YUNG MICHAL
2022 I short film I 17 min
On Instagram Michal presents himself as a rapper who is one step away from stardom. In reality, he is a fast-food worker in a place from where no-one ever made the big time. What he doesn't yet know is that his dream will come true this afternoon.
Director | Štěpán FOK Vodrážka
Screenplay | Jan Vejnar, Štěpán FOK Vodrážka
Dir. of Photography | Šimon Dvořáček
Music | Aid Kid, NobodyListen
Editor | Šimon Hájek
Art Director | Antonín Šilar
Producer | Vratislav Šlajer, Jakub Košťál
Production | Bionaut
Cast | Mikuláš Vedral, Jiří Huzlík, Michal Slaný, Alena Doláková, Jan Jankovský, Alice Bendová
Contact | Bionaut
Festivals
World Premiere - Pragueshorts at KVIFF
BFI London
FIGURANT
2019 I short film I 14 min
A man follows a group of workers coming for daywork in an industrial area. Soon, he’s stripped from his clothes and identity, dressed
in a military uniform and armed. His determination not to fall behind
the others is then tested by a series of unsettling events.
Written and Directed I Jan Vejnar
Produced by I Kamila Dohnalová – Silk Films, Emilie Dubois, Olivier Berlemont – OriGine Films
Cinematographer I Šimon Dvořáček
Sound Designer I Rémi Durel, Julie Tribout, Michaela Patríková
Music I Jan Vysocký
Editor I Jakub Vansa
Costume Designer I Helena Tavelová
Production Design I Pavel Svoboda
Cast I Denis Lavant, Michal Kern, Jiří Kocman, Michael Drahoš, Filip Chlud, Andrej Polák, Marek Pospíchal, Petr Vršek, Petr Jeništa, Eva Vrbková, Viktorie Čermáková, Tomáš Legierski, Vladimír Pešek
Awards and nominations:
Award / Best Cinematography, Best Actor, Best Editor - The Jordan International Film Festival
Award / Best Narrative Short Cinematography - The Loudoun Arts Film Festival - Figurant
Festivals
World Premiere - Asiana International Short Film Festival 2019
U.S. Premiere - SXSW 2020
Czech Premiere - Prague Shorts 2020
RECONSTRUCTION
2018 I short film I 15 min
Olda (17) je obviněný, který čeká na soud ve vazební věznici pro mladistvé. Do jednotvárného vězeňského života se postupně prolínají vzpomínky na policejní rekonstrukci. Prázdninová nuda se během jedné letní noci proměnila v krutou zábavu, která skončila smrtí.
Written and Directed I Jiří Havlíček, Ondřej Novák
Produced by I Dagmar Seldáčková - Masterfilm
Cinematography I Šimon Dvořáček
Editor I Šimon Hájek
Cast I Jaroslav Květoň, Simon Baláž, Marek Svoboda ad.
Festivals
World Premiere - Locarno Festival - Pardi di domani, 2018
Czech Premiere - Prague Shorts 2019
Everything's Gonna Be Fine
2017 I documentary I 71 min I 16mm
Producer Čestmír Kopecký had originally wanted to make a film about the changing face of Brno, but in the end director Robin Kvapil and co-writer Pavel Šplíchal created something more closely resembling Šplíchal’s ironic blog Prigl. In their “lovingly anarchistic” film, Brno forms the epicentre of a sarcastic look at Czech society. The naive and vacuous communist-era documentary with which Kvapil’s film opens gives way to the reporter’s bitter monologues right in front of the camera. These are intercut with acted sequences featuring Brno’s political elites, artists, and outcasts.
Directed I Robin Kvapil
Produced by I První veřejnoprávní s.r.o. - Čestmír Kopecký
Cinematographer I Šimon Dvořáček
Editor I Josef Krajbich
Sound I Adam Levý
Festivals
Czech Premiere - Ji.hlava IDFF, 2017
