Two Slovak films in the programme of Rotterdam IFF
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Slovak films started off the New Year very successfully. The 42nd Rotterdam IFF (23. 1. - 3. 2. 2013) included two young Slovak directors' film in its programme in a world premiere.
In the Hivos Tiger Awards Competition section, the second feature by Mira Fornay My Dog Killer (2013, SK-CZ) will compete for the Hivos Tiger Award. The film is a one-day story of eighteen-year-old Marek living near Slovak-Moravian border with his dad and with his racist friends – hooligans, however, Marek’s best friend is his dog. Marek’s life is shaken up when he discovers the secret of his lost mother.
The film was selected for the Berlinale Co-production Market in 2010 and was introduced within the Works in Progress presentation of 47th Karlovy Vary IFF, as well as the Agora Work in Progress presentation at 53rd Thessaloniki IFF, where it also received the Best Project Award.
The debut of Mira Fornay, Foxes (2009, CZ-SK-IE), premiered at the International Critics' Week of the 66th Venice IFF in 2009 and was also presented at the 39th Rotterdam IFF in 2010.
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| MY DOG KILLER (Môj pes Killer) | |
| SK, CZ / 2013 / 90 min. / fiction | |
| Hivos Tiger Awards Competition | |
| director: | Mira Fornay |
| cast: | Adam Mihál, Irena Berdová, Libor Filo, Marián Kuruc |
| production: | MIRAFOX (SK), CineArt TV Prague (CZ), Česká televize (CZ) |
| world premiere: | 42. MFF Rotterdam |
| producer: | MIRAFOX / Juraj Buzalka +421 904 881 384 juraj.buzalka@mirafox.sk www.mirafox.sk |
| festivals & sales: | m-appeal World Sales / Maren Kroymann +49 306 150 7505 berlinoffice@m-appeal.com www.m-appeal.com |
| contact during Rotterdam IFF: | m-appeal World Sales / Anne Wiedlack Jan 27 - 30, 2013 +49 157 759 617 75 |
| ► 29.01. ► 15:30 ► Pathé 7 (World Premiere) ► 30.01. ► 15:30 ► Pathé 7 ► 01.02. ► 12:15 ► Pathé 6 ► 02.02. ► 13:15 ► Pathé 1 |
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| (Press & Industry Screenings) ► 28.01. ► 15:45 ► De Doelen Willem Burger Zaal ► 29.01. ► 09:15 ► Pathé 2 |
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The feature debut of director Mátyás Prikler Fine, Thanks (2013, SK) was selected for the Bright Future section, where the festival presents up-and-coming new talents. The films is a feature-length fi lm consisting of three main stories, and an epilogue. The stories take place during the current financial crisis that aff ects the intimate lives of the characters and reveals a harsh picture of their twisted relations. The applied narrative method, which is based on observation and borders on documentary filmmaking, is also the key approach in portraying a world that is losing morals but has not yet lost all hope.
The film was a part of the Work in Progress Arc 1950 Coproduction Village presentation of the 3rd Les Arcs European FF.
The short Thanks, Fine (2009), one of the short stories of the feature film, was selected for the La Cinéfondation at the 63rd MFF Cannes in 2010.
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| FINE, THANKS (Ďakujem, dobre) | |
| SK / 2013 / 134 min. / fiction | |
| Bright Future | |
| director: | Mátyás Prikler |
| cast: | Attila Mokos, Miroslav Krobot, Béla Várady, Vladimír Obšil, Jana Oľhová |
| production: | MPhilms (SK) |
| world premiere: | 42. MFF Rotterdam |
| producer: | MPhilms / Mátyás Prikler +421 904 674 408 mphilms@mphilms.sk www.mphilms.sk |
| festivals: | MPhilms / Daniela Chlapíková +421 905 199 428 pr@mphilms.sk www.mphilms.sk |
| contact during Rotterdam IFF: | Daniela Chlapíková 24. - 25. január 2013 / 27. - 28. január 2013 +421 905 199 428 |
| ► 24.01. ► 18:30 ► Pathé 2 (World Premiere) ► 27.01. ► 21:30 ► Cinerama 4 ► 28.01. ► 21:45 ► Pathé 4 ► 31.01. ► 14:30 ► Cinerama 2 |
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| (Press & Industry Screenings) ► 28.01. ► 10:00 ► De Doelen Willem Burger Zaal |
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More information at:
www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com
Related AIC articles:
Surviving Life at the 40th Rotterdam IFF 2011
Foxes and The Border at the 39th Rotterdam IFF 2010
My Dog Killer at the Berlinale Co-production Market 2010
Foxes at the 66th Venice IFF 2009
Fine, Thanks at the Les Arcs Work in Progress presentation 2011
Thanks, Fine at the La Cinéfondation at 63rd Cannes IFF 2010
published: 18.01.2013
updated: 22.01.2013