Péter Kerekes will follow “107 Mothers” – which won Venice’s Horizons Award for best screenplay – with “Marathon,” currently in production and eyeing a winter 2024 release.
Set in his Slovak hometown and revolving around the Košice Peace Marathon, established in 1924, the doc will clock in at exactly 2 hours and 7 minutes, mirroring its current record.
“It’s not just about people who run, get to the finish line and that’s it, end credits. There are so many beautiful contradictions in the stories we are recounting here,” Kerekes tells Variety ahead of the film’s bow at Ji.hlava New Visions Forum.
He didn’t immediately jump at the idea, he admits.
“I am not a runner and I already made one film about the history of my city [‘66 Seasons’]. I didn’t want to repeat myself. Then the organizers forced me to meet some of the veterans connected to the marathon and I...
Set in his Slovak hometown and revolving around the Košice Peace Marathon, established in 1924, the doc will clock in at exactly 2 hours and 7 minutes, mirroring its current record.
“It’s not just about people who run, get to the finish line and that’s it, end credits. There are so many beautiful contradictions in the stories we are recounting here,” Kerekes tells Variety ahead of the film’s bow at Ji.hlava New Visions Forum.
He didn’t immediately jump at the idea, he admits.
“I am not a runner and I already made one film about the history of my city [‘66 Seasons’]. I didn’t want to repeat myself. Then the organizers forced me to meet some of the veterans connected to the marathon and I...
- 10/25/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
“To me, it’s pure joy,” says Czech filmmaker Filip Remunda of shooting his latest project, “Love Exposed,” which he presented as part of the prestigious IDFA Forum this week. This is Remunda’s first time back at IDFA in 14 years. “Czech Dream,” his breakout film, was screened at the festival in 2008 as part of the Top 10 strand.
“We are observing other projects and it’s important to have feedback from different sources as it will help us edit the film,” says Remunda about the importance of bringing the project to Amsterdam.
“The Forum was pioneering. They have broken the boundary between filmmakers, producers and commissioning agents. It wasn’t open before they started. It was like a Kafkaesque story where you don’t know who is ruling your life. The Forum has a very democratic principle because you can meet people, hear their feedback and learn about different possibilities,...
“We are observing other projects and it’s important to have feedback from different sources as it will help us edit the film,” says Remunda about the importance of bringing the project to Amsterdam.
“The Forum was pioneering. They have broken the boundary between filmmakers, producers and commissioning agents. It wasn’t open before they started. It was like a Kafkaesque story where you don’t know who is ruling your life. The Forum has a very democratic principle because you can meet people, hear their feedback and learn about different possibilities,...
- 11/15/2022
- by Rafa Sales Ross
- Variety Film + TV
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