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Top Feature Films
Il Boemo
Historical movie / 130 min / 2022
Czech Republic / Slovakia / Italy
Producer: Jan Macola
Director: Petr Václav
DoP: Diego Romero
Co-production / VFX / Color Grading
In the 2nd of the 18th century, young Josef Mysliveček leaves for Italy. He wants to fulfill his dream and establish himself as a composer in the very center of European opera. Thanks to his talent but also to his charisma and luck, in a few years he manages to break through. Recognition and fame bring him satisfaction, give him access to the highest circles of society, and provide him with constant favour of women, including the most famous opera divas. The ailing Mysliveček eventually dies poor and forgotten in his small Roman apartment just before concluding the forty-fourth year of his life.
Butterfly Vision
Drama / 95 min / 2022
Ukraine / Czech Republic / Sweden / Croatia
Producer: Darya Bassel, Yelizaveta Smith
Director: Maxim Nakonechnyi
DoP: Khrystyna Lizogub
Editor: Ivor Ivezič
VFX
Returning home from the front line after being held captive for two months, soldier Lilia (29 y.o.) discovers that she is pregnant after being raped by her warden. Will she manage to survive this trauma and save the child in a society that is not ready to accept either of them?
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Cannes Un Certain Regard
Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
Action / Comedy / 155min / 2022
USA / China
Producer: Ivan Atkinson, Bill Block, Jason Statham
Director: Guy Ritchie
DoP: Alan Stewart
Editor: James Herbert
VFX
Super spy Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) must track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology wielded by billionaire arms broker Greg Simmonds (Hugh Grant). Reluctantly teamed with some of the world’s best operatives, Fortune and his crew recruit Hollywood’s biggest movie star Danny Francesco to help them on their globe-trotting undercover mission to save the world.
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Beautiful Beings
Drama / 123min / 2022
Iceland / Denmark / Sweden / Netherlands / Czech Republic
Producer: Anton Máni Svansson
Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
DoP: Sturla Brandth Grøvlen
Editor: Andri Steinn Gudjónsson, Anders Skov
VFX
Fourteen-year-old Balli is something of a misfit. He lives with his drug-addicted mother in a squalid house and is bullied by his classmates. But then Balli meets three boys of his own age – Addi, Konni and Siggi – and a friendship gently develops.
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Berlin International Film FestivalPanoramaSelected
Somewhere Over the Chemtrails
Comedy / Drama / 84min / 2022
Czech Republic
Producer: Pavel Vácha – Bratři s.r.o.
Director: Adam Koloman Rybanský
DoP: Matěj Piňos
Editor: Alan Sýs
Co-production / Color Grading
When a villager is injured by a car at a party, firefighter Bronya is immediately convinced that it is an attack perpetrated by an “Arab”. His colleague Standa sees things differently. A laconic film that explores the causes of racism.
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Berlin International Film FestivalPanoramaSelected
Leave No Traces
Drama / 160min / 2021
Poland / France / Czech Republic
Producer: Aurum Films (Leszek Bodzak, Aneta Hickinbotham), Les Contes Modernes (Patrice Nezan, Laurent Versini), Canal Polska (Małgorzata Seck, Alicja Gancarz), Background Films (Mikulas Novotny)
Director: Jan P. Matuszyński
DoP: Kacper Fertacz
Editor: Przemysław Chruścielewski
Poland, 1983. The country is shaken by the case of Grzegorz Przemyk — a high school student beaten to death by militia. Based on true events, the film follows the story of Jurek — the only witness of the beating, who overnight became the number one enemy of the state.
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Venice Film FestivalBest FilmNominee
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Polish Film FestivalBest FilmNominee
Wrath of Man
Action / 2021
Great Britain
Producer: Ivan Atkinson, Andrew Golov
Director: Guy Ritchie
DoP: Alan Stewart
Editor: James Herbert
The plot follows H, a cold and mysterious character working at a cash truck company responsible for moving hundreds of millions of dollars around Los Angeles each week.
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Charlatan
Biopic / Drama / 118min / 2020
Czech Republic / Ireland / Slovakia / Poland
Producer: Šárka Cimbalová, Kevan Van Thompson
Production: Marlene Film Production, Česká televize
Director: Agnieszka Holland
DoP: Martin Štrba
Edit: Pavel Hrdlička
Co-production: Magic Lab
VFX
Charlatan tells a story about an almost forgotten Czech healer, and an unusual medicine man, Jan Mikolášek who cured millions even as he suffered under both Nazi and Communist rule.
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BerlinaleSpecial Gala
Pinocchio
Fantasy / 124min / 2019
Italy / France
Producer: Matteo Garrone, Anne-Laure Labadie, Jean Labadie, Jeremy Thomas, Paolo Del Brocco
Production: Archimede, Rai Cinema, Le Pacte, Recorded Picture Company
Director: Matteo Garrone
DoP: Nicolai Brüel
Edit: Marco Spoletini
VFX
Live-action adaptation of the classic story of a wooden puppet named Pinocchio who comes to life.
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BerlinaleSpecial Gala
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David di Donatello AwardsBest FilmNominated
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David di Donatello AwardsBest Visual EffectsNominated
The Gentlemen
Action / Crime / 113min / 2020
USA
Producer: Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Bill Block
Production: Miramax
Director: Guy Ritchie
DoP: Alan Stewart
Edit: James Herbert
VFX
The Gentlemen is a star-studded, sophisticated action-comedy that follows a very British drug lord who tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire to a dynasty of Oklahoma billionaires.
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Son-Mother
Drama / 102min / 2019
Iran / Czech Republic
Production: Europe Media Nest, Filminiran
Director: Mahnaz Mohammadi
DoP: Askhan Askhani
Edit: Mohammadreza Muini
VFX / Color Grading / DCP
Ever since Leila’s husband died, she had to take care of her 12-year-old son Amir and his little sister on her own, and provide a regular income without support. When the lovable, widowed bus driver Kazem proposes to her, she and her son are faced with making a serious decision – because this new marriage is tied to an impossible condition.
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Zurich Film FestivalBest International Feature FilmNominee
Aladdin
Adventure / Family / Fantasy / 2019
USA
Producer: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Guy Ritchie
DoP: Alan Stewart
Editor: James Herbert
VFX
A thrilling and vibrant live-action adaptation of Disney’s animated classic, “Aladdin” is the exciting tale of the charming street rat Aladdin, the courageous and self-determined Princess Jasmine and the Genie who may be the key to their future.
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People's Choice AwardsFavorite Family MovieWinner
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Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror FilmsBest Costume DesignWinner
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Visual Effects Society AwardsOutstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal FeatureNominated
Forman vs. Forman
Documentary / 78min / 2019
Czech Republic / France
Production: Kateřina Černá (Negativ)
Director: Helena Třeštíková, Jakub Hejna
DoP: David Cysař
Edit: Jakub Hejna
DCP
The Forman vs. Forman documentary summarises the life of the most famous Czech film director whose protagonists have always fought against institutions for freedom. The film is a collage of rare archive footage and autobiographic memories narrated by the director?s son Petr Forman.
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Cannes Film FestivalCannes Classics
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Chicago International Film FestivalBest DocumentaryNominee
King Skate
Drama / 82min / 2018
Czech Republic
Producer: Kateřina Černá (Negativ)
Coproduction: Česká televize
Director: Šimon Šafránek
DoP: Jiří Chod
Edit: Šimon Hájek
Color Grading / DCP
The first feature-length documentary about the rise of skateboarding in Czechoslovakia presents a gripping tale of the search for freedom in a society stifled by the communist regime. Unique archive shots set to a driving punk soundtrack introduce us to the cult masters of the board and their never-ending party ride through the grey days of Normalization.
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Czech Lion AwardsBest DocumentaryNominated
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Czech Lion AwardsBest Film PosterNominated
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Czech Film Critics' AwardsBest DocumentaryNominated
Fuga / Fugue
Drama / 100min / 2018
Poland / Czech Republic / Sweden
Producer: Agnieszka Kurzydło (MD4), Jonas Kellagher (Common Ground Pictures Gothenburg), Karla Stojáková (Axman Production)
Co-Producer: Anna Spisz (Mazovia Warsaw Film Fund), Jarosław Perduta (Odra-Film), Mikael Fellenius, Katarina Krave (Film I Väst)
Director: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
DoP: Jakub Kijowski
Edit: Jaroslaw Kaminski
Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP
Alicja suffers from memory loss and has rebuilt her own free-spirited way of life. Two years later, she returns to her former family to assume against her will her role as wife, mother, and daughter. Her estranged husband and son do not recognize this woman who looks familiar and yet behaves like a stranger.
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Polish Feature Film FestivalDirecting a feature-length début or career second filmWinner
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Silver Méliès AwardBest Feature Length FilmWinner
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Cannes Film FestivalSemaine de la CritiqueNominated
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European Film AwardsEFA Feature FilmSelected
Lerd / A Man of Integrity
Drama / 118min / 2017
Iran / Czech Republic
Producer: Mohammad Rasoulof
Co-producers: Rozita Hendijanian, Magic Lab, MediaNest
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
DoP: Ashkan Ashkani
Editors: Mohammadreza Muini, Meysam Muini
VFX / Color Grading
Reza leads a simple life along with his wife and sole son, somewhere in a remote village in Northern Iran. Nearby, a private company with close links to the government and local authorities has taken control of nearly every aspect of the regional life. It is under their pressure that many villagers have themselves become local rings of the larger network of corruption.
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IFF RotterdamLimelight
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CannesUn Certain RegardWinner
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Chicago IFFSilver Hugo Best ScreenplayWinner
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Asia Pacific Screen AwardsAsia Pacific Screen Award Best FilmNominated
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Golden Apricot Yerevan IFFFIPRESCI AwardWinner
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Hamburg FFCritics Award Mohammad RasoulofNominated
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Jerusalem FFThe Wilf Family Foundation Award - Honorable MentionWinner
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Lisbon & Estoril FFJaeger - LeCoultre Best Film Award Best FilmNominated
Top Series
Open Your Eyes
Mystery / 6x54min / 2021
Poland
Producer: Marcin Kurek, Sylwester Banaszkiewicz, Agnieszka Kurzydlo, Kamila Kuś, Dagmara Piasecka
Director: Anna Jadowska, Adrian Panek
DoP: Rafal Paradowski
Edit: Piotr Kmiecik, Maciej Walentowski, Maciej Pawliński
Distributor: Netflix
Julka ends up in an amnesia treatment center after she loses her family. When she begins to have strange dreams that will become too real for her, she wonders if the place where she is is the one she thought it was so far.
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Freud
Crime / 8x45min / 2020
Germany
Producer: Heinrich Ambrosch, Moritz Polter, Marvin Kren, Jan S. Kaiser
Production: Satel Film, Bavaria Fiction, Mia Film
Director: Marvin Kren
DoP: Markus Nestroy
Edit: Bettina Mazakarini, Jan Hille, Christoph Loidl, Olivia Retzer
Distributor: Netflix, ORF
VFX
A young Sigmund Freud solves disappearances and murders in late 19th-century Vienna, where he and a psychic medium get tangled in an occult conspiracy.
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BerlinaleBerlinale Series
Messiah
Drama / 10x60min / 2019
USA
Producer: Mark Burnett, Roma Downey, Michael Petroni
Production: Industry Entertainment
Director: James McTeigue, Kate Woods
DoP: Danny Ruhlmann
Distributor: Netflix
VFX
When a man in the Middle East appears to be performing miracles, a rift breaks out over whether he’s the Messiah or a fraud in this suspenseful drama.
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A Discovery of Witches
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / 8x45min / 2018
UK
Producer: Dominic Barlow
Production: Bad Wolf
Director: Alice Troughton, Sarah Walker, Juan Carlos Medina
DoP: Petra Korner, Christophe Nuyens, Suzie Lavelle
Editor: Philip Kloss, Nick Arthurs
Distributor: Sky
VFX
Diana Bishop, historian, and witch, accesses Ashmole 782 and knows she must solve its mysteries. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he’s a vampire and witches should never trust vampires.
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National Television AwardsNew DramaNominated
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British Society of CinematographersTelevison DramaWinner
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BAFTA AwardsBest Director: FictionNominee
Der Prag-Krimi
Crime / Drama / Mystery / 2x88min / 2018
Germany / Czech Republic
Producer: Michal Pokorny, Martin Lehwald
Production: Schiwago Film, Mia Film
Director: Nicolai Rohde
DoP: Hannes Hubach
Editor: Melanie Schütze
Distributor: ARD
Data management / VFX / Color Grading
Commissioner Frank Müller is found dead in Prague, drowned in Vltava river. His colleague Jan Koller is then sent to the capital of the Czech Republic to investigate – because he comes from the city on the Vltava.
Das Verschwinden / The Vanishing
Krimi / Drama / 8x44min and 4x88min / 2017
Germany / Czech Republic
Producer: Hans-Christian Schmid, Michal Pokorny
Production: 23/5 Filmproduktion, ARD Degeto Film, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Südwestrundfunk
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
DoP: Yoshi Heimrath
Editor: Hansjörg Weißbrich
Distributors: Das Erste (ARD), Universum Film (UFA)
Data Management / VFX / Color Grading
20-year-old Janine Grabowski disappears in a small Bavarian town near the Czech border. While all evidence indicates that Janine secretly wanted to leave the backcountry, her mother, Michelle, becomes increasingly convinced that there’s something amiss. Michelle’s missing person’s report is quickly filed away by the police. So the single mother is forced to investigate at her own risk.
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Der Zurich-Krimi
Crime / 4x90min / 2016
Germany
Producer: Kirsten Frehse, Klaus Graf, Michal Pokorný
Production: Graf Film
Director: Roland Suso Richter, Carlo Rola, Matthias Steurer
DoP: Max Knauer, Michael Boxrucker, Nicolay Gutscher
Editor: Bernd Schlegel, Friederike von Normann
Distributor: ARD
Data Management / VFX / Color grading
Attorney Thomas Borchert awaits his extradition to Germany in a Zürich jail for his part in the FonSonic bribery and fraud scandal. He declines his former chief Zeidler’s promise for a plea bargain and financial reward if he takes all the blame in court.
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Zahradnictví
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / 6x55min / 2018
Czech Republic / Slovakia / Poland
Producer: Viktor Tauš
Production: Fog’n’Desire Films
Co-producers: Česká televize
Director: Jan Hřebejk
DoP: Bartek Cierlica
Editor: Vladimír Barák
Distributor: Česká televize
A historical chronicle covering the 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s, tells the story of a Czech family whose members are trying to recover the consequences of WWII and at the same time face the dramatic changes in society after 1948.
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Pěstírna / Growroom
Drama / Thriller / 10x13min / 2017
Czech Republic
Producer: Lukáš Záhoř, Milan Kuchynka
Production: Seznam.cz, Company F
Director: Andy Fehu
DoP: Jakub Ševčík
Editor: Andy Fehu
Distributor: Stream.cz
Ondřej owes half a million crowns, and a three-month stint in an illegal underground cannabis growroom is the only way he’ll be able to pay back the money. All the same, he’s unaware that his sense of claustrophobia is going to be the least of his on-the-job problems.
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Herbář
Publicistic / 61x26min / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018
Czech Republic
Producer: Vojtěch Svoboda
Director: Jaroslav Včela
DoP: David Hoffman, Daniel Konopáč
Editor: Jan Hyťha, Jakub Podmanický
Distributor: Česká televize, Kiefilm
Data management / Color Grading
Original TV series about herbs, cooking, and healthy lifestyle – all inspired by tips of our grandmothers.
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Vyšehrad
Comedy / 10x8min / 2016
Czech Republic
Producer: Kamil Ouška, Daniel Strejc
Production: Funny Bunny Films
Director: Jakub Štáfek, Martin Kopp, Jan Filip
DoP: Jan Filip, Jan Drnek, Vladimír Matoušek, Jan Hubač, Tomáš Jelínek
Editor: Šimon Hájek, Tomáš Klímek
Distributor: Stream.cz, Obbod.com
The main character is Julius „Lavi“ Lavička, a talented soccer player. After the series of wild parties and unhealthy regiment, he is fired from major-league. He is forced to sign the contract with FK Slavoj Vyšehrad – minor league club.
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