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CZECH FILMS 2015

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© Národní filmový archiv 2016 ISBN 978-80-7004-171-0

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INTRODUCTION

Dear friends, It’s a special pleasure to introduce to you our new catalogue this year, as 2015 was a very rewarding year for Czech cinema. Czech films were invited and awarded at numerous film festivals all over the world, Karlovy Vary Film Festival celebrated its 50th birthday, new talented filmmakers and actors emerged on the Czech film scene. The State Cinematography Fund, which is the main tool for public support of cinematography in the Czech Republic, stabilized its position within the industry and supported Czech films of all genres and in various stages of development and production. “Debut” and “co-production” seem to be the key words for the last year’s production. From 35 feature films produced in 2015, fourteen were made in co-production. Slovakia, the traditional Czech co-production partner, has been joined by Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, France and for the first time also Iran. Many co-production films have been celebrating international success: Aferim! by Radu Jude became the winner of 2015 Silver Bear for directing, Family Film by Olmo Omerzu was awarded for the best artistic contribution at Tokyo IFF, Koza by Ivan Ostrochovský received awards at 11 international festivals and Marguerite by Xavier Giannoli, another Czech minority co-production, was premiered at Venice Film Festival and became a distribution blockbuster not only in France. Among the high profile Czech films produced in 2015 were Lost in Munich by Petr Zelenka, produced by Lucky Man Films, Family Film, a co-production of Czech Republic, Germany, Slovenia, France, and Slovakia by Olmo Omerzu produced by endorfilm or The Snake Brothers by Jan Prušinovský produced by Offside Men. Nine debuts from the last year’s production include exceptional Home Care by Slávek Horák, selected as the Czech submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Journey to Rome by Tomasz Mielnik, Dust of the Ground by Vít Zapletal and Road-Movie by Martin Jelínek which was among 14 debuts competing at Tallinn Black Nights FF. 16 feature length documentaries were released in Czech cinemas last year, including Mallory, a new documentary by Helena Třeštíková, which was invited to several important documentary film festivals, including CPH:DOX in Denmark or Climbing Higher by David Čálek. Many last year’s documentaries were made in international co-production: Koudelka Shooting Holly Land by Gilad Baram or Cinema, mon amour by Alexandru Belc. Film Adventurer Karel Zeman by Tomáš Hodan was presented at Montreal WFF, Tallinn Black Nights FF or Monstra – Lisboa. Two Czech feature length animated films were successfully released in Czech cinema distribution last year: Little from the Fish Shop by Jan Balej and The Little Man by Radek Beran. Czech films are still well visited in domestic cinemas. Among most successful last year were comedies, Life is Life by Milan Cieslar, Dodgeball by Petr Nikolaev, Photographer by Irena Pavlásková or Chasing 50, a debut by Vojtěch Kotek. So you would agree this looks like a very hopeful development and I believe it’s a beginning of a new era for Czech film. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for it! Markéta Šantrochová Head of Czech Film Center

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CONTENTS Introduction

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FEATURE FILMS 2015 Aferim! M Aldabra: Byl jednou jeden ostrov Andílek na nervy Babovřesky 3 Celebrity s.r.o. Cesta do Říma D Červený pavouk / Czerwony pająk D David D Domácí péče D Eva Nová D M Fotograf Gangster Ka & Gangster Ka: Afričan Ghoul Kobry a užovky Koza D M Laputa D Lovci a oběti D Marguerite M Nenasytná Tiffany D Noc bezmoci | Medena nok M Obyčejný člověk / Yek Shahrvand-e Kamelan Maamouli Padesátka D Prach D Road-Movie D Rodinný film Sedmero krkavců Svatý Mikuláš D Šiška Deluxe M Vánoční Kameňák Vybíjená Wilsonov Zero M Ztraceni v Mnichově Život je život

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Aferim! Aldabra: Once Upon an Island Victoria Angel Babovřesky 3 Celebrities Ltd Journey to Rome The Red Spider David Home Care Eva Nová Photographer Gangster Ka & Gangster Ka: African Ghoul The Snake Brothers Koza Laputa Hunters and Victims Marguerite The Greedy Tiffany Honey Night A Very Ordinary Citizen

Radu Jude Steve Lichtag Juraj Šajmovič Zdeněk Troška Miloslav Šmídmajer Tomasz Mielnik Marcin Koszałka Jan Těšitel Slávek Horák Marko Škop Irena Pavlásková Jan Pachl Petr Jákl Jan Prušinovský Ivan Ostrochovský Jakub Šmíd Marcus Benois Tran Xavier Giannoli Andy Fehu Ivo Trajkov Majid Barzegar

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Chasing 50 Dust of the Ground Road-Movie Family Film The Seven Ravens St. Nicolas Šiška Deluxe Christmas “Killing Joke” Dodgeball Wilson City Zero Lost in Munich Life Is Life

Vojtěch Kotek Vít Zapletal Martin Jelínek Olmo Omerzu Alice Nellis Petr Smazal Jan Cvitkovič F. A. Brabec Petr Nikolaev Tomáš Mašín Gyula Nemes Petr Zelenka Milan Cieslar

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Malá z rybárny Malý Pán

Little from the Fish Shop The Little Man

DOCUMENTARIES 2015 Amerika D Barvy písku / Farby piesku M Cesta vzhůru Cinema, mon amour M Česká cesta D Češi proti Čechům D Exkurze aneb Historie současnosti M Filmový dobrodruh Karel Zeman Jenica a Perla Koudelka fotografuje Svatou zemi D M Mallory Na Sever Nebezpečný svět Rajka Dolečka D Opuštěný vesmír Pára nad řekou Takovej barevnej vocas letící komety Tlačítka bdělosti V paprscích slunce / V luchakh solnca M Všichní mají pravdu? Karel Floss a ti druzí Zpověď zapomenutého

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Amerika Colors of Sand Climbing Higher Cinema, mon amour The Czech Way Czechs Against Czechs Excursion or History of the Present Film Adventurer Karel Zeman Jenica and Perla Koudelka Shooting Holy Land Mallory Into the North The Dangerous World of Doctor Doleček Abandoned Universe Steam on the River Colourful Tail of a Flying Comet Buttons of Consciousness Under the Sun Is Everyone Right? Karel Floss and the Others Confession of the Vanished

Facts & Figures Index of Directors Index of Czech Titles Index of English Titles

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Jan Balej Radek Beran

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67 Jan Foukal Ladislav Kaboš David Čálek Alexandru Belc Martin Kohout Tomáš Kratochvíl Jan Gogola Jr. Tomáš Hodan Rozálie Kohoutová Gilad Baram Helena Třeštíková Natasha Dudinski Kristýna Bartošová Peter Hledík Filip Remunda, Robert Kirchhoff Václav Kučera Jan Šípek Vitaly Mansky Helena Všetečková

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AFERIM!

RO, BG, CZ 2015 108 min DIRECTOR

Radu Jude

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Hi Film Productions (RO) PRODUCER

Ada Solomon CO-PRODUCERS

Klas Film (BG), endorfilm (CZ) SUPPORT

Romanian CNC, Bulgarian National Film Center, State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Creative Europe – MEDIA, Eurimages

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. CAST/ Teo Corban, Toma Cuzin, Mihai Comanoiu, Victor Rebengiuc, Alexandru Dabija, Luminita Gheorghiu SCRIPT/ Radu Jude, Florin Lăzărescu DOP/ Marius Panduru EDITOR/ Cătălin Cristuţiu SOUND/ Dana Lucretia Bunescu MUSIC/ Trei Parale

Contact Hi Film Productions, Ada Solomon tel.: +40 723 200 640 e-mail: [email protected] www.hifilm.ro endorfilm, Jiří Konečný tel.: +420 602 358 373 e-mail: [email protected]

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International Sales Beta Cinema, Tassilo Hallbauer tel.: +49 89 673469 875 e-mail: tassilo.hallbauer@ betacinema.com www.betacinema.com

ALDABRA: BYL JEDNOU JEDEN OSTROV ALDABRA: ONCE UPON AN ISLAND

CZ 2015 73 min DIRECTOR

Steve Lichtag

Join us on an adventurous 3D expedition to the shores of a mysterious island lost in the waters of the Indian Ocean. To an atoll, which has stubbornly rejected human life and yet is home to a community of exotic animal characters and their entertaining tales. Explore an island, which has risen from the sea only to be engulfed once again by ocean currents and rising seas. Meet our heroes, Elvi, Tory, robber Buster, Snooper, fighter Luis and many others in the story full of excitement, emotions and unexpected twists. Discover Aldabra before it's lost!

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Starlite Pictures PRODUCERS

Petr Keller, Robert Schneider

SCRIPT/ Steve Lichtag DOP/ Ondřej Hošek, Vojtěch Nedvěd EDITOR/ Radim Kotěšovec SOUND/ Jiří Klenka MUSIC/ Robert Jíša

International Sales Vision Films, Lise Romanoff tel.: +1 818-784-1702 e-mail: [email protected] www.visionfilms.net

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Contact Starlite Pictures, Petr Keller tel.: +420 603 565 007 e-mail: [email protected]

ANDÍLEK NA NERVY VICTORIA ANGEL


Juraj Šajmovič

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Road Movies PRODUCER

Beatriz Šajmovičová CO-PRODUCER

ASDesign

The main character of the film is 15 year old Victoria. A typical teenager influenced by mass pop culture. Her way of thinking and acting are mainly determined by mimicking models from the adult world inhabited by celebrities. Victoria is brought up in such an environment by her single mother. Not surprisingly, she finds substitutes of real life and real relationships in the virtual reality of social networks. A turn in her life happens after the death of her mother, a successful businesswoman. Vicky involuntarily moves to her biological father, away from a big city that offered her practically everything that came across her mind. Her adaptation to a new surroundings and a “new” father brings comical situations that arise from a collision of worlds that seem too far apart to merge. CAST/ Pavel Řezníček, Anna Kadeřávková, Petra Černocká, Miroslav Vladyka, Linda Rybová, Adam Mišík SCRIPT/ Alexandra Škampová, Beata Parkanová, Juraj Šajmovič, Beatriz Šajmovičová DOP/ Jan Vlnas, Vidu Gunaratna EDITOR/ Boris Machytka SOUND/ Ludvík Bohadlo, Filip Slavík MUSIC/ Petr Malásek

Contact Road Movies, Beatriz Šajmovičová tel.: +420 723 009 964 e-mail: [email protected] www.roadmovies.cz

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BABOVŘESKY 3


Zdeněk Troška

Zdeněk Troška’s summer comedy is a humorous look at life in a contemporary village. Here we follow, with detachment and comedic hyperbole, the snowballing misunderstandings and coincidences that really get the village inhabitants in a whirl. The story is not lacking love, jealousy, envy, intrigue and, above all, humorous moments where many will recognize a bit of themselves. The story begins where the second part left off: the mayor wants to exact his revenge on the local gossipers and sends them to the seaside for a vacation.

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Fénix Film PRODUCERS

Dana Voláková, Michaela Flenerová CO-PRODUCERS

CAST/ Veronika Žilková, Lukáš Langmajer, Jana Synková, Pavel Kikinčuk, Lucie Vondráčková SCRIPT/ Zdeněk Troška, Marek Kališ DOP/ Ervín Sanders EDITOR/ Dalibor Lipský SOUND/ Martin Ženíšek MUSIC/ Karel Vágner

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NOGUP agency, FV Plast

Contact Fénix Film, Dana Voláková tel.: +420 602 369 033 e-mail: [email protected] www.fenixfilm.cz

CELEBRITY S.R.O. CELEBRITIES LTD


Miloslav Šmídmajer

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Bio Illusion PRODUCER

Miloslav Šmídmajer CO-PRODUCER

Fénix Film

The comedy unfolds in the attractive environment of the never ending filming of a TV series. The performance opens up with wonderful interplay of relationships, characters, situations, conflicts, big hopes and ambitious plans interwoven with a love motif. Emil is a friendly and good-natured sitcom actor who has perpetual bad luck. He witnesses a crime and, not wanting to testify, has to change his identity and completely disappear just at the time when he is offered a starring role and the girl of his dreams is willing to return his feelings. CAST/ Jiří Mádl, Monika Horváthová, Vilma Cibulková, Filip Kaňkovský, Martin Stránský, Zuzana Bydžovská SCRIPT/ Petr Hudský, Jiří Mádl DOP/ Martin Duba EDITOR/ Jakub Vansa SOUND/ Pavel Dvořák MUSIC/ Zdenek Merta

Contact Bio Illusion, Miloslav Šmídmajer tel.: +420 602 440 753 e-mail: [email protected] www.bioillusion.com

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CESTA DO ŘÍMA JOURNEY TO ROME

CZ, PL 2015 100 min DIRECTOR

Tomasz Mielnik

Vašek learns that he is dying, so he steals a painting and goes to Rome to sell it – he needs money for a healer. Sitting on a train with a fake moustache on his face, he has no idea that he has, in fact, been sent on a spiritual quest of his life by a beautiful girl. His pursuers look as if they were transported from a 1970’s movie, yet his attention is constantly drawn to the other passengers, who pull him into their own stories with no mercy. Vašek slowly gets lost in a colourful chaos of other people’s destinies, opinions and his own dreams. In the end, his train will take some of them to hell, others to enlightenment or a bizarre epiphany. The film takes a humorous view on all the basic philosophical questions we have heard so many times but that we have yet to find the answers to. CAST/ Václav Hrzina, Berenika Kohoutová, Petr Slavík, Miroslav Donutil, Jan Englert, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Jiří Najvert, Zdeněk Hudeček SCRIPT/ Tomasz Mielnik DOP/ Jan Šuster EDITOR/ Šimon Hájek SOUND/ Michaela Patríková, David Titěra MUSIC/ Martin Klusák, Midi Lidi

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PRODUCTION COMPANY

Background Films PRODUCERS

Mikuláš Novotný, Radim Procházka CO-PRODUCERS

EasyBusyProductions (PL), Czech Television, FAMU, MagicLab SUPPORT

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Polish Film Institute

Contact Background Films, Mikuláš Novotný tel.: +420 777 910 290 e-mail: [email protected] www.backgroundfilms.cz

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ČERVENÝ PAVOUK / CZERWONY PAJĄK THE RED SPIDER

PL, CZ, SK 2015 95 min DIRECTOR

Marcin Koszałka

CO-PRODUCERS

Karol is an ordinary young man, living in the 1960s Cracow. Poland is under communist regime, times are dark and murky, while the city is empty and morose. By coincidence Karol one day discovers a body of a murdered boy, presumably the new victim of Red Spider, a terrifying serial killer, prowling the streets of Cracow. Fascinated by death, Karol will soon have to make the most important choice of his life.

Fog'n'Desire Films (CZ), Sokol Kollár (SK), Zentropa International Poland (PL), Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe (PL), Orange Polska (PL)

CAST/ Filip Pławiak, Adam Woronowicz, Julia Kijowska, Małgorzata Foremniak STORY/ Marta Szreder SCRIPT/ Marcin Koszałka, Łukasz M. Maciejewski DOP/ Marcin Koszałka EDITOR/ Krzysztof Komander, Marcin Koszałka SOUND DESIGN/ Michał Fojcik SOUND/ Bartłomiej Bogacki MUSIC/ Petr Ostrouchov

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Mental Disorder 4 (PL) PRODUCER

Agnieszka Kurzydło

SUPPORT

Polish Film Institute, State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Krakow Regional Film Fund Contact Mental Disorder 4, Dagmara Piasecka tel.: +48 606 353 939 e-mail: [email protected] www.md4.eu Fog’n’Desire Films Michal Kollár, tel.: +420 775 619 027 e-mail: [email protected] Viktor Tauš, tel.: +420 775 204 809 e-mail: [email protected] www.fogndesirefilms.com

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DAVID


Jan Těšitel

David is a young man with a mental handicap. The problem is that he is aware of his disability and thus the family environment becomes more and more frustrating for him as the years go by. One night he decides to leave his home and takes the night train to Prague, leaving behind his mobile phone, with all the data erased. David’s trip quickly turns into a kind of psychedelic pilgrimage, full of strange decisions and unexpected situations. The story is told in two parallel lines. One focuses on David and his search for the limits of his own existence, the other deals with the parents, who are looking for David and trying to deal with the issue of the upbringing and responsibilities towards a handicapped child.

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Sugar Division PRODUCER

Veronika Kührová CO-PRODUCERS

FAMU, MagicLab SUPPORT

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic

CAST/ Patrik Holubář, Alena Štréblová, Ondřej Pavelka, Igor Bareš, Šárka Vaculíková, Mikuláš Čížek SCRIPT/ Jan Těšitel DOP/ Marek Dvořák EDITOR/ Šimon Hájek SOUND/ Barbora Hovorková MUSIC/ Andy Wright Becker

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Contact Sugar Division, Veronika Kührová tel.: +420 724 148 114 e-mail: [email protected]

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DOMÁCÍ PÉČE HOME CARE

CZ, SK 2015 92 min DIRECTOR

Slávek Horák

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Tvorba Films PRODUCER

Slávek Horák CO-PRODUCERS

Fog’n’Desire Films, Česká televize, Sokol Kollár (SK), Svoboda & Williams SUPPORT

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Filmová nadace

Contact Tvorba Films, Slávek Horák tel.: +420 603 206 038 e-mail: [email protected]

Dedicated home care nurse Vlasta attends her whimsical patients in her South Moravian country region. But when she learns that she needs help herself she has to reach for it outside of her comfort zone. Through the daughter of one of her patients and her esoteric mentor, she starts to discover the realm of alternative healing and thanks to it she also starts to discover herself, perhaps... All this is frowned upon by her husband Láďa, who doesn’t believe in “all this nonsense” one bit. Thus Vlasta has to fight both her illness and her husband’s “common sense”. Comedy and drama intertwine as Vlasta realizes – for the first time in her life – that she needs care too... CAST/ Alena Mihulová, Bolek Polívka, Tatiana Vilhelmová, Zuzana Krónerová, Sára Venclovská SCRIPT/ Slávek Horák DOP/ Jan Šťastný EDITOR/ Vladimír Barák SOUND/ Juraj Baláž, Peter Surový

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International Sales m-appeal world sales, Torsten Schulze tel.: +49 30 61 50 75 05 e-mail: [email protected] www.m-appeal.com

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EVA NOVÁ

SK, CZ 2015 106 min DIRECTOR

Marko Škop

Eva would do anything to regain the love of her son. Many years ago she abandoned him for her career. Now she is coming out of rehab determined to rectify something for which she has lacked the courage for years. Eva Nová (62) was one of the well-known actors of communist era. In rehab, she was repeatedly told that her life has a purpose, but she just has to put everything in order. She is afraid that she won’t be able to cope but she is determined to fight. She returns to her small apartment with an old poster recalling her days of glory. She quickly tidies it up and then immediately travels to visit her family. Supposedly everyone deserves a second chance. The question is whether it isn’t too late… CAST/ Emília Vášáryová, Milan Ondrík, Anikó Vargová, Žofia Martišová SCRIPT/ Marko Škop DOP/ Ján Meliš EDITOR/ František Krähenbiel, Marina Andree Škop SOUND/ Jan Čeněk SET DESIGNER/ Erika Gadus

International Sales Loco Films, Florencia Gil tel.: +33 762 99 49 19 e-mail: [email protected] www.loco-films.com

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Artileria (SK) PRODUCERS

Marko Škop, Ján Meliš CO-PRODUCER

Alice Tabery (CZ) SUPPORT

Slovak Audiovisual Fund, State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Radio and Television of Slovakia, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Creative Europe – MEDIA

Contact Artileria, Marko Škop tel.: +421 903 789 198 e-mail: [email protected] www.artileria.sk

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Alice Tabery tel.: +420 732 883 260 e-mail: [email protected]

FOTOGRAF PHOTOGRAPHER


Irena Pavlásková

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Cineart TV Prague PRODUCER

Viktor Schwarcz CO-PRODUCERS

Czech Television, Eydelle Film SUPPORT


Contact Cineart TV Prague, Viktor Schwarcz tel.: +420 777 220 364 e-mail: [email protected]

The story is freely inspired by the life and work of Jan Saudek, internationally known Czech photographer, who has exhibited and sold his work in the largest galleries and art houses, earned international recognition and awards but always remained himself. In flashbacks, we briefly dive into some of the basic stages of his turbulent life: memories of the war and the trauma from the Nazi refugee camps, bans on his work and persecution by the communist secret police, the failures of his marriages, etc. The entire story is framed by his meeting a young woman who would become his femme fatale, though not in the good sense of the word. CAST/ Karel Roden, Máša Málková, Vilma Cibulková, Zuzana Vejvodová, Václav Neužil, Marika Procházková, Patrik Děrgel, Jitka Sedláčková SCRIPT/ Irena Pavlásková, Jan Saudek DOP/ David Ployhar EDITOR/ Alois Fišárek SOUND/ Jiří Klenka MUSIC/ Jiří Chlumecký

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International Sales NewGold Entertainment, Max Czertok tel.: +39 331 703-2077 e-mail: [email protected] www.newgoldent.it

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GANGSTER KA GANGSTER KA: AFRIČAN GANGSTER KA GANGSTER KA: AFRICAN

CZ 2015 90 min, 98 min DIRECTOR

Jan Pachl

A film, based on the book by Jaroslav Kmenta, tells the story of a Mafioso who tried to gain control of the state-owned petroleum concern. The main character is the gangster Radim Kraviec, nicknamed “K”. He was always capable of violence, but when his father was abducted and killed by a competing mafia, he became a murdering monster. The story is divided into two independent films. The first is set in the Czech Republic, the second subheaded “The African”, is a continuation of Kraviec’s life of crime after his escape from the Czech Republic. The films bring a detailed study of the rise and fall of a gangster and try to decipher the little-known mechanisms of organised crime.

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Movie PRODUCER

Adam Dvořák CO-PRODUCER

Czech Television

CAST/ Hynek Čermák, Predrag Bjelac, Filip Čapka, Vlastina Svátková, Alexej Pyško, Zdeněk Žák, Miroslav Etzler SCRIPT/ Jan Pachl DOP/ Marek Janda EDITOR/ Adam Dvořák SOUND/ Jakub Čech MUSIC/ Tadeáš Věrčák

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Contact Movie, Adam Dvořák tel.: +420 608 979 718 e-mail: [email protected] www.czechmovie.cz

GHOUL


Petr Jákl

PRODUCTION COMPANY

J.B.J. Film PRODUCER

Petr Jákl

While filming a documentary about cannibalism of the 20th century, a crew of American filmmakers must face the real life story of probably the most violent serial killer of all times, a cannibal who killed more than fifty people. They travel to an area of Ukraine where people have been mysteriously disappearing, and soon find themselves trapped in a supernatural hunting ground, the next victims of a malevolent spirit. CAST/ Jennifer Armour, Jeremy Isabella, Paul S. Tracey, Alina Golovlyova SCRIPT/ Petr Jákl, Petr Bok DOP/ Jan Šuster EDITOR/ Matouš Outrata SOUND/ Martin Jílek MUSIC/ Karel Havlíček

Contact J.B.J. Film, Petr Jákl tel.: +420 608 702 079 e-mail: [email protected] www.jbj-film.cz

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International Sales Expression Entertainment, Daniel Bort tel.: +1 323 301 2792 e-mail: [email protected] www.expressionent.com

KOBRY A UŽOVKY THE SNAKE BROTHERS


Jan Prušinovský

Brothers Viper and Cobra 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, who is almost forty, unemployed and still without a girlfriend, can’t 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 addiction show up in his life once more to put him on the verge of losing everything he achieved. He decides to teach his brother a life lesson. A lesson that uncontrollably turns into a nightmare... CAST/ Matěj Hádek, Kryštof Hádek, Jan Hájek, Lucie Polišenská, Lucie Žáčková, Jana Šulcová, David Máj SCRIPT/ Jaroslav Žváček DOP/ Petr Koblovský EDITOR/ Lukáš Opatrný SOUND/ Matěj Matuška, Michal Čech

International Sales Media Luna, Ida Martins tel.: +49 170 9667900 e-mail: [email protected] www.medialuna.biz FEATURE FILMS 2015

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PRODUCTION COMPANY

Offside Men PRODUCERS

Ondřej Zima, Jan Prušinovský CO-PRODUCERS

Czech Television, RWE SUPPORT

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Filmová nadace

Contact Offside Men, Ondřej Zima tel.: +420 736 751 010 e-mail: [email protected] www.offsidemen.cz

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KOZA


Ivan Ostrochovský

PRODUCTION COMPANIES

sentimentalfilm (SK), endorfilm (CZ) PRODUCERS

Marek Urban, Ivan Ostrochovský, Jiří Konečný CO-PRODUCERS

Czech Television (CZ), Radio and Television Slovakia (SK), Punkchart films (SK) SUPPORT

Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Creative Europe – MEDIA

Peter Koza Baláž is a former Olympic boxer. He and his girlfriend Miša live in a dilapidated housing estate, constantly struggling to make ends meet. Miša learns that she is expecting a baby. She decides to terminate her pregnancy and she wants Koza to find the necessary money. Koza, who has not trained in a while, steps back into the ring, hoping to earn some much-needed cash and possibly change Miša’s mind. He and his manager, Zvonko, embark on a tour through uncountable fights, where success seems impossible and yet is never forfeited. Koza features Peter Baláž, who competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, and Ján Franek, Olympic medallist from Moscow 1980, as his coach. CAST/ Peter Baláž, Zvonko Lakčević, Ján Franek, Stanislava Bongilajová, Nikola Bongilajová, Tatiana Piussi SCRIPT/ Marek Leščák, Ivan Ostrochovský DOP/ Martin Kollár EDITOR/ Viera Čákanyová, Maroš Šlapeta SOUND/ Tobias Potočný

Contact sentimentalfilm, Marek Urban tel.: +421 903 229 446 e-mail: [email protected] www.sentimentalfilm.com endorfilm, Jiří Konečný tel.: +420 602 358 373 e-mail: [email protected]

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International Sales Pluto Film, Patricie Pouzarova tel.: +49 030 2191 8220 e-mail: [email protected] www.plutofilm.de

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LAPUTA


Jakub Šmíd

Johanka (27) spends all of her time in her café Laputa. Men come here and leave again. Miki, a poet, leaves for Turkey with Johanka's sister; Johanka's old flame Felix returns from distant travels, forms a band and then flies off again to Puerto Rico, where he gets married. Futility stares out at Johanka from every beer mug and so she turns the café into a massage parlour. Apparently nothing has changed, but the cards say it clearly: she should take a look at her life from a distance and realise that this is her, this is her home and this is her family. CAST/ Tereza Voříšková, Marika Šopovská, Igor Orozovič, Petr Stach, Pavel Gajdoš, Luboš Veselý, Ivana Chýlková, Johanna Tesařová SCRIPT/ Lucie Bokšteflová DOP/ Vidu Gunaratna EDITOR/ Tomáš Vrána SOUND/ Jiří Gráf MUSIC/ Pavel Kopecký

International Sales Summerside International, Francesca Manno e-mail: francesca.manno@ filmbridgeinvest.com www.summersideinternational.com

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PRODUCTION COMPANY

Cineart TV Prague PRODUCERS

Viktor Schwarcz, Veronika Schwarczová CO-PRODUCER

Czech Television SUPPORT


Contact Cineart TV Prague, Viktor Schwarcz tel.: +420 777 220 364 e-mail: [email protected]

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LOVCI A OBĚTI HUNTERS AND VICTIMS


Marcus Benois Tran

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Nero Production PRODUCER

Milan Sluka

Film is inspired by real life stories. What should you do if you end up in the helix of debt? Jakub – the leading protagonist knows how to get rid of executors. But he also has to face a gang with the roughest leader and deal with the malicious moneylender’s mean tricks with constant bills and rocketing interests. Jakub’s problems are not only his – they befall to his family and friends too. He’s hapless and he looses in love too. He makes some very bad legal moves because of enforcers. This is the time when a fight for life starts. CAST/ Martin Kraus, Tomáš Hanák, Jaromír Nosek, Jakub Mohamed Ali, Marcus Benois Tran, Martin Písařík, Karel Heřmánek ml., Karel Heřmánek st., Marek Vašut SCRIPT/ Milan Sluka DOP/ Vladimír Straka, Daniel Šperl EDITOR/ Jaroslav Volek, Tomáš Konvička SOUND/ Petr Kuba, Tomáš Bělohradský

Contact Nero Production, Milan Sluka tel.: +420 607 383 283 e-mail: [email protected] www.nero-production.cz

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MARGUERITE

FR, CZ, BE 2015 127 min DIRECTOR

Xavier Giannoli

Paris in the 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman with a passion for music and the opera. For years, she has performed regularly for a circle of guests. But Marguerite sings tragically out of tune and no one has ever told her. Her husband and her close friends have always encouraged her in her illusions. Things become very complicated the day she gets it into her head to perform in front of a genuine public, at the Opera. CAST/ Catherine Frot, Georges Dumont, André Marcon, Michel Fau Atos, Christa Théret SCRIPT/ Xavier Giannoli DOP/ Glynn Speeckaert EDITOR/ Cyril Nakache SOUND/ François Musy MUSIC/ Ronan Maillard

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Fidélité Films (FR) PRODUCERS

Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier CO-PRODUCERS

Gabriel (FR), France 3 Cinéma (FR), Sirena Film (CZ), Scope Pictures (BE), Jouror Cinéma (FR), CN5 Productions (FR) SUPPORT

Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animeé, Eurimages

Contact Fidélité Films tel.: +33 1 55 34 98 08 e-mail: [email protected] International Sales Memento Films tel.: +33 1 53 34 90 20 e-mail: sales@ memento-films.com international.memento-films.com

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Sirena Film, Artemio Benki tel.: +420 221 411 666 e-mail: artemio.benki@ sirenafilm.com www.sirenafilm.com

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NENASYTNÁ TIFFANY THE GREEDY TIFFANY


Andy Fehu

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Company F PRODUCERS

Filip Brouk, Filip Čermák SUPPORT


Pepa is not homeless but he is close to it. He makes his living by robbing cottages and houses. During one of his raids he nearly gets caught and after escaping deep into the woods he finds something quite unexpected – a damaged video camera with a tape that shows the way to a hidden treasure. Pepa decides to have it no matter what is the cost. But he is not alone, as other treasure hunters learn about the discovery and also start searching the countryside for it. No one knows how dangerous it will become as the treasure is not what it seems to be. CAST/ Leoš Noha, Jiří Panzner, Petr Vaněk, Vojtěch Johaník, Petr Čtvrtníček SCRIPT/ Andy Fehu DOP/ Jakub Ševčík EDITOR/ Michal Böhm SOUND/ Jan Kalužný MUSIC/ Mojmír Měchura

Contact Company F, Filip Čermák tel.: +420 603 309 186 e-mail: [email protected]

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NOC BEZMOCI | MEDENA NOK HONEY NIGHT

MK, CZ, SI 2014 89 min DIRECTOR

Ivo Trajkov

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 and the arrest of a minister. As a sole author of an incriminating report, he fears he might be arrested too. The way out of it is to destroy all compromising evidence he keeps at home. He also fears he’s being followed and his home bugged. After a long, turbulent night, Nikola reconciles with his destiny and awaits his arrest. CAST/ Nikola Ristanovski, Verica Nedeska SCRIPT/ Ivo Trajkov DOP/ Milorad Glushica EDITOR/ Andrija Zafranovic SOUND/ Marek Hart MUSIC/ Toni Kitanovski

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Kaval Film (MK) PRODUCER

Robert Jazadziski CO-PRODUCERS

i/o post (CZ), A Atalanta (SI), Soundsquare(CZ) SUPPORT

Macedonian Film Agency, State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic

Contact Kaval Film, Robert Jazadziski tel.: +389 70 279092 e-mail: [email protected] www.kavalfilm.com.mk

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i/o post, Jordi Niubo tel.: +420 604 703 308 e-mail: [email protected] www.iopost.cz

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OBYČEJNÝ ČLOVĚK / YEK SHAHRVAND-E KAMELAN MAAMOULI A VERY ORDINARY CITIZEN

IR, CZ 2015 100 min DIRECTOR

Majid Barzegar

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Armand Production (IR) PRODUCERS

Majid Modarresi, Saeed Armand CO-PRODUCERS

Barzegar Production (IR), Europe Media Nest (CZ), i/o post (CZ)

Tehran, present day. After the death of his wife and facing the onset of Alzheimer’s, Mr Safari, an eighty-year-old pensioner, decides to visit his son, who lives abroad and cannot return home for security reasons. Sara, a young woman working in a travel agency, is given the task of organising Mr Safari’s travel arrangements. But then Mr Safari falls in love with Sara, he gives up all ideas of travelling and decides, before his memory completely fails, to express his love for her at any price, even if it involves murder. CAST/ Souren Mnatsakanian, Shadi Karamroudi, Nahid Hadadi SCRIPT/ Jafar Panahi, Majid Barzegar DOP/ Amin Jafari EDITOR/ Hamidreza Barzegar SOUND/ Yadolah Najafi, Amir Hossein Ghasemi

SUPPORT

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Hubert Bals Fund

Contact i/o post, Jordi Niubo tel.: +420 604 703 308 e-mail: [email protected] www.iopost.cz

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International Sales DreamLab Films tel.: +33 4 9338 7561 e-mail: [email protected] www.dreamlabfilms.com

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PADESÁTKA CHASING 50


Vojtěch Kotek

Every year on the day of the Twelfth-Night (06/01) skiers compete in the country’s biggest open cross country race. It’s called The Twelfth-Night Fifty (50 km), the competition takes place in the Giant mountains of Bohemia. Pavka Bulan, a legendary amateur racer, happens to also own a mountain ski lodge. Pavka, finishes this year’s race in a good time; however, his son Jura, doesn’t even finish the race. As opposed to the bracing cold of cross country skiing, Jura prefers the seductive warmth of women much older than himself. Pavka is focusing too much on Jura completing the race and doesn’t give enough time looking at the possibility of heaving another son. One he’s never met. Hilsky, someone who's skiing for something much bigger than victory, maybe has found the chance to finally meet, after many years, the father he’s never known…

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Format Factory PRODUCERS

Daniel Strejc CO-PRODUCERS

Europe Easy Energy, MagicLab, Studio Beep

CAST/ Jakub Prachař, Ondřej Pavelka, Marek Taclík, Vilma Cibulková, Tereza Voříšková, Oldřich Kaiser, Jiří Schmitzer SCRIPT/ Petr Kolečko DOP/ Tomáš Sysel EDITOR/ Tomáš Klímek SOUND/ Lukáš Moudrý, Jan Šléška MUSIC/ Viliam Béreš, Patrik Karpentski

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Contact Format Factory Daniel Strejc tel.: +420 777 821 748 e-mail: daniel.strejc@ formatfactory.cz Martin Palán tel.: +420 602 267 802 e-mail: [email protected]

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PRACH DUST OF THE GROUND


Vít Zapletal

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Produkce Radim Procházka PRODUCER

Radim Procházka CO-PRODUCERS

FAMU, Barrandov Studio, Czech Television

Father’s stroke sets off a tale of three days and two nights in life of one family. Both sons and their partners turn up at the parents’ house, located in a secluded area in the countryside. After a long time they are all together again. Time almost comes to a standstill; the reverential mood invites meditations about the fundamental questions of life. Inconspicuous, strange coincidences point their paths in unpredictable directions. This restrained film which relies on the audience’s active participation, brings spiritual dimension back to Czech cinema, which has nothing in common with tacky pseudo-mysticism. CAST/ Radek Valenta, Hana Jagošová, Vojtěch Poláček, Eliška Stejskalová, Filip Truksa SCRIPT/ Vít Zapletal, Václav Hrzina DOP/ Ondřej Belica EDITOR/ Jiří Procházka SOUND/ Jan Richtr SET DESIGNER/ Jana Hauskrechtová

Contact Produkce Radim Procházka, Radim Procházka tel.: +420 603 862 161 e-mail: [email protected] www.radimprochazka.com

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ROAD-MOVIE


Martin Jelínek

A film about the current generation of young people, their disorientation, absence of important values, goals, imagination and personal opinion. Jakub and Ilona have known each other since their childhood and they are now meeting after a long time in their hometown. Because she is spontaneous and he is bored, together they set off on a journey to an unknown destination in an old red Ford. Their initially joyful trip during which they plan to flee to Italy to pick up apricots gradually becomes rather frustrating for both of them.

PRODUCTION COMPANY

FAMU PRODUCERS

Ondřej Šejnoha, Kristýna Květová

CAST/ Matěj Meruňka, Agáta Kryštůfková, Josef Láska, Vít Rohr, Matěj Anděl, Tomáš Hanák, Kamila Trnková SCRIPT/ Martin Jelínek, Vít Zapletal DOP/ Aleš Lněnička, Filip Rejč EDITOR/ Jana Nemčeková SOUND/ Tomáš Oramus SET DESIGNER/ Ivana Kanhauserová

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Contact FAMU, Kristýna Květová tel.: +420 731 203 715 e-mail: [email protected]

RODINNÝ FILM FAMILY FILM

CZ, DE, SI, FR, SK 2015 95 min DIRECTOR

Olmo Omerzu

PRODUCTION COMPANY

endorfilm PRODUCER

A husband and wife set sail across the ocean, leaving their two children to explore the freedom of being home alone. The boat goes under, and so does the family. A dog, stuck on a desert island, is their only hope.

Jiří Konečný CO-PRODUCERS

42film (DE), Czech Television, Arsmedia (SI), Rouge International (FR), Punkchart films (SK)

CAST/ Daniel Kadlec, Jenovéfa Boková, Karel Roden, Vanda Hybnerová, Eliška Křenková, Martin Pechlát SCRIPT/ Olmo Omerzu, Nebojša Pop-Tasić DOP/ Lukáš Milota EDITOR/ Jana Vlčková SOUND/ Johannes Doberenz, Florian Marquardt SET DESIGNER/ Iva Němcová

SUPPORT

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Creative Europe – MEDIA, Eurimages, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Slovenian Film Center, Slovak Audiovisual Fund

Contact endorfilm, Jiří Konečný tel.: +420 602 358 373 e-mail: [email protected]

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International Sales Cercamon, Sebastien Chesneau tel.: +971 566 06 38 24, +336 21 71 39 11 e-mail: [email protected] www.cercamon.biz

SEDMERO KRKAVCŮ THE SEVEN RAVENS


Alice Nellis

The Seven Ravens is a fairytale about a young girl who decides to save her brothers from a curse which was brought upon them by their mother. It’s a tale of courage, strong will, the power of language and true love. The protagonist is a young girl Bohdanka, born to the grief-stricken family of a baker, whose wife cursed their seven sons in an outburst of rage many years ago and turned them into ravens. The parents keep this tragedy secret from Bohdanka. On the cusp of adulthood, she learns about the family curse and decides to save her brothers. She is advised by a local witch to sew shirts for them. But not just any shirts – she has to pick nettles, process the fibres into fabric, and make every stitch herself. The girl sets out for a long journey to fulfil her mission. CAST/ Martha Issová, Sabina Remundová, Lukáš Příkazký, Václav Neužil, Zuzana Bydžovská, Jana Oľhová SCRIPT/ Alice Nellis DOP/ Matěj Cibulka EDITOR/ Filip Issa SOUND/ Jiří Klenka

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PRODUCTION COMPANY

Honys Motion PRODUCER

Ester Honysová CO-PRODUCER

Et cetera group (SK) SUPPORT

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Eurimages

Contact Honys Motion, Ester Honysová tel.: +420 723 027 680 e-mail: [email protected] www.honysmotion.cz

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SVATÝ MIKULÁŠ ST. NICOLAS


Petr Smazal

PRODUCTION COMPANY

F8 Art Company PRODUCER

Petr Smazal CO-PRODUCER

A group of Prague film school students is shooting a documentary about an insane asylum of St. Nicolas. It is said that, even today, the ghosts of former patients are wandering in this sanatorium. The group, led by Natália Kocurová, is visiting the asylum to realize very soon that getting out will be much more difficult than getting in was.

ASDesign

CAST/ Daniela Alfonzová, Jiří Bystřický, Václav Šindelář, Karel Pilný, Martin Pospíšil SCRIPT/ Petr Smazal DOP/ Jiří Bystřický EDITOR/ Karel Ondrka SOUND/ Petr Smazal

Contact F8 Art Company, Petr Smazal tel.: +420 778 004 410 e-mail: petr.smazal@ f8artcompany.com www.f8artcompany.com

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ŠIŠKA DELUXE

SI, CZ, MK 2015 108 min DIRECTOR

Jan Cvitkovič

Absurd comedy taking place in the Šiška district of Ljubljana. Forty year-old longtime friends – Mile, “smart-ass” and “know-it-all” 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 reconduct their calamitous professional and personal lives. Unable to focus and put an end to their messy behaviour, 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 called Šiška Deluxe: „Order a pizza and whatever else that would make you happy right now, we’ll make it happen for you!“ Business rockets immediately and everybody in Šiška seems happier thanks to the dream maker pizza. But will Šiška Deluxe also bring what Mile, Fedr and Zekir need to be happy? CAST/ Žiga Födransberg, Marko Miladinović, David Furlan, Jana Prepeluh, Marjuta Slamič, Petre Arsovski, Alexandar Rusić SCRIPT/ Jan Cvitkovič DOP/ Jure Černec EDITOR/ Dafne Jemeršić SOUND/ Lukáš Moudrý MUSIC/ Aleksander Pešut-Schatzi

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Perfo Production (SI) PRODUCERS

Andrej Štritof, Aleš Pavlin CO-PRODUCERS

Evolution Films (CZ), Kino Oko (MK), Beep (CZ), Spoon (CZ) SUPPORT

Slovenian Film Center, State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Macedonian Film Agency

Contact Perfo Production, Aleš Pavlin tel.: +386 40 425 140 e-mail: [email protected] www.perfo.si

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Evolution Films, Ondřej Zima tel.: +420 736 751 010 e-mail: [email protected] www.evolutionfilms.cz

VÁNOČNÍ KAMEŇÁK CHRISTMAS “KILLING JOKE”


F. A. Brabec

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Lotus Line PRODUCERS

Pavel Pásek, Jiří Jurtin, Marcel Bystroň

Christmas crazy comedy. The fifth sequel of the “Killing Joke” is again full of collisions related to the mayor Pepan, who does not have a chance to enjoy a peaceful advent time. It seems that the Killing Joke Town won't get famous, because envious civil activists thwarted his plan to build a huge ski jump on the top of a nearby hill Říp. Despite the fact that the President himself put in a good word for him! However, miracles do happen, especially at Christmas and the President will finally surprise us. Before we come to a happy end, that reaches not only the Killing Joke Town, but also the whole mankind, we will experience the typical Killing Joke Town bustle during four advent weeks. CAST/ Václav Vydra, Dana Morávková, Martin Dejdar, Alice Bendová, Antonín Duchoslav SCRIPT/ Marcel Bystroň DOP/ F. A. Brabec EDITOR/ Adam Dvořák SOUND/ Jiří Klenka MUSIC/ Marcus Benois Tran

Contact Lotus Line, Pavel Pásek e-mail: [email protected]

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VYBÍJENÁ DODGEBALL


Petr Nikolaev

The film, an adaptation of a bestselling novel by Michal Viewegh, is a comedy about friendship, fateful loves, beauty and ugliness, alcohol, and the search for human happiness. The plot revolves around three friends – Jeff, Skippy and Tom – whose ups and downs and relationship breakups keep bringing them back to a shared bachelor apartment. Their counterparts in the story are two women – the class beauty Eva, who becomes the object of desire of the three guys in turn, and the ugly Hujerová, whose ironic attitude to herself and life in general gives her ability to survive in the world that prizes beauty and to find her own path to happiness.

PRODUCTION COMPANY

In Film Praha PRODUCER

Rudolf Biermann CO-PRODUCER

RWE

CAST/ Ondřej Sokol, Michal Suchánek, Richard Genzer, Simona Krainová, Simona Babčáková, Lukáš Vaculík, Václav Matějovský SCRIPT/ Miroslav Oščatka DOP/ David Ployhar EDITOR/ Michal Hýka SOUND/ Jakub Čech, Martin Jílek MUSIC/ Jiří Chlumecký

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Contact In Film Praha, Josefina Borecká tel.: +420 222 515 357 e-mail: [email protected] www.infilm.cz

WILSONOV WILSON CITY


Tomáš Mašín

PRODUCTION COMPANY

FilmBrigade PRODUCER

Petr Bílek

Comedy, inspired by paperback crime novels, tells the story of an adventurous search for a mysterious murderer who just after the end of the WW1 has begun a rampage in Wilson City. The investigation is being led by an inhomogeneous pair of detectives – a greenhorn and local police cadet named Kvido Eisner and an experienced FBI officer, Aaron Food who has been sent to Eastern Europe by the US President Woodrow Wilson himself.

CO-PRODUCERS

PubRes (SK), Czech Television, Radio and Television Slovakia (SK), RWE

CAST/ Vojtěch Dyk, Jiří Macháček, Táňa Pauhofová, Jan Kraus, Richard Stanke, Hoji Fortuna SCRIPT/ Marek Epstein STORY/ Michal Hvorecký DOP/ Martin Štrba EDITOR/ Petr Mrkous SOUND/ Viktor Ekrt, Marek Hart MUSIC/ Michal Novinski SET DESIGNER/ Martin Kurel

SUPPORT

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Eurimages

Contact FilmBrigade, Petr Bílek tel.: +420 775 168 342 e-mail: [email protected] www.filmbrigade.cz

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ZERO

HU, CZ, DE 2015 85 min DIRECTOR

Gyula Nemes

N is the director of a honey bottling factory producing fake honey. One day, he tastes real honey and his entire life changes radically. He leaves his factory, settles down in a valley and starts breeding bees. But his bees get chased away and killed by the harmful effects of a nearby mobile phone tower. He falls in love with L, the daughter of the director of a mobile phone company. Their legal fight to save the bees is unsuccessful. N's last bee dies. N leaves his farm and L leaves her father and joins N. They start attacking everything that might endanger the bees. CAST/ Krisztián Kovács, Martina Krátká, Udo Kier SCRIPT/ Tamás Beregi, Gyula Nemes DOP/ Balázs Dobóczi EDITOR/ Péter Politzer SOUND/ Tamás Zányi MUSIC/ Albert Márkos,

Kopir Rozsywal Bestar, Antonio Vivaldi, Dicko Boubacar, Dicko Issiaka

International Sales HNFF World Sales, Klaudia Androsovits Tel.: +36 135 177 60 e-mail: klaudia.androsovits@ filmalap.hu

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Playtime (HU) PRODUCER

Gyula Nemes CO-PRODUCERS

Katapult Film (HU), endorfilm (CZ), 42Film (DE) SUPPORT

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Hungarian National Film Fund, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Creative Europe – MEDIA

Contact Playtime, Gyula Nemes tel.: +36 702 911 234 e-mail: [email protected]

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endorfilm, Jiří Konečný tel.: +420 602 358 373 e-mail: [email protected]

ZTRACENI V MNICHOVĚ LOST IN MUNICH


Petr Zelenka

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Lucky Man Films PRODUCER

David Ondříček CO-PRODUCERS

Czech Television, Barrandov Studio SUPPORT

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Creative Europe – MEDIA

Contact Lucky Man Films, Alexandra Vondráčková tel.: +420 721 222 050 e-mail: [email protected] Daria Špačková tel.: +420 603 236 072 e-mail: [email protected] www.luckymanfilms.com

Sir “P,” a 90-year-old talking grey parrot that once belonged to Edouard Daladier, finds himself in Prague at the invitation of the French Cultural Institute as a living relic of the time of the Munich Agreement. The Czech side organizes a rather absurd press conference at which the “gentleman” does indeed repeat certain key statements ascribed to his erstwhile owner. The parrot is kidnapped by Pavel, a Czech journalist, and his controversial statements of Edouard Daladier cause something of an accidental political scandal. CAST/ Martin Myšička, Jitka Schneiderová, Marek Taclík, Stanislas Pierret, Jana Plodková, Václav Neužil, Tomáš Bambušek SCRIPT/ Petr Zelenka DOP/ Alexander Šurkala EDITOR/ Vladimír Barák SOUND/ Michal Holubec MUSIC/ Matouš Hejl SET DESIGNER/ Ondřej Nekvasil

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ŽIVOT JE ŽIVOT LIFE IS LIFE


Milan Cieslar

Pedantic policeman František wants to bring up his three daughters with a firm hand. He would like to see the girls coupled with capable and successful men, but instead they have the talent to find just the opposite. Moreover, one of them is constantly trying to get pregnant, second one is only dating exotic fools and the third one is expecting a baby without knowing, who is the father. František and his wife always spend their vacation at the local lake, although the wife is dreaming of the seaside. One day she meets a bohemian writer and an attractive colleague with Spanish roots walks into Frantisek’s office and things get moving...

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Flamesite PRODUCER

Kamil Kožíšek CO-PRODUCER

Happy Celluloid

CAST/ Ondřej Vetchý, Simona Stašová, Bára Poláková, Tereza Voříšková, Sára Sandeva, Petr Vančura, Marek Taclík, Miroslav Táborský SCRIPT/ Martin Horský DOP/ Václav Tlapák EDITOR/ Jiří Brožek SOUND/ Michal Deliopulos

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Contact Flamesite, Kamil Kožíšek tel.: +420 603 166 099 e-mail: [email protected]

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ANIMATION 2015

Little from the Fish Shop by Jan Balej

MALÁ Z RYBÁRNY LITTLE FROM THE FISH SHOP

CZ, SK, DE 2015 72 min DIRECTOR

Jan Balej

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Miracle Film PRODUCER

Nelly D. Jenčíková CO-PRODUCERS

Marlen Media Group (SK), Filmpark Production (SK), Czech Television, Hafan Film, Studio Bystrouška, Emita Investments CZ, TeamWerk (DE), VFXbox (DE), Miriquidi Film (DE) SUPPORT

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Eurimages, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Just Temptation Limited, Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg Contact Miracle Film, Nelly D. Jenčíková e-mail: [email protected] Vivian Al-Samarraie tel.: +420 720 995 770 e-mail: [email protected] www.miraclefilm.cz

Deep underneath the surface of the sea, accompanied by a fish orchestra, the voice of the ocean is telling a story about Little, the daughter of the Sea King. Forced to abandon the devastated, plundered waters of their home, the Sea King and his family ventured to live among humans. In a darkened fish shop in the heart of a harbor district, they now lead a tedious life. One day, the fish shop door flies open and in walks Bogan – a charming streetwise dandy. And this is where the plot thickens... www.littlefromthefishshop.com SCRIPT/ Jan Balej, Ivan Arsenjev STORY/ Hans Christian Andersen ART DIRECTOR/ Jan Balej DOP/ Martin Procházka, Alan Soural EDITOR/ Patrik Pašš, Alena Spustová, Viliam Vala SOUND/ Michal Holubec, Marek Poledna, Ivo Špalj MUSIC/ Chapelier Fou DIGITAL SUPERVISOR/ David Havel VOICE-OVER WRITTEN BY/ Michal Bureš ANIMATOR/ Michael Carrington

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MALÝ PÁN THE LITTLE MAN


Radek Beran

The Little Man is a kind-hearted bloke who likes to help everyone and is never taken by surprise. Ever since that night when he had a strange dream in which he saw a cottage out of a fairy tale with a sign over the door that said: “Here shall you find that which you lack,” the Little Man has been restless. Nothing raised his spirits. So he decides to get to the root of this mystery. And that is where the adventurous incidents begin. We encounter various forest creatures with the Little Man, some kind, some malicious, and together we come to the very end, where we find the magical Tree of Answers, thanks to which we discover what the Little Man has been searching for all this time and thus we all will be able to sleep easier. CAST/ Saša Rašilov, Valérie Zawadská, Zuzana Bydžovská, Tatiana Vilhelmová, Vladimír Javorský, Miroslav Táborský SCRIPT/ Lumír Tuček DOP/ Filip Sanders EDITOR/ Martin Palouš SOUND/ Ivo Heger MUSIC/ Milan Cais

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PRODUCTION COMPANY

Bednafilms PRODUCER

Jakub Červenka CO-PRODUCERS

Czech Television, Fantomas Productions (SK) SUPPORT


Contact Bednafilms, Jakub Červenka tel.: +420 777 317 980 e-mail: [email protected] www.bednafilms.cz

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Mallory by Helena Třeštíková

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AMERIKA


Jan Foukal

PRODUCTION COMPANY

HBO Europe PRODUCERS

Hanka Kastelicová, Tereza Polachová CO-PRODUCER

Evolution Films SUPPORT


Contact HBO Europe, Tereza Polachová tel.: +420 731 477 353 e-mail: [email protected]

Bára came to the Czech Republic to explore the country of her parents, Czech immigrants to Canada. Honza is a singer and guitarist who has always wanted to move to New York and become someone like Bob Dylan. One hundred years after the first tramping camps were founded in the Bohemian woods, Bára and Honza set out to hike to the original locations, staging their own escape into an imaginary America, an escape inspired by the Czechoslovak tramping subculture, an outdoors movement imitating an idealized Wild West. Their journey transforms into a universal story of friendship, music, and dreams of freedom. SCRIPT/ Jan Foukal DOP/ Jan Baset Střítežský EDITOR/ Josef Krajbich SOUND/ Michal Pajdiak MUSIC/ Johannes Benz, Ten Thousand Wolves

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International Sales Czech Films, Arkaitz Basterra tel.: +420 776 139 495 e-mail: [email protected] www.czechfilms.cz

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Ladislav Kaboš

Time-lapse documentary about the dramatic fate of the Slovak-Libyan family in Libya. The heroine Luba El Malaheg who converted to Islam, works as a nurse in Misrata. After her husband’s death, she stays with her family in Libya. When the war comes, she is confronted with unexpected situations and has to take unexpected decisions. Luba is seeking her place in the world and questions her own identity, being on the border of two worlds. The film gives a detailed insight into the Muslim world from a European woman’s viewpoint. SCRIPT/ Ladislav Kaboš DOP/ Ladislav Kaboš EDITOR/ Darina Smržová SOUND/ Bohumil Martinák MUSIC/ Martin Dohnal

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Media Film (SK) PRODUCER

Michael Kaboš CO-PRODUCERS

Kabos Film & Media, Radio and Television of Slovakia (SK) SUPPORT

Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Slovak Audiovisual Fund

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Contact Kabos Film&Media, Michael Kaboš tel.: +420 775 243 743 e-mail: [email protected]

CESTA VZHŮRU CLIMBING HIGHER


David Čálek

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Verbascum PRODUCERS

Richard Němec CO-PRODUCERS

Czech Television, Punkchart films (SK) SUPPORT


Radek Jaroš, the first Czech who competed the Crown of the Himalayas, decided to climb his final 8000er with a camera in tow, giving viewers of this film a rare opportunity to experience his K2 expedition firsthand. The most majestic mountains are suddenly within reach of all who admire their grandeur but would never attempt to conquer them. Audiences live through the climbers’ fears and triumphs as they happen, and feel the burden – at such incredible elevations – of every arduous step and every labored breath. But there is more: the awesome beauty everywhere to behold, for which many have paid the highest price. Climbing Higher is more than a record of a historic moment in Czech mountaineering, it also explores a person’s ability to overcome extreme obstacles, both physical and personal. SCRIPT/ David Čálek DOP/ David Čálek EDITOR/ Jan Daňhel SOUND/ Václav Flegl, Ludvík Bohadlo MUSIC/ Ivan Acher

Contact Verbascum, Richard Němec tel.: +420 605 575 757 e-mail: [email protected]

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CINEMA, MON AMOUR

RO, CZ 2015 70 min DIRECTOR

Alexandru Belc

Cinema, Mon Amour follows the story of Viktor Purice – manager, former projectionist and lifetime cinephile along with his two employees, Cornelia and Lorena, in their everyday battle to preserve Dacia Panoramic Cinema in Piatra Neamt – one of the last remaining Romanian cinemas today. Having lived through the golden age of cinema, Viktor dreams of bringing back the good old glory days, yet struggles to keep up with the new harsh reality. In a theater that lacks heating and is slowly falling apart, with no support from the State who owns the place, it’s almost a Don Quixote fight.

PRODUCTION COMPANY Libra Film (RO)

www.cinemamonamour.com

SUPPORT

SCRIPT/ Tudor Giurgiu, Alexandru Belc, Ilinca Micu DOP/ Tudor Vladimir Panduru EDITOR/ Ion Ioachim Stroe SOUND/ Vlad Voinescu, Filip Muressan

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Creative Europe – MEDIA, Romanian Union of Filmmakers

PRODUCER

Tudor Giurgiu CO-PRODUCERS

Pink Productions (CZ), HBO Europe (CZ)

Contact Libra Film tel.: +40 213 266 480 e-mail: [email protected] www.librafilm.net International Sales Cat & Docs, Maelle Guenegues tel.: +33 1 44 61 77 48 e-mail: [email protected] www.catndocs.com DOCUMENTARIES 2015

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Pink Productions, Viktória Hozzová tel.: +420 608 666 007 e-mail: [email protected] www.pinkproductions.cz

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ČESKÁ CESTA THE CZECH WAY


Martin Kohout

PRODUCTION COMPANY

MasterFilm PRODUCER

Tomáš Michálek CO-PRODUCERS

Media Film (SK), FAMU, Radio and Television Slovakia (SK)

Czechoslovak economic transformation of the 1990s, presented as the key to the transformation of totalitarian society into a democracy, was at the same time publicly understood as the process of wealth redistribution – from the state to the people. This process formed a new, up to the present day lasting structures of political and economic elite. The ten richest contemporary Czechs came to their wealth in this process of property redistribution. Despite its enormous influence on the character of our contemporary society, the transformation process is still veiled in mystery. However, while the issue has not lost its importance, after almost two decades a number of that day politicians and other involved people are finally willing to speak openly even about their own failures.

SUPPORT


Contact MasterFilm, Tomáš Michálek tel.: +420 602 630 466 e-mail: [email protected] www.masterfilm.cz

SCRIPT/ Martin Kohout DOP/ Tomáš Pavelek EDITOR/ Michal Böhm SOUND/ Adam Sinkevič

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ČEŠI PROTI ČECHŮM CZECHS AGAINST CZECHS


Tomáš Kratochvíl

After being left by his wife, the author of this documentary decides to move from the centre of Prague to supposedly the worst Gypsy ghetto in the Czech Republic. He is taken under the wing of a clan of property owners. “Gadjo” is involved in the repair of a badly damaged house and becomes a member of the family. His aim is to find the cause of the decline of the place where he lives. He takes part in anti-Roma marches and tries to uncover the motivations of all the groups involved. Half a year after his arrival in the ghetto, his white family, together with the gypsies, celebrates Gadjo’s thirtieth birthday.

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Hypermarket Film PRODUCERS

Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda CO-PRODUCER


SCRIPT/ Tomáš Kratochvíl DOP/ Tomáš Kratochvíl EDITOR/ Tomáš Kratochvíl SOUND/ Tomáš Kratochvíl


International Sales Deckert Distribution, Ina Rossow tel.: +49 (0)341 2156638 e-mail: info@ deckert-distribution.com www.deckert-distribution.com DOCUMENTARIES 2015

Contact Hypermarket Film, Filip Remunda tel.: +420 603 180 312 e-mail: [email protected] www.hypermarketfilm.cz

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EXKURZE ANEB HISTORIE SOUČASNOSTI EXCURSION OR HISTORY OF THE PRESENT


Jan Gogola Jr.

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Peter Kerekes (SK) PRODUCER

Peter Kerekes CO-PRODUCERS

Czech Television (CZ), Hypermarket Film (CZ), Radio and Television Slovakia (SK)

A documentary field trip to four places that have influenced the course of European history. Aurora in St. Petersburg, Stadium in Nuremberg, the Berlin Wall and Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome. The film captures the witty ways in which history is retold in official interpretations and tries to see what visitors really take away from guided tours at these four major European tourist attractions. Big history as told through the small history of tourist guides. SCRIPT/ Jan Gogola Jr. DOP/ Norbert Hudec, Petr Vejslík EDITOR/ Maroš Šlapeta SOUND/ Jiří Kubík

SUPPORT

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Creative Europe – MEDIA, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

Contact Peter Kerekes tel.: +421 905 255 698 e-mail: [email protected] Hypermarket Film, Filip Remunda tel.: +420 603 180 312 e-mail: [email protected] www.hypermarketfilm.cz

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FILMOVÝ DOBRODRUH KAREL ZEMAN FILM ADVENTURER KAREL ZEMAN

CZ, CA 2015 101 min DIRECTOR

Tomáš Hodan

Film Adventurer Karel Zeman is a biographical film that looks back at the life, work and significance of a genius of world cinema, featuring interviews with contemporary filmmakers from Japan to America to find out why his films are still relevant and in many ways unsurpassed. Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton, Koji Yamamura, Kosei Ono and others talk about the inspiration of Karel Zeman’s work. His film The Fabulous World of Jules Verne was released in 70 countries, showing in 96 theatres in New York alone. Zeman was unmatched in his field, he created his own handmade worlds based purely on his imagination. Zeman’s legacy is kept alive by animation students at Zlin University who remake Zeman’s work using the same techniques the master himself would have. Can modern day students create special effects using Zeman’s techniques? This film will reveal all. www.filmadventurer.com

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Punk Film PRODUCER

Ondřej Beránek CO-PRODUCERS

Prokouk Productions (CA), Czech Television SUPPORT

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, City of Zlín

SCRIPT/ Ludmila Zeman, Ondřej Beránek, Tomáš Hodan DOP/ David Cysař EDITOR/ Blanka Kulová SOUND/ Robert Slezák IN COOPERATION WITH/ Karel Zeman Museum

International Sales Espresso Media International, Ronja Schistek tel.: +44 (0)774 16 11 676 e-mail: ronja@ espressomedia.co.uk www.espressomedia.co.uk

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Contact Punk Film, Ondřej Beránek tel.: +420 777 952 066 e-mail: [email protected] www.punkfilm.cz

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JENICA A PERLA JENICA AND PERLA

CZ, FR 2015 72 min DIRECTOR

Rozálie Kohoutová

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Fresh Films PRODUCER

Vladimír Lhoták CO-PRODUCERS

Czech Television, Iskra (FR)

Jenica and Perla are friends who live 1,500 km apart. Jenica spent her childhood on the streets of Paris, Perla was brought up in a slum in Eastern Slovakia. Jenica and Perla are Romani. The girls are right of age, when they face the problems of growing up. Perla in a Roma slum in the East and Jenica in a poor suburban neighborhood of Paris are entering the adult world, which reflects the problems of Roma community in contemporary Europe. They are now at the stage of their lives when their future is being determined. How will their lives be affected by the tough conditions, both girls were brought up in?

SUPPORT

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Scam – Société Civile des Auteurs Multimedia, Procirep-Angoa

Contact Fresh Films, Vladimír Lhoták tel.: +420 777 080 353 e-mail: [email protected] www.freshfilms.cz

SCRIPT/ Rozálie Kohoutová DOP/ Lukáš Hyksa EDITOR/ Evženie Brabcová SOUND/ Petr Šoltys MUSIC/ Ivan Akimov, Kesaj Tchave

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KOUDELKA FOTOGRAFUJE SVATOU ZEMI KOUDELKA SHOOTING HOLY LAND

DE, CZ 2015 72 min DIRECTOR

Gilad Baram

The film follows Koudelka in his journey photographing Israel and Palestine from one enigmatic and visually spectacular location to the next. In each location – soon to become a new “Koudelka Photo” – a scene unfolds, gradually introducing us to Koudelka’s method of working, his perception of the world he is documenting and the people he encounters. A fascinating dialogue emerges between the moving images Baram films and Koudelka’s still photographs, as Baram places the photographer in his own breathtaking compositions. Austere images of landscape divided by concrete walls and barbed wire reveal the tragic absurdity of the infamous conflict.

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Nowhere Films (DE) PRODUCER

Gilad Baram CO-PRODUCERS

Produkce Radim Procházka (CZ), Czech Television (CZ) SUPPORT


www.koudelka-film.com SCRIPT/ Gilad Baram, Elisa Purfürst DOP/ Gilad Baram EDITOR/ Elisa Purfürst SOUND/ Sebastian Morsch MUSIC/ Tobias Purfürst

Contact Nowhere Films, Gilad Baram tel.: +4917699816712 e-mail: [email protected] International Sales Wide House, Elise Cochin tel.: +31 657 038 949 e-mail: [email protected] www.widehouse.org

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Produkce Radim Procházka, Radim Procházka tel.: +420 603 862 161 e-mail: [email protected] www.radimprochazka.com

MALLORY


Helena Třeštíková

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Negativ PRODUCERS

Kateřina Černá, Pavel Strnad

Life hasn’t been easy on Mallory but after the birth of her son she tries desperately to kick her drug habit, and to stop living on the street. She wants to turn her back on her dark past and help those she knows best – people on the fringe of society. In her latest time-lapse documentary, Helena Třeštíková demonstrates that even seemingly hopeless lives needn’t to be cut short halfway.

CO-PRODUCER


SCRIPT/ Helena Třeštíková DOP/ Jakub Hejna, Jiří Chod, Robert Novák, Vlastimil Hamerník, Miroslav Souček, David Cysař EDITOR/ Jakub Hejna SOUND/ Richard Müller


Contact Negativ, Daniel Vadocký tel.: +420 777 697 543 e-mail: [email protected] www.negativ.cz

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NA SEVER INTO THE NORTH

CZ, IL 2015 88 min DIRECTOR

Natasha Dudinski

A group of Czech teenagers sets out on a journey to the North. Without their parents or anyone else to look after them, they have only each other. That's how their greatest adventure starts. They spend four years in Denmark, an oasis in the midst of raging WWII. Thanks to that, they survive and succeed to start a new life. More than seventy years later they are ready to tell their story, a coming-of-age refugee story with a happy end, courtesy of thousands of open-hearted Danes. SCRIPT/ Judita Matyášová, Natasha Dudinski DOP/ Natasha Dudinski EDITOR/ Hedvika Hansalová SOUND/ Daniel Němec, Matěj Němec MUSIC/ Ophir Gal

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PRODUCTION COMPANY

Mimesis Film PRODUCER

Jan Macola CO-PRODUCERS

i/o post, Natasha Dudinski (IL) SUPPORT


Contact Mimesis Film, Jan Macola tel.: +420 724 938 883 e-mail: [email protected] www.mimesis.cz

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NEBEZPEČNÝ SVĚT RAJKA DOLEČKA THE DANGEROUS WORLD OF DOCTOR ˇ DOLECEK


Kristýna Bartošová

PRODUCTION COMPANY

MasterFilm PRODUCERS

Kristýna Hněvsová, Dagmar Sedláčková, Tomáš Michálek CO-PRODUCERS

FAMU, Czech Television, MagicLab

A young director sets out to visit an old professor to ask him for the recipes for the body and soul. What advice can a girl with family in Bosnia receive from a Serbian nationalist and a close friend of Ratko Mladič? A dialogue about overcoming one’s prejudices and ideologies and seeking for reconciliation. SCRIPT/ Kristýna Bartošová DOP/ Kristýna Bartošová EDITOR/ Šimon Hájek SOUND/ Lukáš Ujčík

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Contact MasterFilm, Dagmar Sedláčková tel.: +420 733 579 107 e-mail: [email protected] www.masterfilm.cz

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OPUŠTĚNÝ VESMÍR ABANDONED UNIVERSE


Peter Hledík

This is a documentary about death, dying and the possibility/impossibility of posthumous existence. In the first part, we look at the current knowledge of science which hasn't ruled out the “so far” undefined form of continuation of the human “nature” after the physical death. In the second one, we focus on the personal experiences of well-known personalities from the art world – how do they cope with death, the end of life and the not knowing of what will or will not happen? Part of the film would comprise personal testimonies of those who “survived their death” like writer Michael Viewegh or the actor and director Jan Kačer and other respected and trustworthy personalities. However, at the end the movie is a personal search of the director – seeking answers to posed questions while the death is really close and while he’s trying to cope with his sister's death.

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Cinemart Plus PRODUCER

Aleš Tříska CO-PRODUCER

Barok Film (SK) SUPPORT

State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Slovak Audiovisual Fund

SCRIPT/ Peter Hledík DOP/ Jakub Ševčík EDITOR/ Jakub Vansa SOUND/ Jakub Jurásek MUSIC/ Jozef Lupták

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Contact Cinemart Plus, Petr Slavík tel.: +420 604 419 042 e-mail: [email protected]

PÁRA NAD ŘEKOU STEAM ON THE RIVER

CZ, SK 2015 90 min DIRECTORS

Filip Remunda, Robert Kirchhoff

PRODUCTION COMPANIES

Hypermarket Film, Atelier.doc (SK) PRODUCERS

Robert Kirchhoff, Filip Remunda, Vít Klusák CO-PRODUCER


State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic, Creative Europe – MEDIA, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

Contact Hypermarket Film, Filip Remunda tel.: +420 603 180 312 e-mail: [email protected]

La vie de bohème the documentary way and a story of three extraordinary jazzmen. They are members of the same generation, influenced by the Russian occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Laco Deczi lives in New York, Jan Jankeje in Stuttgart and Lubo Tamškovič used to live in Paris. Laco Deczi’s close friend, jazz harmonica player Chris Depino, a politician close to president George W. Bush, is attempting to put on a concert of the Czechoslovak jazz stars at the George W. Bush ranch in Texas, commemorating the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. The concert may never be organized though... SCRIPT/ Robert Kirchhoff, Filip Remunda DOP/ Martin Matiášek, Jakub Halousek, Tomáš Staněk EDITOR/ Jana Vlčková SOUND/ Michal Gábor, Václav Flegl

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International Sales Deckert Distribution, Ina Rossow tel.: +49 (0)341 2156638 e-mail: [email protected] www.deckert-distribution.com

TAKOVEJ BAREVNEJ VOCAS LETÍCÍ KOMETY A COLOURFUL TAIL OF A FLYING COMET


Václav Kučera

This feature-length documentary tells the story of Filip Topol, the composer, lyricist, piano player and singer whose work touched three generations. The film uncovers how Filip Topol’s life and attitude reflected the period before and after the Velvet Revolution, his obsession with music and love for Mozart as well as his serious illness. The entire film is permeated with Filip Topol’s songs, which he called his diaries, along with his short stories, complemented by the comments and memories of his brother Jáchym, girlfriend Sylvie and the friends and companions that touched his life and, last but not least, recordings from unique archives of interviews with the star of the show himself, many of which have not been published before.

PRODUCTION COMPANY

AMP Production PRODUCER

Romek Hanzlík CO-PRODUCERS

Indies MG, Bio Art Production, Czech Television, Václav Kučera SUPPORT

SCRIPT/ Václav Kučera DOP/ Diviš Marek EDITOR/ Vilém Šrail SOUND/ Ondřej Ježek, Stanislav Miler MUSIC/ Filip Topol, Psí vojáci

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Contact AMP Production, Romek Hanzlík tel.: +420 602 319 505 e-mail: [email protected]

TLAČÍTKA BDĚLOSTI BUTTONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS


Jan Šípek

PRODUCTION COMPANY

FAMU PRODUCER

Anna Lísalová CO-PRODUCER

Guru Film

This creative experimental documentary about frontiers of Eastern meditation and Western science, tries to embody what it deals with – meditation itself. The film portrays two Czech scientists, who accepted the tool of meditation in addition to scientific exploration of the world: poet and plasma physicist Pavel Ctibor and cognitive scientist and Buddhist Jan Burian, both scientists and personalities rooted in the Eastern teachings of Buddhism and Shaivism. The film attempts to describe meditation and also to evoke it or induce in the audience through the experimentation with film medium. It examines boundaries of exploration of the world using objectivism of science and subjectivism of meditation. SCRIPT/ Jan Šípek DOP/ Jan Šípek EDITOR/ Adam Brothánek SOUND/ Veronika Bartošová, Eliška Blauberová

Contact Guru Film, Anna Lísalová tel.: +420 723 718 484 e-mail: [email protected]

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V PAPRSCÍCH SLUNCE / V LUCHAKH SOLNCA UNDER THE SUN

RU, CZ, DE 2015 106 min DIRECTOR

Vitaly Mansky

Based on unprecedented access, this film shows life in North Korea more extensively than ever. Director Vitaly Mansky received an official permission for this first Russian-North Korean documentary collaboration. The film follows a family in Pyongyang during one year through the eyes of 8-year-old Zin Mi, the only daughter of an obedient couple. Zin Mi participates in the giant patriotic shows with huge living tableaus of the country’s leaders and achievements. Our contributors proudly become a part of those surreal shows. These shows, and other expressions of organised hyper reality are juxtaposed with images of everyday life that reveal uniformity, bleakness and poverty. SCRIPT/ Vitaly Mansky DOP/ Alexandra Ivanova EDITOR/ Andrey Paperny SOUND/ Anrijs Krenbergs MUSIC/ Karlis Auzans

International Sales Deckert Distribution, Ina Rossow tel.: +49 (0)341 2156638 e-mail: info@ deckert-distribution.com www.deckert-distribution.com DOCUMENTARIES 2015

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Vertov Studio (RU) PRODUCER

Natalya Manskaya CO-PRODUCERS

Czech Television, Saxonia Entertainment (DE), Hypermarket Film SUPPORT

Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic

Contact Vertov Studio, Natalya Manskaya tel.: +7 916 675 15 54 e-mail: [email protected]

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Hypermarket Film, Filip Remunda tel.: +420 603 180 312 e-mail: [email protected]

VŠICHNI MAJÍ PRAVDU? KAREL FLOSS A TI DRUZÍ IS EVERYONE RIGHT? KAREL FLOSS AND THE OTHERS


Helena Všetečková

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Screenfabric PRODUCER

Jakub Wagner CO-PRODUCER

FAMU

A multi-portrait of the history of post-1989 Czech ideas and sensibilities, centered around left-wing Christian philosopher Karel Floss. Circling his ideas on God, truth, and politics like satellites are statements by strongly antithetical individuals including Milan Knížák, Ondřej Slačálek, Noam Chomsky and Czech nationalist thinkers. Working with a subtle sense of irony, the film is openly inspired by the style of Karel Vachek as it makes use of semantic counterpoints, situational humour and aloof formal elements. The result is a kind of audiovisual riverbed for channelling the fury of a nation that recalls a child that is just learning to think and does not know what to relate to first, because in a certain sense, basically “everyone is right”. (source: IDFF Jihlava) SCRIPT/ Helena Všetečková DOP/ Helena Všetečková, Jan Březina, Vojtěch Votýpka, Urban Arsenjuk, Helena Papírníková-Horáčková EDITOR/ Helena Všetečková SOUND/ Helena Papírníková-Horáčková

Contact Screenfabric, Jakub Wagner tel.: +420 776 329 183 e-mail: [email protected]

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ZPOVĚĎ ZAPOMENUTÉHO CONFESSION OF THE VANISHED


Petr Vaclav

The film portrays the staging of an opera Olimpiade and introduces Josef Mysliveček, a friend and teacher of W. A. Mozart. The opera was premiered in spring 2013 in the National Theatre in Prague, then travelled to Dijon, Caen and Luxembourg. It was directed by the renowned Ursel Hermann and conducted by Václav Luks and his Collegium 1704. SCRIPT/ Petr Vaclav DOP/ Petr Vaclav, Miroslav Janek EDITOR/ Florent Vassault SOUND/ Daniel Němec, Michael Míček MUSIC/ Josef Mysliveček

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Mimesis Film PRODUCER

Jan Macola CO-PRODUCER



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Contact Mimesis Film, Jan Macola tel.: +420 724 938 883 e-mail: [email protected] www.mimesis.cz

www.filmcenter.cz/czechshortfilms2016 Jesus Krisztina / Jesus Krisztina Hana Merková / CZ 2015 / fiction / 22 min / Czech and Hungarian with English subtitles An existential study on a mother’s inability to fulfil her maternal duties and live her life to the full, just as it is.

Co medvědi rádi / The Bearytales Veronika Zacharová / CZ 2015 / animation / 3 min / Czech with English subtitles Did you know that the grizzly bear is not as solitary as people claim? The Bearytales offers five interesting facts about bears which you almost certainly didn’t know.

Happy End / Happy End Jan Saska / CZ 2015 / animation / 6 min / no dialogue A black comedy about death, with a happy ending. A chain of unlikely encounters: a group of hunters, a tractor driver, a skinhead; blood, alcohol, and a corpse.

Co se stalo v ZOO / ZOO Story Veronika Zacharová / CZ 2015 / animation / 4 min / no dialogue A short story about an inquisitive child visiting the ZOO with her mother. While her mother handles business calls, the girl enters the gorilla cage. What happens next?

Furiant / Peacock Ondřej Hudeček / CZ 2015 / fiction / 27 min / Czech with English subtitles A twisted queer romance set in picturesque 19th century Bohemia telling the true but taboo story of the birth of one of the nation’s most influential writers.

Pohledy na Věru Bechyňovou / The Still Life of Věra Greta Stocklassová / CZ 2015 / documentary / 9 min / Czech with English subtitles A film studio without people, full of flowers. 254 postcards at 1 CZK apiece. Dozens of senders but only one addressee. A portrait without the subject.

Čím víc vím / The More I Know Marek Náprstek / CZ 2015 / animation / 8 min / Czech with English subtitles An old man wants to share the story of his life before he dies, and recounts his quest to discover the deeper meaning of things. But what is he really trying to say?

Vhled do života Jindřicha Brůdy / An Insight into the Life of Jindřich Brůda Jan Hecht / CZ 2015 / fiction / 8 min / no dialogue Jindřich Brůda is in a silent war with his wife. Going to wash himself in a lake, he discovers that there are more important things than the everyday problems of life.

Strom / The Tree Lucie Sunková / CZ, FR 2015 / animation / 15 min / no dialogue A paint-on-glass animated story of the parallels between the lives of trees and people. It is a poem about parenthood, birth and death, an ode to the passage of time.

Lesapán / Leshy Pavel Soukup / CZ 2015 / fiction / 23 min / Czech with English subtitles A short feature film based on a traditional Czech horror story about the creature Leshy. It takes its inspiration from the classic Czech writer of this genre, K. J. Erben.

Sunrise / Sunrise Vít Pancíř / CZ 2015 / animation / 7 min / no dialogue The star of the film is the white circle of the sun. Its circular shape and elliptical movement are metaphors for the diversity, intricacy and fragility of life.

Borderlines / Borderlines Hanka Nováková / CZ 2015 / animation / 5 min / no dialogue An allegory about people and the borders of their world, telling how something simple can start a spiral of strife, and how difficult it is to stop it. But not impossible.

Techsquat / Techsquat Tereza Bernátková Freyová / CZ 2015 / documentary / 35 min / Czech with English subtitles Techsquat – a new form of community living: five like-minded young people live together in a Prague apartment, sharing their personal and working space-time.

FACTS & FIGURES

CZECH FIGURES 2015

10.5 mil / Population 35 / Czech Feature Film Releases 16 / Czech Documentary Film Releases 13 mil / Total Cinema Admissions 2.3 mil / Czech Films Admissions

18.1% / National Market Share 294 / Cinemas 228 / Digital Cinemas 514 / Screens 29 / Multiplex Cinemas

FILM RELEASES IN CZECH CINEMAS 2011–2015 Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Admissions 10 789 760 11 181 851 11 057 559 11 558 586 12 958 099

Box Office/CZK 1 209 874 087 1 275 596 489 1 424 245 647 1 462 670 233 1 669 176 581

Avg. Ticket Price 112.1 114.08 128.80 126.54 128.81

Share % 22.6 24.2 24.1 23.6 18.1

Box Office/CZK 300 447 983 275 801 302 317 075 574 318 469 084 281 693 028

Share % 24.8 21.6 22.3 21.8 16.9

CZECH FILMS IN CINEMAS 2011–2015 Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Czech films screened in cinemas* 169 177 201 184 184

Admissions 3 054 555 2 707 217 2 661 424 2 725 985 2 349 263

* Czech films since 1993 in Czech cinema distribution including (but not limited to) premieres

MARKET SHARE (ADMISSIONS) Others 3.1

US 60.4

CZ 18.4

EU 18.1

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TOP 20 IN 2015 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Original Titule Minions Fifty Shades of Grey Star Wars: The Force Awakens Spectre Hotel Transylvanie 2 Jurassic World Avengers: Age of Ultron Fast & Furious 7 Inside Out Martian, The SpongeBob Movie, The: Sponge Out of Water Život je život Fack ju Göhte 2 Fotograf Hunger Games, The: Mockingjay – Part 2 Vybíjená Hodinový manžel Babovřesky 3 Gangster Ka Mad Max: Fury Road

English Title Country Minions US Fifty Shades of Grey US Star Wars: The Force Awakens US Spectre UK Hotel Transylvanie 2 US Jurassic World US Avengers: Age of Ultron US Fast & Furious 7 US Inside Out US Martian, The US SpongeBob Movie, The: Sponge Out of Water US Life Is Life CZ Suck Me Shakespeer 2 DE Photographer CZ Hunger Games, The: Mockingjay – Part 2 US Dodgeball CZ Husband to Rent CZ Babovřesky 3 CZ Gangster Ka CZ Mad Max: Fury Road AU

Distributor Date of release Admissions Box Office/CZK CinemArt 25. 6. 15 830 984 109 864 017 CinemArt 12. 2. 15 557 291 78 299 967 Falcon 17. 12. 15 478 261 75 471 857 Forum Film 5. 11. 15 420 420 59 870 212 Falcon 24. 9. 15 344 981 45 056 276 CinemArt 11. 6. 15 344 871 51 751 224 Falcon 30. 4. 15 338 170 50 740 926 CinemArt 2. 4. 15 309 864 40 526 558 Falcon 23. 7. 15 294 883 37 138 758 CinemArt 1. 10. 15 289 146 43 211 475 CinemArt 5. 2. 15 276 647 34 581 323 Bontonfilm 21. 5. 15 258 274 32 760 954 CinemArt 29. 10. 15 212 192 27 143 115 Bioscop/AQS 8. 1. 15 201 053 25 636 523 Forum Film 19. 11. 15 198 513 27 484 518 Falcon 12. 3. 15 186 438 24 747 994 Hollywood 25. 12. 14 175 472 23 392 945 Falcon 22. 1. 15 173 738 22 176 473 Bioscop/AQS 10. 9. 15 151 722 21 305 503 Freeman Entertainment 14. 5. 15 149 713 21 910 342

CZECH FILMS TOP 20 IN 2015 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Original Titule Život je život Fotograf Vybíjená Hodinový manžel Babovřesky 3 Gangster Ka Padesátka Ghoul Gangster Ka: Afričan Kobry a užovky Domácí péče Sedmero krkavců Aldabra: Byl jednou jeden ostrov Vánoční Kameňák Tři bratři Wilsonov Ztraceni v Mnichově Celebrity s.r.o. Andílek na nervy Cesta vzhůru

English Title Life Is Life Photographer Dodgeball Husband to Rent Babovřesky 3 Gangster Ka Chasing 50 Ghoul Gangster Ka: African Snake Brothers, The Home Care Seven Ravens, The Aldabra: Once Upon an Island Christmas “Killing Joke” Three Brothers Wilson City Lost in Munich Celebrities Ltd Victoria Angel Climbing Higher

Country CZ CZ CZ CZ CZ CZ CZ CZ CZ CZ CZ, SK CZ, SK CZ CZ CZ, DK CZ, SK CZ CZ CZ CZ, SK

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Distributor Date of release Admissions Box Office/CZK Bontonfilm 21. 5. 15 258 274 32 760 954 Bioscop/AQS 8. 1. 15 201 053 25 636 523 Falcon 12. 3. 15 186 438 24 747 994 Hollywood 25. 12. 14 175 472 23 392 945 Falcon 22. 1. 15 173 738 22 176 473 Bioscop/AQS 10. 9. 15 151 722 21 305 503 Bontonfilm 24. 12. 15 147 286 19 126 414 Bioscop/AQS 26. 2. 15 128 192 18 037 954 Bioscop/AQS 26. 11. 15 103 808 13 212 370 Falcon 19. 2. 15 94 015 11 277 242 A-Company Czech 16. 7. 15 93 350 10 434 161 Bohemia Motion Pictures 4. 6. 15 88 780 8 453 507 Falcon 19. 11. 15 85 114 10 960 275 Indigo Film 3. 12. 15 84 660 9 604 158 Bioscop/AQS 14. 8. 14 40 791 1 671 250 Falcon 1. 10. 15 36 633 4 537 968 Falcon 22. 10. 15 30 017 3 581 296 A-Company Czech 29. 10. 15 23 359 2 972 128 Indigo Film 18. 6. 15 21 310 2 566 343 CinemArt 27. 8. 15 20 313 1 827 175

INDEX OF DIRECTORS

Balej, Jan Baram, Gilad Bartošová, Kristýna Barzegar, Majid Belc, Alexandru Beran, Radek Brabec, F. A. Cieslar, Milan Cvitkovič, Jan Čálek, David Dudinski, Natasha Fehu, Andy Foukal, Jan Giannoli, Xavier Gogola Jr., Jan Hledík, Peter Hodan, Tomáš Horák, Slávek Jákl, Petr Jelínek, Martin Jude, Radu Kaboš, Ladislav Kirchhoff, Robert Kohout, Martin Kohoutová, Rozálie Koszałka, Marcin Kotek, Vojtěch Kratochvíl, Tomáš Kučera, Václav

44 57 60 28 51 45 36 41 35 50 59 26 48 25 54 61 55 16 20 31 8 49 62 52 56 14 29 53 63

Lichtag, Steve Mansky, Vitaly Mašín, Tomáš Mielnik, Tomasz Nellis, Alice Nemes, Gyula Nikolaev, Petr Omerzu, Olmo Ostrochovský, Ivan Pachl, Jan Pavlásková, Irena Prušinovský, Jan Remunda, Filip Smazal, Petr Šajmovič, Juraj Šípek, Jan Škop, Marko Šmíd, Jakub Šmídmajer, Miloslav Těšitel, Jan Trajkov, Ivo Tran, Marcus Benois Troška, Zdeněk Třeštíková, Helena Vaclav, Petr Všetečková, Helena Zapletal, Vít Zelenka, Petr

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INDEX OF CZECH TITLES

Aferim! Aldabra: Byl jednou jeden ostrov Amerika Andílek na nervy Babovřesky 3 Barvy písku Celebrity s.r.o. Cesta do Říma Cesta vzhůru Cinema, mon amour Červený pavouk Česká cesta Češi proti Čechům David Domácí péče Eva Nová Exkurze aneb Historie současnosti Filmový dobrodruh Karel Zeman Fotograf Gangster Ka & Gangster Ka: Afričan Ghoul Jenica a Perla Kobry a užovky Koudelka fotografuje Svatou zemi Koza Laputa Lovci a oběti Malá z rybárny

8 9 48 10 11 49 12 13 50 51 14 52 53 15 16 17 54 55 18 19 20 56 21 57 22 23 24 44

Mallory Malý Pán Marguerite Na Sever Nebezpečný svět Rajka Dolečka Nenasytná Tiffany Noc bezmoci Obyčejný člověk Opuštěný vesmír Padesátka Pára nad řekou Prach Road-Movie Rodinný film Sedmero krkavců Svatý Mikuláš Šiška Deluxe Takovej barevnej vocas letící komety Tlačítka bdělosti V paprscích slunce Vánoční Kameňák Všichní mají pravdu? Karel Floss a ti druzí Vybíjená Wilsonov Zero Zpověď zapomenutého Ztraceni v Mnichově Život je život

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INDEX OF ENGLISH TITLES

Abandoned Universe Aferim! Aldabra: Once Upon an Island Amerika Babovřesky 3 Buttons of Consciousness Celebrities Ltd Cinema, mon amour Climbing Higher Colors of Sand Colourful Tail of a Flying Comet Confession of the Vanished Czech Way, The Czechs Against Czechs Dangerous World of Doctor Doleček, The David Dodgeball Dust of the Ground Eva Nová Excursion or History of the Present Family Film Film Adventurer Karel Zeman Gangster Ka & Gangster Ka: African Ghoul Greedy Tiffany, The Home Care Honey Night Hunters and Victims

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Chasing 50 Christmas “Killing Joke” Into the North Is Everyone Right? Karel Floss and the Others Jenica and Perla Journey to Rome Koudelka Shooting Holy Land Koza Laputa Life Is Life Little from the Fish Shop Little Man, The Lost in Munich Mallory Marguerite Photographer Red Spider, The Road-Movie Seven Ravens, The Snake Brothers, The St. Nicolas Steam on the River Šiška Deluxe Under the Sun Very Ordinary Citizen, A Victoria Angel Wilson City Zero

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CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA SUB-PROGRAMME Support for the DEVELOPMENT of drama, animation, creative documentary and video games WHICH TYPES OF PROJECTS ARE ELIGIBLE? Cinema release – feature films, animations and creative documentaries – minimum 60 minutes TV or digital platform – drama films (one-off or series) – minimum 90 minutes – animation (one-off or series) – minimum 24 minutes – creative documentaries (one-off or series) – minimum 50 minutes WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS? – applicant company must have completed and commercially distributed a previous eligible work – applicant company must hold the copyright at least to the concept

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Single Projects 19 November 2015, 21 April 2016 Slate Funding 4 February 2016 Videogames 3 March 2016

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