his decisions.

CONTACT Amir Shams e-mail: amirshamsss@gmail.com

GAME LIU XINZI | 15 MIN | CZ 2014 CRIMINAL DRAMA

OSLAVA MARTIN KUBA | 26 MIN | CZ 2015 | DRAMA

One room, eight people, a game. The winners could go beyond their social

The story of a young married couple

status and become the bosses, but

whose relationship breaks up against

losers would lose everything, even their

the backdrop of a family celebration.

lives. The rules of the game are super easy. They see a chess game on TV and must bet on the winner. How do they choice? How's that game going?

CONTACT FAMU International – Eva Kotatkova e-mail: eva.kotatkova@famu.cz

CONTACT Marek Novak mobile: +420 607 240 966 e-mail: xova02@gmail.com FAMU – Tomas Simon e-mail: tomas.simon@studiofamu.cz

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SHORT FILM CORNER

PRINZ ABERJAJA ANATOL VITOUCH, ONDREJ CIKAN | 10 MIN | AUSTRIA, CZ 2014 | FANTASTIC DRAMA

STAY THE NIGHT SMYCKA TINTIN SCHEYNIUS | 10 MIN | SE, CZ 2015 | DRAMA

STEPAN PECH | 22 MIN | CZ 2015 | COMEDY, DRAMA

Siv hasn't been able to reach Alva for

A subversive teenage comedy where

a while now. Since Alva left that evening,

classical themes such as search for

The princess does not know anymore,

what used to be a unity of one has

identity, understanding and love carry

whether she loves the prince or the

turned into a division of two. At the

the shadows of repressed carnal

knight, who saved her from the dragon.

airport Siv calls her again. They've

desires. A caricature of pompous

Then she realizes that her mute and blind

decided to meet.

individuals shown in the light of easygoing aesthetics of the 21st century.

servant, the prince and the knight are the same person. An adaptation of a Czech

CONTACT

fairytale and of a poem by Ondrej Cikan.

FAMU International - Eva Kotatkova e-mail: eva.kotatkova@famu.cz

CONTACT Ondrej Cikan mobile: +43 681 104 108 74 e-mail: die.gruppe@gmx.at

CONTACT Jakub Slama mobile: +420 603 578 133 e-mail: kubaslama@gmail.com FAMU – Marek Jindra e-mail: marek.jindra@studiofamu.cz

FACTS & FIGURES TOP 20 IN 2014 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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Director

Country

Distributor

Three Brothers Hobbit,The: The Battle of the Five Armies How to Train Your Dragon 2 Wolf of Wall Street, The Rio 2 Babovřesky 2 Tender Waves Interstellar Penguins of Madagascar, The

Jan Svěrák Peter Jackson

CZ, DK NZ

Dean DeBlois Martin Scorsese Carlos Saldanha Zdeněk Troška Jiří Vejdělek Christopher Nolan Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith Michael Bay Phil Lord, Chris Miller Vladimír Michálek David Fincher James Gunn Francis Lawrence

Transformers: Age of Extinction Lego Movie, The Storyteller Gone Girl Guardians of the Galaxy Hunger Games, The: Mockingjay – Part 1 Prague Cans Nowhere in Moravia Frozen 10 Rules Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Tomáš Vorel Miroslav Krobot Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee Karel Janák Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

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CinemArt Warner Bros Falcon CinemArt Falcon Forum Film

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MARKET SHARE – BOX OFFICE IN CZECH CINEMAS 2014 Market share 2014 others 10%

Market share – EU films 2014 others IT SE 4% DE 1% 2% 5%

EU films 12% FR 10% CZ films 22%

DK 3% UK 10%

US films 56%

CZ 22%

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Czech Film Center presents the newest collection of shorts

www.filmcenter.cz/czechshortfilms2015