Berlinale Talents - Short Film Station

(1991, diredtor, screenwriter)

Marta Prokopová just graduated from Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava where she studied animation. During her studies she made three short animated films which were presented at several international film festivals including IFF Annecy (Family – Basis of Life, 2013) or Animafest Zagreb (White Forest, 2014 and Mila Fog, 2015). She was a member of the student jury at San Sebastian IFF. She took part in the exhibition at Tricky Women IFF in Vienna (2015) and in Gallery Solyanka VPP Video/Performance/Animation) in Moscow at the exhibition of world young talents. Recently she won Slovak Anča Award for the best Slovak film at Fest Anča IFF with Mila Fog.

A short info about your upcoming projects:
Currently I am working with scriptwriter and director Michal Blaško on a new animated short film Wild Beasts. Michal has made several short films and his last one, Fear, was presented at San Sebastian IFF in the category Student films and was awarded best short film at Vilnius IFF (2016).

Your statement about Wild Beasts:
Animals have taken over the world! No, not by violence, bloodshed, corruption or anything “planet of the apes” like – people just let them. They were tired of being lords of the nature for so long and went on a well-deserved vacation. Now it’s animals who must face all the responsibilities, dilemmas and problems, just like people did before them. Wild Beasts is an unchronological mosaic of situations of two animals and one human character, who all struggle in this new kind of society.

Why did you decide to join Berlinale Talents?
It's actually really simple. I feel honest, deep, passionate, pure love for film. To have an opportunity to meet people who feel the same, and the possibility to touch their space just for a moment is always pretty inspirational for me.

Personal quote:
“We don't need the destruction of entire cities to know what it's like to survive a catastrophe. Whenever we lose someone we love deeply we experience the end of the world as we know it. The central idea of the story is not merely that the apocalypse is coming, but that it's coming for you. And there´s nothing you can do to avoid it.” Dale Bailey

Favourite word:
passion

Favourite film:
Toni Erdmann /at this moment/

Favourite meal:
salad, wine and cigarettes

Filmography:
upcoming: Divoké bytosti/Wild Beasts, drama (short)
2015: Mila Fog/Mila Fog, drama (short)
2014: Biely les/White Forest, horror (short)
2013: Rodina - základ života/Family - Basis of Life, bizarre drama (short)

Contact:
Marta Prokopová, +421 944 466 627,
martuska.prokopova@gmail.com,
http://martaprokopova.tumblr.com/

www.berlinale-talents.de
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aktualizované: 06.02.2017