Gypsy is the story of Adam, a boy who, after the death of his father, struggles to cross the boundaries of his settlement and tries to change his siblings’ lives. He finds himself in a conflict with racial, social, and cultural prejudice and the unwritten laws of his own Roma community.

Director:

Martin Šulík

Cast:

Janko Mižigár, Martin Hangurbadžo, Miro Gulyas, Miroslava Jarábeková, Ivan Mirga, Attila Mokos

Production:

Titanic (SK), Infilm Praha (CZ), Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska (SK), Česká televize (CZ)

World Premiere:

46th Karlovy Vary IFF

Contact:

Rudolf Biermann
IN Film Praha
+420 222 515 357
biermann@infilm.cz
www.infilm.cz

Festivals:

Marta Lamperová
marta.lamperova@gmail.com
+420 739 592 040

Screenings:

OFFICIAL SELECTION - COMPETITION
05. 07.   10:30   Congress Hall (Press & Industry screening)
05. 07.   20:00   Grand Hall
06. 07.   10:00   Espace Dorleans

Martin ŠULÍK

*1962
Žilina                                      

Actor, scriptwriter and director. His film The Garden was awarded with five Czech Lions, awards of Slovak and Czech film critics, awards at KarlovyVary IFF and was successful at various festivals worldwide. His film Landscape was the national nomination for the Academy Award selection for Best Foreign Language Film. The City of the Sun was awarded with six Slovak national awards The Sun in a Net. He also directed several successful documentary films. He teaches at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava.

2011: Gypsy (fiction)
2010: 25 from the Sixties or The Czechoslovak New Wave (documentary)
2007: Martin Slivka – The Man Who Planted Trees (documentary)
2005: The City of the Sun (fiction)
2000: Landscape (fiction)
1999: Prague Stories (fiction – 1 episode)
1997: Orbis Pictus (fiction)
1995: The Garden (fiction)
1992: Everything I Love (fiction)
1991: Tenderness (fiction)