4. 7. | 10:00 – 13:00 | Industry Pool | Hotel Thermal
Pitch & Feedback is the annual presentation of six to seven selected Czech and Slovak feature film projects in development. Pitch & Feedback is organized by Czech Film Center, Slovak Film Institute and Karlovy Vary IFF.
Seven to eight selected projects are pitched by their producers and directors to the group of invited experts – international film industry representatives and decision makers – who are acquainted with the projects beforehand and directly provide the presenters and the audience with their valuable feedback and advice. Consultations behind the closed door are part of the programme as well.
The goal of Pitch & Feedback is to create an effective platform for the selected projects, help them start off in the right direction and attract the attention of international producers and decision makers.
EXPERTS
Gary Cranner - Chezville (producer) Patricie Frehse - Pluto Film (sales agent) Simon Perry - ACE (representative of training programme) Oliver Rittweger - MDM (representative of fund)
Katriel Schory - Israeli Film Fund (fund representative) Angeliki Vergou - CrossRoads (representative of co-production forum)
Tutor and host of the presentation: Danijel Hočevar
SLOVAK PROJECTS
MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
SK, CZ | 100 min. | drama
scriptwriter & director: Jana Nemčeková production: Hitchhiker Cinema | Barbara Janišová Feglová | www.hitchhikercinema.sk co-production: Dawson Films (CZ)
The life of a stunt woman changes after a phone call from her mother; a mother her family buried shortly before the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. She was just a girl then. When Monika finds out her mother was a double agent, she flies to London. There she finds her, dying, and a younger brother. Monika’s pregnancy is confirmed. Overwhelmed by all the events, she tries to bring the whole family together. The strength comes with the pain and it makes Monika less scared of her own motherhood.
POWER | MOC SK, HU, CZ | 100 min | drama, thriller
director: Mátyás Prikler scriptwriters: Marek Leščák, Mátyás Prikler production: MPhilms | Zora Jaurová | www.mphilms.sk co-production: Proton Cinema (HU), Negativ (CZ)
Power tells a story of a well-established politician who gets involved in an accident resulting in death of an innocent person. The consequent efforts to investigate and - above all - to cover up traces leading to this precarious incident expose the hidden machinery of political power in current democracies. The film brings up questions about the true identities of important political figures and reveals stories hidden behind their public masks. Furthermore, it arouses questions about truth and its various forms in current public life, as well as the different ways of finding or hiding it.
LET THERE BE LIGHT | NECH JE SVETLO
SK, CZ | 90 min. | drama
scriptwriter, director: Marko Škop production: ARTILERIA | Ján Meliš | www.artileria.sk co-production: Negativ (CZ)
A guest-worker in Germany, Milan (40), discovers that back home in Slovakia his teenage son has become involved with paramilitary home guards and is accused of bullying and killing a classmate. The father starts searching for the truth about what happened, the truth about himself...
