Going through his father’s phone, Martin (Martin Pechlat) scoffs at the numbers listed under bird names. Are these sex workers or mistresses? What has his father been up to? He dials some of them to try and find out. His excuse for inspecting the phone is that he’s trying to get himself up to date as acting head of electronics manufacturing company Aron, but his display of cruelty, whilst his father lies in a hospital bed, illustrates the rot at the heart of the family, matched by troubles within the company itself.
Despite his achievement in building the company up, Ivo (Miroslav Donutil) has been in poor health for a while and has not been successfully staying on top of everything. He has clung on because he doesn’t believe that his children are fit to inherit the role, and one can see why – yet it’s on his watch that,...
Despite his achievement in building the company up, Ivo (Miroslav Donutil) has been in poor health for a while and has not been successfully staying on top of everything. He has clung on because he doesn’t believe that his children are fit to inherit the role, and one can see why – yet it’s on his watch that,...
- 3/4/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
After winning Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s Crystal Globe for best director in 2018 for “Winter Flies,” the Slovenian-born Czech director Olmo Omerzu returns to its competition with the world premiere of his fourth feature “Bird Atlas.” It is co-written with his “Winter Flies” collaborator Petr Pýcha. The film’s sales agent, Cercamon, has given Variety exclusive access to its trailer.
Although it is an ensemble drama, the film unfolds through the perspective of a stubborn patriarch (Miroslav Donutil), old and unwell, but still running a family business, and the company’s accountant (Alena Mihulová), desperately trying to catch her last chance for true romantic love. And then there are the birds who comment upon the action like a Greek chorus. Omerzu notes, “This serves as a contrast to our main characters, who are so stubborn and so fixated on their own selfish needs and problems that they’re missing the bigger picture.
Although it is an ensemble drama, the film unfolds through the perspective of a stubborn patriarch (Miroslav Donutil), old and unwell, but still running a family business, and the company’s accountant (Alena Mihulová), desperately trying to catch her last chance for true romantic love. And then there are the birds who comment upon the action like a Greek chorus. Omerzu notes, “This serves as a contrast to our main characters, who are so stubborn and so fixated on their own selfish needs and problems that they’re missing the bigger picture.
- 8/20/2021
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
Opening night premiere honors at Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival this year go to Special Screenings film “Zatopek,” David Ondricek’s stirring drama chronicling the remarkable life of four-time Olympic gold-winning runner Emil Zatopek. The choice is fitting after a marathon year of challenges for local filmmakers, who, like the supremely focused and resourceful Czech athlete, have now crossed the finish line with 14 works that offer a rich sampling of ideas and insights.
Not every edition of Kviff offers such a varied array of Czech and Slovak work, but this year is different, partly due to the scaling down of the international offerings caused by challenges in staging the fest during the pandemic. That provides a rare window for local filmmakers, as doc maker Erika Hnikova observes. “Every Single Minute,” her account of a Slovak couple raising their son according to the demanding strictures of the Kameveda developmental approach, makes...
Not every edition of Kviff offers such a varied array of Czech and Slovak work, but this year is different, partly due to the scaling down of the international offerings caused by challenges in staging the fest during the pandemic. That provides a rare window for local filmmakers, as doc maker Erika Hnikova observes. “Every Single Minute,” her account of a Slovak couple raising their son according to the demanding strictures of the Kameveda developmental approach, makes...
- 8/18/2021
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
The Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, Central and Eastern Europe’s leading movie event, unveiled the lineups for its Official Selection, Retrospective, and industry programs Tuesday. This includes 27 world premieres, two international premieres and two European premieres spread across its two competition sections and the Special Screenings program, including British drama “Boiling Point,” starring Stephen Graham as a stressed out chef.
The festival, which runs Aug. 20-28, opens with “Zátopek,” David Ondříček’s drama about runner Emil Zátopek, the four-time Olympic gold medalist, who is widely regarded as the most popular athlete in Czech history.
The festival’s retrospective will be dedicated to the work of The Film Foundation, the movie restoration and preservation organization set up by Martin Scorsese in 1990, with the screening of 10 of the more than 900 movies it has restored.
The Eastern Promises Industry Days, which takes place online between July 28 and Aug. 12, has unveiled 29 film projects...
The festival, which runs Aug. 20-28, opens with “Zátopek,” David Ondříček’s drama about runner Emil Zátopek, the four-time Olympic gold medalist, who is widely regarded as the most popular athlete in Czech history.
The festival’s retrospective will be dedicated to the work of The Film Foundation, the movie restoration and preservation organization set up by Martin Scorsese in 1990, with the screening of 10 of the more than 900 movies it has restored.
The Eastern Promises Industry Days, which takes place online between July 28 and Aug. 12, has unveiled 29 film projects...
- 6/29/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Czech film director Vera Chytilova, one of the leading filmmakers of the new wave of Czechoslovak cinema in the 1960s, has died. She was 85.
Czech public radio and television, citing relatives, say Chytilova died Wednesday in Prague after battling an unspecified illness for several years.
Chytilova’s highly acclaimed farcical comedy Daisies from 1966 proved her reputation as a provocateur and helped establish her as an artistic force at home and abroad.
Like the movies of other new Czech directors of the time, it represented a radical departure from socialist realism, a typical communist-era genre focusing on realistically depicting the working class’ troubles.
Czech public radio and television, citing relatives, say Chytilova died Wednesday in Prague after battling an unspecified illness for several years.
Chytilova’s highly acclaimed farcical comedy Daisies from 1966 proved her reputation as a provocateur and helped establish her as an artistic force at home and abroad.
Like the movies of other new Czech directors of the time, it represented a radical departure from socialist realism, a typical communist-era genre focusing on realistically depicting the working class’ troubles.
- 3/12/2014
- by Associated Press
- EW - Inside Movies
Jan Kidawa-Blonski's "Little Rose" was the big winner at this year's Tiburon International Film Festival, snagging Best Film at the event which wrapped on April 15 in Tiburon, California. Below find the full list of winners: Best Film: "Little Rose" by Jan Kidawa-Blonski [Poland] Best Director: Jan Kidawa-Blonski for "Little Rose" [Poland] Best Actor: Miroslav Donutil for "Novel for Men" [Czech Republic] Best Actress: Magdalena Boczarska for "Little Rose" [Poland] ...
- 4/18/2011
- Indiewire
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