ART TALENT SHOW 2022 I documentary I 102 min
As every year, the talent admissions exams are being held on the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. Across three different ateliers, the movie observes the background of a difficult task that stands in front of institution’s pedagogues: how to pick, from the legion of participants, the chosen ones that will be given the chance to form the tone of fine arts for years to come? How will the academics themselves hold up during the exams? And what shall all this tell us about the nature and meaning of art nowadays?
Director | Adéla Komrzý, Tomáš Bojar
Producer | GPO Platform: Jakub Wagner, Martin Kohout
Co-producer | ČT, AVU | partneři: UPP, Soundsquare
Cinematography | Šimon Dvořáček
Sound | Václav Flegl
Edited by | Hedvika Hansalová
Production | Jan Strejcovský
Planned premiere | 5.7.2022 - 56. KVIFF - soutěžní sekce Proxima
Supported by | Czech Film Fund
Lenght | 102 min
Awards:
Winner - KVIFF 2022 Proxima Competition
Festivals
World Premiere - KVIFF Proxima Competition
PSH - Neverending story
2022 I documentary I 70 min
Orion, Vladimir 518 and Mike Trafik are Peneři strýčka Homeboye (Uncle Homeboy’s Hoboes). Three lads from Prague, legendary rappers on the cusp of middle age, friends. Graffiti, the first attempts at rap, parties, fame, booze and drugs. Sky-rocketing popularity (but well-earned), downfalls, crises and comebacks. A cleverly shot, incisive triple portrait that flouts all the taboos.
Director | Štěpán FOK VODRÁŽKA
Screenplay | Petr CIFKA
Dir. of Photography | Šimon DVOŘÁČEK
Music | Aid Kid
Editor | Tomáš ELŠÍK
Producer | Vratislav ŠLAJER, Jakub KOŠŤÁL
Production | Bionaut
Coproduction | Česká televize
Contact | Bionaut
Distributor | Aerofilms
Awards:
KVIFF 2022 Audience Award
Festivals
World Premiere - KVIFF Special Screenings
The Investigator 2022 I documentary I 80 min
Vladimír Dzuro is the first Czech investigator to have worked for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. He collected evidence against war criminals and hunted perpetrators of ethnic cleansing. The two biggest cases include the Ovcara massacre related to Vukovar's mayor Slavko Dokmanovic, and the ethnic cleansing committed by the warlord Zeljko Raznatovic Arkan. We join Vladimír Dzuro on his metaphorical and real journey across the places of investigation in the former Yugoslavia and meet some survivors of these cases. What is the landscape of the Balkans, which saw a fratricidal conflict twenty-five years ago, like today? What happened to the people who still live there and to their memory? What is the significance and meaning of justice brought from the outside? The film is inspired by Vladimir Dzuro's bestselling book The Investigator - Demons of the Balkan War (Grada, 2017, and Potomac Books, 2019).
Director and screenwriter | Viktor PORTEL
DOP | Šimon DVOŘÁČEK
Editor | Vladimir GOJUN
Sound recordists | Filip LEDINŠČÁK, Niko GULAM
Executive producer | Roman BLAAS
Production managers | Karolína FRANKOVÁ (CZ), Suzana ERBEŽNIK(HR)
Associate producer | Vanja JAMBROVIĆ
Creative producers (Czech TV) | Martina ŠANTAVÁ, Rebeka BARTŮŇKOVÁ
Producer | Hana BLAHA ŠILAROVÁ
Co-producer | Oliver SERTIĆ
Production | Frame Films (CZ)
Co-production | Restart (HR), Czech TV (CZ)
EVERY SINGLE MINUTE
2021 I documentary I 80 min
Lenka and Michal devote themselves to raising their four-year-old son with the utmost dedication. Miško has planned every minute of his life since birth so that one day he would become a successful top athlete and a "quality person" in every way. Are we doing enough for our children? Or are we doing too much?
Director I Erika HNÍKOVÁ
Script based on an idea conceived by I Erika HNÍKOVÁ, Tomáš BOJAR
Producer I Jiří KONEČNÝ
Director of photography I Šimon DVOŘÁČEK
Editor I Josef KRAJBICH
Produced by I endorfilm
Co-produced by I Punkchart films, Česká televize
Awards and nominations
KVIFF Main competition - Special Jury Prize
Festivals
World Premiere - KVIFF Main competition
THE SOUND IS INNOCENT
2019 I documentary I 80 min
Electronic music is a playground. And your toy can be an instrument, a
machine, an object...
Director I Johana OŽVOLD
Script I Johana OŽVOLD, Lukáš CSISCELY
Producer I Kristýna MICHÁLEK KVĚTOVÁ
Original music and consultancy I Martin OŽVOLD
Director of photography I Šimon DVOŘÁČEK
Editor I Zuzana WALTER
Sound design I Adam VONEŠ, Martin OŽVOLD
Set designer I Antonin ŠILAR
Dramaturgy I Martin MAREČEK
Produced by I Cinémotif Films (CZ)
Co-produced by I Films de Force Majeure (FR), Punkchart Films (SK), UPP, Soundsquare, Czech Television, RTVS, Lyon Capital TV
Protagonists
François BONNET
Steve GOODMAN
Julian ROHRHUBER
John RICHARDS
Hannes HOELZL & Alberto DE CAMPO
Et al.
Awards and nominations
Nominated for Arri Amira Award for Best Cinematography - DOK.fest München 2019
Special Jury Mention for the Best Documentary Feature at the SEE THE SOUND Competition - SoundTrack Cologne
Festivals
World Premiere - Visions du Réel 2019; Burning Lights competition
German Premiere - DOK.fest München 2019; Dok.Panorama section
UK Premiere - Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019; Doc.Rhythm section
Czech Premiere - IFDF Jihlava 2019, Czech Joy competition
TWO ROADS
2019 I documentary I 80 min
A cruel film about the joy of life.
What would you do with your life if you knew that the Grim Reaper were lurking much closer than usual? That's precisely the fate of some of the members of the popular band The Tap Tap, all of whom are disabled (or as they cynically call themselves, crippled). Yet, one thing is clear to them. They live full-on and enjoy every minute. The Tap Tap orchestra proves that when you don't take things too seriously and remain positive, you can face the most difficult obstacles and live the life of the rock stars.
Directed I Radovan Sibrt
Produced by I PINK - Alžběta Karásková, Karel Poupě, HBO EUROPE - Hanka Kastelicová, Tereza Polachová
Cinematographer I Šimon Dvořáček, Lukáš Milota
Editor I Tomáš Elšík, Jorge Sánchez Calderón
Sound I Dominik Dolejší
Music I The Tap Tap
Cast I withJana Augustinová, Ladislav Angelovič, Jiří Holzmann, Petr Tomek, Šimon Ornest a The Tap Tap
Awards and nominations
IDFF Jihlava - AUDIENCE AWARD
Festivals
Czech Premiere - IDFF Jihlava - Czech Joy, 2019
OFF SIDES
2019 I documentary I 75 min
Ten years ago a handful of enthusiasts began playing ice hockey in Morocco. A few years later the Czech embassy learned about their activities and decided to support the traditional Czech sport. This gave rise to the idea of an exchange trip, where the Czech Republic and Morocco would host each other's hockey teams. The invitation was ultimately taken up by a team from the east Bohemian town of Náchod. Following up on FC Roma, documentarists Rozálie Kohoutová and Tomáš Bojar turn once again to the world of sports, employing empathy and their exceptional observational talent to ask universal questions. This time they focus on Czech and Moroccan teenagers, two teams that meet both on and off the ice. While the game has clear rules, the same can’t be said of life in Morocco and the CR.
Directed I Rozálie Kohoutová, Tomáš Bojar
Produced by I Cinema Arsenal - Tomáš Bojar
Cinematographer I Šimon Dvořáček, Rozálie Kohoutová
Editor I Šimon Hájek
Sound I Adam Levý
Awards and nominations
IDFF Jihlava - AUDIENCE AWARD
Festivals
World Premiere - Visions du Réel 2019; Grand Angle competition
Czech Premiere - KVIFF, Czech Films 2018–2019
National Premier - Edinburgh IFF, Odessa IFF, Kasseler Dok Film Fest
