The terrain of child grooming has come increasingly to the fore in recent years, both in documentaries like Caught In The Net and fiction features including Jennifer Fox's The Tale - which saw a woman reconsidering what had happened to her as a youngster from an adult's perspective.
Now Jamie Dack, co-writing with Audrey Finlay, expands on her earlier short film of the same name to immerse us uncomfortably into the world of 17-year-old Lea (newcomer Lily McInerny making an impressive debut) as burgeoning teenage emotions and boredom make her vulnerable to predatory tactics. Vital to the film's success is the fact that Lea isn't stupid or even lonely in the conventional sense. When she first meets Tom (Jonathan Tucker) after he steps in to help her out of an awkward situation, she's well aware of how much older he is - double her age, at 34 - and reluctant to.
Now Jamie Dack, co-writing with Audrey Finlay, expands on her earlier short film of the same name to immerse us uncomfortably into the world of 17-year-old Lea (newcomer Lily McInerny making an impressive debut) as burgeoning teenage emotions and boredom make her vulnerable to predatory tactics. Vital to the film's success is the fact that Lea isn't stupid or even lonely in the conventional sense. When she first meets Tom (Jonathan Tucker) after he steps in to help her out of an awkward situation, she's well aware of how much older he is - double her age, at 34 - and reluctant to.
- 2/8/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
We take a closer look at the five upcoming Czech documentary projects that were presented during the Czech Docs… Coming Soon industry event within the East Doc Platform programme. Five upcoming Czech documentary projects were presented during the Czech Docs… Coming Soon industry event within the East Doc Platform programme. The event was organised in cooperation with the Czech Audiovisual Producers’ Association for an audience of film-festival representatives, sales agents and distributors. Here, we take a closer look at the aforementioned projects. [img 129835] Pavla Klimešová and Martina Štrunc during the pitch for The Law of Love The Law of Love - Barbora ChalupováThe producers from outfit Silk Films, Pavla Klimešová and Martina Štrunc, introduced the first solo feature-length directorial outing by emerging filmmaker Barbora Chalupová, The Law of Love. Chalupová was a co-director of the domestic 2020 box-office hit Caught in the Net (see the news). The producers described...
Barbora Chalupová and Vít Klusák's film about online predators dominated the domestic box office last year, becoming the first documentary to do so. The year 2020 will go down in history as an annus horribilis for many industries, including the movie theatres. Owing to measures brought in to battle the spread of the coronavirus, theatres shut down and distribution plans were altered several times, with premieres postponed until the following year. While the local box office in the Czech Republic cratered by 65% compared to the previous year (see the news), the lack of US imports actually benefited domestic productions. Theatres in the Czech Republic were closed down from 13 March-10 May and again from 12 October until the end of 2020. A domestic documentary about online predators directed by Barbora Chalupová and Vít Klusák, Caught in the Net, rocketed to the top of the domestic box office (see the...
The Czech film set an admissions record for a documentary in its native territory.
Austria-based sales agent Autlook Filmsales has recorded a string of key deals on Czech box office hit Caught In The Net.
The feature documentary has sold to Japan (Hark), South Korea (Boan), Norway (Tour De Force), the Netherlands (Cinema Delicatessen), Hungary (All-Dox Kft), Lithuania (Inconvenient Films), Poland (Media4Fun), Austria (Filmladen), Germany (Filmwelt) and Switzerland (Ascot Elite).
Negotiations are underway for further European territories including Italy, Denmark and Finland.
Caught In The Net is written and directed by Czech filmmakers Barbora Chalupová and Vit Klusák. The...
Austria-based sales agent Autlook Filmsales has recorded a string of key deals on Czech box office hit Caught In The Net.
The feature documentary has sold to Japan (Hark), South Korea (Boan), Norway (Tour De Force), the Netherlands (Cinema Delicatessen), Hungary (All-Dox Kft), Lithuania (Inconvenient Films), Poland (Media4Fun), Austria (Filmladen), Germany (Filmwelt) and Switzerland (Ascot Elite).
Negotiations are underway for further European territories including Italy, Denmark and Finland.
Caught In The Net is written and directed by Czech filmmakers Barbora Chalupová and Vit Klusák. The...
- 10/19/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Other winners at the Sarajevo-based TV documentary festival include Caught in the Net by Vít Klusák and Barbora Chalupová, Neighbours by Nerminka Erić, and Dino Mustafić's Transforming Tomorrow. The third edition of Ajb Doc, a Sarajevo-based festival dedicated to TV documentaries and organised by Al Jazeera Balkans, wrapped last night with Molly Stuart's Objector (USA) winning the Main Award. The film tells the story of a 19-year-old Jewish girl who refuses to do her military service, bravely opposing the Israeli ideology and system. A Special Mention went to Vít Klusák and Barbora Chalupová's Caught in the Net (Czech Republic/Slovakia), which world-premiered at Prague One World and reveals how online child abuse has become a widespread threat. In the Ajb Screening Selection, the Best Film Award went to Bosnian filmmaker Nerminka Erić's short Neighbours, about the inhabitants of eastern Bosnia and western Serbia who, three decades after their own war,...
The Al Jazeera Balkans Film Festival, dedicated to TV documentaries, will take place 11-15 September online and on location in Sarajevo. Ajb Doc Film Festival, organised by TV broadcaster Al Jazeera Balkans, in cooperation with Al Jazeera Media Network (Ajmn) and Al Jazeera Media Institute, is set to take place for the third time from 11-15 September, on locations in Sarajevo and online at www.online.ajbdoc.ba. The competition programme will present 12 documentaries adapted for TV broadcasting, while six regional films will be screened in the Ajb Screening programme and soon thereafter broadcast on Ajb television. Another three famous international titles in the Last Minute Cinema section complete the programme. The competition line-up includes Vít Klusák and Barbora Chalupová's Czech box office hit Caught in the Net (Czech Republic/Slovakia), Jonas Bruun's Nordisk Panorama audience award winner Humanity on Trial (Denmark), Eva Mulvad's Toronto entry Love Child...
The short-form streaming service will include ‘movies in chapters’ starring Chris Hemsworth and Sophie Turner
Jeffrey Katzenburg’s short-form SVoD service Quibi is launching with 50 shows spanning drama, unscripted and bite-size entertainment news and lifestyle programming.
The service is launching on April 6 with content including a series called Most Dangerous Game, starring Liam Hemsworth, a Jennifer Lopez-executive produced gameshow Thanks A Million and car stunt series Elba Vs. Block, the first UK commission for the platform.
Additionally, the platform is offering a 90-day free trial for a limited time, if users sign-up before the launch date.
Over its first year,...
Jeffrey Katzenburg’s short-form SVoD service Quibi is launching with 50 shows spanning drama, unscripted and bite-size entertainment news and lifestyle programming.
The service is launching on April 6 with content including a series called Most Dangerous Game, starring Liam Hemsworth, a Jennifer Lopez-executive produced gameshow Thanks A Million and car stunt series Elba Vs. Block, the first UK commission for the platform.
Additionally, the platform is offering a 90-day free trial for a limited time, if users sign-up before the launch date.
Over its first year,...
- 3/9/2020
- by 1101403¦John Elmes Broadcast¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
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