Slovak films started off the New Year very successfully. The 42nd Rotterdam IFF (January 23 – February 3, 2013) included in its programme two world premieres of films directed by upcoming Slovak directors.
In the Hivos Tiger Awards Competition section, the second feature by Mira Fornay My Dog Killer (2013) 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), premiered at the International Critics’ Week of the 66th Venice IFF in 2009 and was also presented at the 39th Rotterdam IFF in 2010.
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), Czech Television (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
27. – 30. január 2013
+49 157 759 617 75
► January 29 ► 15:30 ► Pathé 7 (world premiere)
► January 30 ► 15:30 ► Pathé 7
► February 1 ► 12:15 ► Pathé 6
► February 2 ► 13:15 ► Pathé 1
(Press & Industry Screenings)
► January 28 ► 15:45 ► De Doelen Willem Burger Zaal
► January 29 ► 09:15 ► Pathé 2
The feature debut of director Mátyás Prikler Fine, Thanks (2013) was selected for the Bright Future section, where the festival presents up-and-coming new talents. The films is a feature-length film consisting of three main stories, and an epilogue. The stories take place during the current financial crisis that affects 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 Fine, Thanks (2009), one of the short stories of the feature film, was selected for the La Cinéfondation at the 63rd MFF Cannes in 2010.
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
January 24 – 25, 2013 / January 27 – 28, 2013
+421 905 199 428
► January 24 ► 18:30 ► Pathé 2 (world premiere)
► January 27 ► 21:30 ► Cinerama 4
► January 28 ► 21:45 ► Pathé 4
► January 31 ► 14:30 ► Cinerama 2
(Press & Industry Screenings)
► January 28 ► 10:00 ► De Doelen Willem Burger Zaal
More information at: www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com
