Copyright: Screen International
Czech Republic - June 6
PRE-PRODUCTION
ADVERSE WINDS (protipoly)
(Simply Sirena) Co-prod: Non Stop (Russ). Budget: e3m-e3.5m. Int’l sales: Fortissimo. Melodrama. Exec prods: Mathieu Bonpoint, Blanche Neumann. Co-prod: Yelena Yantsura. Dir: Artemio Benki. Scr: Benki, Armelle Verenka, Gilles Taurant. DoP: Igor Luther. Shooting from January to April 2004.
Contact: Blanche Neumann, Simply Sirena, (420) 221 411 699
ANGELS (andele)
(Simply Sirena) Co-prod: Fabula Film (Slovenia). Budget: e750,000. Melodrama. Exec prod: Artemio Benki. Dir: Janja Glogovac. Scr: Glogovac, Tomas Koncicky. Shooting from September to October 2003.
Contact: Blanche Neumann, Simply Sirena, (420) 221 411 699
THE BEST FILMS OF OUR LIVES (nejlepsi filmy naseho zivota)
(Negativ) Black comedy. An emigre comes to the US to show a stolen film, an American crook is disowned by his daughter and two Japanese men want to die like the heroes of Easy Rider. Prod: Pavel Strnad. Dir/scr: Petr Zelenka. Shooting in 2005.
Contact: Pavel Strnad, Negativ, (420) 224 933 472
BETTER PLACE (shikotan)
(Simply Sirena) Co-prod: Dinoterium (Russ), Pandora (Ger). Budget: e1.8m. Int’l sales: Fortissimo. Melodrama. Exec prods: Blanche Neumann, Artemio Benki. Co-prods: Yelena Yatsura, Karl Baumgarther. Dir: Vlad Lanne. Scr: Lanne, Igor Kopytov. Shooting from April to August 2004.
Contact: Blanche Neumann, Simply Sirena, (420) 221 411 699
BORDERS (hranice)
(Negativ) Drama. Story of a trafficker in refugees. Prod: Pavel Strnad. Dir: Pavel Marek. Scr: Martin Rysavy, Marek. Shooting in 2004.
Contact: Pavel Strnad, Negativ, (420) 224 933 472
CORRIDOR OR LIFE IN STEAM (koridor, aneb zivot pod parou)
(Verbascum) Drama. Real characters mix with fictional ones in trains, in train stations and along the rails that service them. Prod: Richard Nemec. Dir/scr/DoP: Miroslav Janek. Ed: Tonicka Jankova. Shooting from autumn 2003.
Contact: Richard Nemec, Verbascum, (420) 224 930 077
DON QUIXOTE IN BOHEMIA (son quijote v cechach)
(what.ever! production) Fantasy drama. Prod: Radek Auer. Dir: Otakaro Schmidt. Scr: Schmidt, Bolek Polivka. Shooting in 2004.
Contact: Radek Auer, what.ever! production, (420) 602 255 546
DWARFS (trpaslici)
(Vertigo Films) Tragi-comedy. Seven people are trapped in a snowed-in guesthouse. Dir/scr: Karel Zalud. DoP: Tomas Novacek. Shooting in 2004.
Contact: Vertigo Film, (420) 220 412 250
THE EMPTIES (vratne lahve)
(Biograf Jan Sverak) Co-prod: Portobello Pictures (UK). Backers: Czech Television, Phoenix Film Investments (Den). Budget: $1.5m. Int’l sales: Phoenix Film Investments (Den). Bittersweet comedy set in a supermarket. Prods: Eric Abraham, Jan Sverak. Dir: Jan Sverak. Scr: Zdenek Sverak. DoP: Vladimir Smutny. Music: Ondrej Soukup. Main cast: Zdenek Sverak. Shooting from September 2003.
Contact: Biograf Jan Sverak, (420) 244 468 100
THE EYE (oko)
(Happy Celluloid, Universal Studios) Thriller. An extraordinary love affair in the wrong place at the wrong time. Prods: Milan Cieslar, Veronika Finkova. Scr: Iva Hercikova. Shooting in 2004.
Contact: Happy Celluloid, (420) 602 218 960
FACELESS (bez tvare)
(Kokr Pictures) Co-prod: Barrandov Studios, Wild Bunch (Fr), Charlie’s (Slovak), HBO (US). Drama. An everlasting friendship with a limited life. Prods: Tomas Krejci, Petr Sizling, Rudolf Biermann. Dir: Krejci. Scr: Krejci, Marek Epstein. DoP: Martin Sacha. Music: Ondrej Brousek. Main cast: Petr Forman, Linda Rybova. Shooting in 2004.
Contact: Tomas Krejci, Kokr Pictures, kokrpict@post.cz
FIMFARUM II
(Aurel Klimt, Martin Vandas, Studio Zvon) Co-prod: Universal Production Partner. Puppet film. Second instalment, based on a collection of fairy tales by Jan Werich. Prods: Aurel Klimt, Martin Vandas, Studio Zvon. Dir: Klimt, Vlasta Pospisilova, Jan Balej, Bretislav Pojar. Scr: Klimt, Jiri Kubicek, Pojar, Balej. DoP: Miloslav Spala, Radek Loukota. Shooting in autumn 2003.
Contact: Alena Vandasova, press agent, (420) 606 817 646
GOING ASTRAY (sejitz cesty)
(Vertigo Film) Co-prod: Grant MK. Drama-comedy. A young man stuck in a career rut at his father’s legal practice finally finds excitement. Dir/scr: Rudof Kral. DoP: Vladan Vala. Shooting in 2003-2004.
Contact: Vertigo Film, (420) 220 412 250
HAPPINESS (stesti)
(Luxor) Backer: State Fund. Romance. Love between two young people in the 1950s prison system. Prod: Premysl Prazsky. Dir. Petr Nikolaev. Scr: Jiri Stransky. DoP: Martin Duba. Shooting from Aug 15 to Sept 30.
Contact: Premysl Prazsky, Luxor, (420) 267 073 615
A HUNTING ODYSSEY (myslivecka odysea)
(Aurel Klimt, Martin Vandas, Studio Zvon) Backer: State Fund. Drama. A scouting party from outer space finds a new hunting ground. Prod: Aurel Klimt, Martin Vandas, Studio Zvon. Dir/scr: Klimt. DoP: Radek Loukota.
Contact: Alena Vandasova, (420) 606 817 646
LOOP THE LOOP (horem padem)
(Total HelpArt) Budget: $1.2m. Drama. Central Europeans see the Iron Curtain fall and a global village emerge. Prod: Ondrej Trojan. Dir: Jan Hrebejk. Scr: Petr Jarchovsky. DoP: Jan Malir. Main cast: Jan Triska, Petr Forman, Jiri Machacek. Shooting in July and August.
Contact: Pavlina Fechterova, Total HelpArt, (420) 267 073 007
ON YOUR FEET (postavi vas na nohy)
(Czech Television Ostrava) Historical whodunit. A small spa town, 1947: a murderer is hunted by the police. Prod: Ales Jurda. Scr: Vladmir Fanta. Shooting in 2003-2004.
Contact: Ales Jurda, Czech Television Ostrava, (420) 596 201 251
POST-COITUM
(Jakubisko Film) Budget: e900,000. Int’l sales: Tanner Propp (North Am); Jakubisko Film. Dist: Bontonfilm (Czech Rep). Satire. Dir/scr: Marcel Bystron. Shooting in winter 2003.
Contact: Jakubisko Film, (420) 296 236 353
SNOWBOARDERS (snowboardaci)
(Whisconti) Co-prod: Czech Television, Alkor Film. Youth film. Teen adventures in the mountains at Christmas. Dir/scr: Karel Janak. DoP: Martin Sacha. Shooting from late 2003-early 2004.
Contact: Whisconti, (420) 224 922 856.
SUBSTITUTE (suplent)
(Bionaut Production) Surreal drama. Prod: Vratislav Slajer. Co-prod: Krystof Mucha. Dir: Martin Krejci. Scr: Vojtech Masek, Krejci. DoP: Stepan Kucera. Shooting in 2004.
Contact: Bionaut, (420) 222 517 908
THE TALL MAN, THE WIDE MAN AND THE SHARP-EYED MAN (dlougy, sirky a bystrozraky)
(Luxor Film) Co-prods: Czech Television, Slovak Television, Barrandov Studios, GF Studios (Swe), Univeral Production Partners, AG Studios (Slovakia). Backer: State Fund. Fairy tale. An old king wants to hand his kingdom over to the crown prince. Exec prod: Karla Stojakova. Prod: Premysl Prazky. Dir: Hynek Bocan. Scr: Bocan, Jiri Just, Stefan Uhrik, Hana Cielova. DoP: Jaroslav Brabec. Shooting in the first half of 2004 in the Czech Republic, Sweden and Slovakia.
Contact: Premysl Prazky, Luxor Film, (420) 267 072 031, (420) 267 073 615
THE THIRD SEX (treti pohlavi)
(Jakubisko Film) Budget: $4.5m. Int’l sales: DG Lubell, Tanner Propp (North Am); Jakubisko Film. Dist: Bontonfilm. Comedy. Dir/scr: Juraj Jakubisko. DoP: Jan Duris. Shooting in Prague and Mexico.
Contact: Jakubisko Film, (420) 296 236 353
THE VRANA AFFAIR (problem vrana)
(Luxor Film) Co-prod: Czech Television, Barrandov Studios. Backer: State Fund. Drama. Conflict in an elite private school. Exec prod: Karla Stojakova. Prod: Premysl Prazky. Dir: Tomas Barina. Scr: Rudolf Merkner, Barina. Shooting in the Czech Republic.
Contact: Premysl Prazky, Luxor Film, (420) 267 072 031, (420) 267 073 615.
IN PRODUCTION
BLOODLINES (pokrvne vztahy)
(Alef Film & Media Group [Slovak]) Co-prod: Ateliery Bonton Zlin, Maxwell Production LLC, STV. Drama. Prod: Marian Urban. Dir: Oleg Harencar. Scr: Ondrej Sulaj, Harencar. DoP: Jan Duris. Main cast: Rudolf Martin, Monika Hilmerova, Roman Luknar, Sally Kirkland, Radek Brzobohaty.
Contact: Marian Urban, Alef Film & Media Group, (421) 255 561 045
CHAMPIONS (mistri)
(Negativ) Co-prod: Czech Television. Backer: State Fund. Drama. Prods: Pavel Strnad, Milan Kuchynka. Dir: Marek Najbrt. Scr: Najbrt, Ben Tucek, Robert Geisler. DoP: Miloslav Holman. Shooting in winter 2003.
Contact: Pavel Strnad, Negativ, (420) 224 933 755
DUENDE
(what.ever! production) Co-prod: Crack Film. Drama. A chronicle of life on Karoliny Svetle Street in Prague’s Old Town. Prod: Radek Auer. Dir: Sambor Wilk. Scr: Wilk, Vlastimil Tresnak. DoP: Michal Vojkuvka. Main cast: Karel Dobry, Bohumil Klepl, Eva Holubova, Zuzana Stivinova. Shooting in 2002-2003.
Contact: Radek Auer, what.ever! production, (420) 602 255 546
HAPPINESS (YOU ARE MY HAPPINESS) [stesti (ty jsi moje stesti)]
(Cineart TV Prague, Negativ) Co-prod: Czech Television. Backer: State Fund. Drama. Prod: Viktor Schward, Pavel Strnad. Dir: Bohdan Slama. Scr: Bohdan Slama. DoP: Divis Marek. Main cast: Tatiana Vilhelmova, Pavel Lisak, Ana Geislerova, Marek Daniel, Iva Janzurova. Shooting from 2003 to 2005.
Contact: Helena Hejcova, Cineart TV Prague, (420) 261 711 108
THE IMP (skritek)
(Vorelfilm, Universal Production Partners, Cineart Productions) Backer: State Fund. Dir/scr: Tomas Vorel. DoP: Marek Jicha. Main cast: Eva Holubova, Bolek Polivka, Ivana Chylkova, Tomas Hanak, Barbora Munzarova. Shooting in 2003.
Contact: Tomas Vorel, Vorelfilm, (420) 608 889 353
JURO JANOSIK: TRUE STORY (juro janosik: pravdiva historia)
(InFilm) Co-prods: Charlie’s (Slovakia), Czech Television. Budget: e5m. Backers: Slovak Ministry of Culture, State Fund. Adventure drama. Exec prod: Rudolf Biermann. Co-prods: Jaroslav Kucera, Kasia Adamik. Dir: Agnieszka Holland, Adamik. Scr: Eva Borusovicova. Main cast: Vasek Jiracek, Michal Zebrowski, Sarah Zoe Canner. Shooting in Slovakia from September 2002 to October 2003.
Contact: InFilm Praha, (420) 224 237 439
THE LAST SUMMER (posledni leto)
(Negativ) Backer: State Fund. Tragi-comedy. Prod: Katerina Cerna. Dir: Karin Babinska. Scr: Petra Vselova. DoP: Martin Douba. Shooting in September and October 2003.
Contact: Katerina Cerna, Negativ, (420) 224 933 755
MAN’S SILHOUETTE (stin zmizeleho)
(Happy Celluloid) Co-prods: Czech Television, Slovak Television (Slovakia). Backer: State Fund. Family drama. Prod: Milan Cieslar. Dir: Milan Cieslar. Scr: Vladimir Korner. Shooting until November 2003.
Contact: Happy Celluloid, (420) 602 218 960
NEW BEINGS: THE INDIAN AND THE NURSE (nove bytosti: indian a sestricka)
(Cineart TV Prague) Co-prod: Czech Television. Backer: State Fund. Fantasy drama. Prod: Viktor Schwarz. Dir: Dan Wlodarczyk. Scr: Jan Stehlik. DoP: Alexandar Surkala. Shooting from 2003 until 2004.
Contact: Helena Hejcova, Cineart TV Prague, (420) 261 711 108
SENTIMENT
(Bionaut) Co-prod: Czech Television, Creative Group of Ondrej Sramek and Petr Nezval, Danuse Hejtmankova. Backers: State Fund, Grant Mhmp, Literarni Fond. Drama. Prods: Tomas Hejtmanek, Vratislav Slajer. Dir: Hejtmanek. Scr/ed: Jiri Soukup, Hejtmanek. DoP: Jaromir Kacer, Divis Marek. Main cast: Ema Cerna, Jan Kacer, Ivan Paluch, Frantisek Velecky, Jiri Kodet.
Contact: Bionaut, (420) 222 517 908
SHARK IN THE HEAD (zralok v hlave)
(Bionaut Production) Co-prod: Krystof Mucha. Backer: State Fund. Surreal fantasy. Prod: Vratislav Slajer. Dir/scr: Maria Prochazkova. DoP: Martin Stepanek. Main cast: Oldrich Kaiser. Shooting from August 2003 to October 2003.
Contact: Bionaut Production, (420) 222 517 908
SMART PHILIP (mazany filip)
(Silver Screen) Budget: approx ckr18m. Dist: Warner Bros. (Czech Republic and Slovakia). Satire. Exec prod: Ales Tybl. Prod/dir/scr: Vaclav Marhoul. DoP: Vladimir Smutny. Main cast: Tomas Hanak, Vilma Cibulkova, Oldrich Kaiser, Bohumil Klepl, Pavel Liska. Shooting from May 12 to June 19.
Contact: Vaclav Marhoul, Silver Screen, (420) 296 236 491
SUSPICION (podezreni)
(Lenka Kny, Martina Burget) Co-prod: Czech Television, PL TV, Sony Music. Backer: Grant Media Program. Contemporary drama. Prods: Lenka Kny, Martina Burget. Dir: Kny. Scr: Kny, Ondrej Provaznik. DoP: Adam Sikora. Main cast: David Kraus, Jana Krausova, Jan Triska, Boguslaw Linda, Karel Roden. Shooting from November 2003 to June 2004.
Contact: Lenka Kny, (420) 603 419 595
VATERLAND - A HUNTING LOGBOOK (vaterland - lovecky denik)
(Cineart TV Prague) Co-prod: Czech Television, Universal Production Partners, Ateliery Bonton Zlin. Backer: State Fund. Fantasy thriller. Prod: Viktor Schwartz. Dir/scr: David Jarab. DoP: Marek Jicha. Main cast: Frantisek Rehak, Karel Roden, Petr Forman. Shooting from 2002 to 2004.
Contact: Helena Hejcova, Cineart TV Prague, (420) 261 711 108
ZELARY
(Total HelpArt THA) Co-prod: Czech Television, Barrandov Studios, Dor Film (Austria), Alef Film & Media Group (Slovakia). Romance. Co-prods: Ondrej Trojan, Helena Uldrichova, Pavel Borovan, Jaroslav Kucera, Danny Krausz, Marian Urban. Dir: Trojan. Scr: Petr Jarchovsky. DoP: Asen Sopov. Main cast: Anna Geislerova, Gyorgy Cserhalmi, Jaroslava Adamova.
Contact: Total HelpArt, (420) 267 073 007
POST-PRODUCTION
AGAIN (nevstoupis dvakrat)
(Bionaut) Co-producer: Iljar h. f. (Ice). Dist: SpinFilm (Czech Rep). Prod: Vratislav Slajer. Dir/scr: Borker Gunnarsson.
Contact: Bionaut Production, (420) 222 517 908
THE FARM MANAGER (spravce statku)
(Vesfilm) Dir/scr/DoP/ed: Martin Duba.
Contact: Libor Zlomek, libor.zlomek@quick.cz
THE GREAT FLOOD (golemata voda [velka voda])
(Artis 3, The World Circle Foundation) Co-prod: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia (Maced). Backer: State Fund. Prods: Mile Arsovki, Vladimir Chrenovsky, Ivo Ttrajkov. Dir: Trajkov.
Contact: The World Circle Foundation, (420) 222 581 358
IT WILL STAY BETWEEN US (zustane to mezi nami)
(Film Factory [Slovakia]) Co-prod: Film Factory (Czech Rep), Ucelovy Transfer MK (Slovakia). Dir: Miro Sindelka.
Contact: Film Factory, (421) 254 640 055
KING OF THIEVES (kral zlodeju)
(InFilm) Co-prods: Charlie’s (Slovakia), Ivan Fila, Lichtblick (Ger). Budget: e1.4m. Backer: Slavia Capital, German film funds. Drama. Exec prod: Rudolf Biermann. Prod: Helga Baehr, Biermann, Ivan Fila. Dir: Ivan Fila.
Contact: InFilm Praha, (420) 224 237 439, (420) 224 228 229
ONE HAND CAN’T CLAP (jedna ruka netleska)
(Lucky Man Films) Co-prods: Cinemart, Czech Television, Barrandov Studios. Budget: ckr30m. Backer: State Fund. Dist: Cinemart (Czech Republic). Exec prod/dir: David Ondricek.
Contact: Pavla Cermakova, Lucky Man Films, (420) 221 667 302
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