Competitions and accompanying program

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1 FINAL REPORT Finále Plzeň th festival of Czech films took place in Pilsen from 22 nd to 28 th April 2012

2 Competitions and accompanying program During seven days 115 screenings took place (112 regular and 3 added) and 144 films in twelve topic sections were shown: - NEW PRODUCTION - NEW CZECH FEATURE FILMS COMPETITION - NEW CZECH FEATURE FILMS OUT OF COMPETITION - NEW CZECH DOCUMENTARIES COMPETITION - NEW CZECH DOCUMENTARIES OUT OF COMPETITION FILM BESTSELLER - A LONG NIGHT OF SHORT FILMS - ZOOM: POLAND - TRIBUTE TO MARTIN ŠULÍK - THE TROJAN SAGA - WINGS OF FAME - THERAPY - SPECIAL SCREENINGS - ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME - CEREMONIES - EXHIBITIONS - CONCERTS - MEETINGS AND PANELS - TALKSHOW

3 Following films entered the competition: FEATURE FILMS COMPETITION: NEW CZECH FEATURE FILMS: - Gypsy / Martin Šulík / - Alois Nebel / Tomáš Luňák / - Nothing against Nothing / Petr Marek / - Long Live the Family / Robert Sedláček / - The House / Zuzana Liová / - Flower Buds / Zdeněk Jiráský / - Four Suns / Bohdan Sláma / - District League Pepik Hnatek s Final Match / Jan Prušinovský / - A Night Too Young / Olmo Omerzu / - Oldies but Goldies / Jiří Strach / OUT OF COMPETITION: - Czech Made Man / Tomáš Řehořek / - WesternStory / Vlastimil Peška / - Retraining / Vlado Štancel / - Lidice / Petr Nikolaev / - The Magical Duvet / F. A. Brabec / - Little Witch and Lexicon / Václav Vorlíček / - Smíchov Is Crying, Brooklyn Is Sleeping / Dodo Gombár / - Bastards 2 / Jan Lengyel / - Perfect Days / Alice Nellis / - Kitty Mama / Vít Karas / - Vendetta / Miroslav Ondruš / - Edgemen / Tomáš Zelenka / - The Gorilla / Pavel Göbl / - Labyrinth / Tomáš Houška / - Love Is Love / Milan Cieslar / - Signal / Tomáš Řehořek / - Blue Tiger / Petr Oukropec / - The School Trip / Petr Šícha, Tomáš Magnusek / - Waking Up Yesterday / Miloslav Šmídmajer / 2011 FILM BESTSELLER: - Men in Hope / Jiří Vejdělek /

4 - DOCUMENTARIES COMPETITION NEW CZECH DOCUMENTARIES: - 24 / various / - The Angel s Game / Adéla Sirotková / - Hollows for Breasts / Jan Březina / - Em and HE / Vladimír Michálek / - The Epochal Trip of Mr. Tříska to Russia / Filip Remunda / - Generation Singles / Jana Počtová / - GO! / GO! / Ladislav Moulis / - Hájek at the Castle, Petr below the Castle / Apolena Rychlíková / - Helga L-520 / Miloš Zvěřina / - Girls Full of Eco Emotions / Monika Midriaková / - I am Like a Tiger... / Tomáš Škrdlant / - Love in the Grave / David Vondráček / - My Folk Costume / Martin Dušek / - The Day after a Long Night / Tomáš Kudrna / - Solar Eclipse / Martin Mareček / - A Catapult of Fate / Jan Gogola ml. - Obscurantist and His Lineage or The Pyramids Tearful Valleys /Karel Vachek / - Trafačka Temple of Freedom / Saša Dlouhý, Roman Vávra / - On the Outside / Veronika Sobková / - Publicly Illegal / Lucie Králová, Tereza Reichová / - Race to the Bottom / Vít Janeček / OUT OF COMPETITION: - A Flight Ticket to Paradise / Zbyněk Cyril Mikulík / - Nicky s Family / Matej Mináč / - Private Universe / Helena Třeštíková /

5 Juries and awards Chairwoman of the jury: Emília Vášáryová (Slovakia), actress Feature films jury: Members of the jury: Matthieu Darras (France), festival dramaturgist Christina Frankenberg (Germany), Deputy Director of the Czech Centre in Berlin Freddy Olsson (Sweden), producer and festival dramaturgist Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland), director, scriptwriter and producer The feature films jury decided to award the main statutory award of the festival the GOLDEN KINGFISHER in the category of best feature film on film The House directed by Zuzana Liová

6 Documentary jury: Chairwoman of the jury: Jiřina Šiklová (Czech Republic), sociologist Members of the jury: Łukasz Dzięcioł (Poland), producer Peter Zach (Germany), director The documentary jury decided to confer the main statutory award of the festival the GOLDEN KINGFISHER in category the best documentary on film Love in the Grave directed by David Vondráček The international jury of documentary film and the Foundation of Dagmar and Václav Táborský further conferred the Award of Václav Táborský for the Best Documentary of an Author/Authoress under 35 years on film Generace Singles directed by Jana Počtová The international jury of documentary film and the Foundation of Dagmar and Václava Táborský further conferred the Award of Dagmar Táborská for the Most Authentic Documentary of an Authoress under 35 years on film Publicly Illegal directed by Lucie Králová, Tereza Reichová

7 Student jury of feature films decided to confer the Award of Student Jury for the Best Feature Film on film Nothing against Nothing directed by Petr Marek Award of Student Jury for the Best Documentary was granted to film The Angel s Game directed by Adéla Sirotková

8 Audience Award for the Best Film was conferred on film Oldies but Goldies directed by Jiří Strach On the basis of internet voting at the Audience Award for the Best Actor was granted to David Novotný for his role in film District League Pepik Hnatek s Final Match Annual Award of AČFK for the Best Feature Film in 2012 was conferred on film Alois Nebel directed Tomáš Luňák Annual Award of AČFK for the Best Documentary in 2012 was conferred on film Solar Eclipse directed by Martin Mareček

9 Accredited guests and journalists The total of 486 accredited for the festival, out of which 83 were journalists and 59 foreign guests. The remaining accreditations were fro domestic guests, jury members, students and Film Clubs members. Finále Plzeň was visited by viewers. SOME OF FOREIGN GUESTS Walter Annuss, professor, University of Regensburg, Germany; Klaus Blanc, director of cultural studies, Münchner Volkshochschule, Germany; Aleš Březina, film journalist, Satellite, Canada; Rafal Bubnicki, deputy director, Odra-Film (Dolnoslezský filmový fond), Poland; Jana Cisar, producer, Jana Cisar filmproduktion, Germany; Renata Clark, deputy director, Czech Centre in London, UK; Piotr Drobniak, director, Polish Institute in Prague, Czech Republic; Michal Drobný, director and distributor, Continental Film, Slovak Republic; Peter Dubecký, director general and distributor, Slovak Film Institute, Slovak Republic; Jakub Duszyński, distributor, Gutek Film, Poland; Robert Gál, cultural officer, Czech centre in Budapest, Hungary; Monika Głowacka, film commissioner, Department of Culture of Lodz City Council, Poland; Peter Hames, film journalist, film festival BFI London, UK; Pavol Hell, professor, MFF Vancouver, Canada; Zuzana Jürgens, director, Czech centre in Munich, Germany; Wojtek Kabarowski, producer, Film studio KADR, Poland; Andrzej Kawala, festival director, Lubuš film summer, Poland; Piotr Kotowski, principal and film publicist, Summer film academy, Poland; Irena Kovářová, independent film curator, USA; Sergey Lavrentiev, programme director, Rossfilm, Russia; Marcel Maiga, programme coordinator, DOK Leipzig/MFF Prishtina, Kosovo; Janusz Majewski, director, Poland; Zuzana Mistríková, executive director, Slovak film academy, Slovak Republic; Mehelli Modi, director general, Second Run DVD, UK; Włodzimierz Niderhaus, producer, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, Poland; Volker Petzold, programme counsel, MFF Schingel, Germany; Dominika Prejdová, programme creator, Czech centre in Warsaw, Poland; Oliver Rittweger, East Europe representative, MDM - Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Germany; Igor Shestopalov, programme coordinator, MFF Molodist, Ukraine; Hans- Joachim Schlegel, film historian and critic, MFF Shaken Zhuldyzdary/Film festival goeast, Germany; David Sorfa, lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, UK; David Stecher, director, Czech centre in Tel Aviv, Israel; Václav Táborský, documentarist, Canada; Jörg Taszman, film journalist, Blickpunkt Film/MDR Radio/Deutsche Welle Radio, Germany; Will Tizard, journalist, Variety/Time Out Prague Guide, Czech Republic; Katalin Vajda, festival manager, Magyar Filmunió Hungarian national film fund, Hungary; Michael Wellner-Pospíšil, director general of Czech centres, Czech Republic; Walter Wudi, producer, Finearts, Germany

10 SOME HOME GUESTS Pavel Abrahám director; Marča Arichteva Czech Television script editor, Tomáš Baldýnský journalist; Anna Bartošková Media Desk CZ; Tomáš Bařina director; Rudolf Biermann - IN FILM PRAHA, S.R.O. producer, Tomáš Bělohradský producer, Pavel Borowiec DVD GROUP.CZ company director; Jiří Boudník architect; Petr Brada KRÁTKÝ FILM PRAHA, A.S. - producer; Jan Burian musician, host, screenwriter; Milan Býček architect; Ludmila Claussová CZECH FILM COMMISSION - director; Marek Cpin scenogrpahy; Kateřina Černá NEGATIV, S.R.O. - producer; Jana Černík CZECH FILM CENTRE Head of Development and Training; Soňa Červená opera singer; Saša Dlouhý director, Pavel Doucek journalist and organiser of cultural events; Ivana Dragounová - CZECH FILM COMMISSION; Martin Dušek - director, Adam Dvořák Bioscop producer, Miloš Fikejz publicist; Jaroslava Fikejzová National film archive; Jan Foll journalist; Helena Fraňková CZ MINISTRY OF CULTURE Head of Cinematography Section; Michaela Gübelová XANTYPA chief editor; Jan Gogola ml. director, screenwriter, teacher, Ivan M. Havel - mathematician; Emília Mira Haviarová script editor; Petr Herák Czech television head of production; Juraj Herz director, Martin Hofmann actor, Anna Hrabáčková CZECH CENTRES project coordinator; Andrej Hryc actor; Jan Hřebejk director, Daniela Hurábová CZECH FILM CENTRE festival coordinator; Petr Jákl J.B.J. FILM S.R.O. - producer; Alena Jáklová - J.B.J. FILM S.R.O; Vít Janeček director, screenwriter, teacher, Miroslav Janek director, screenwriter, Pavel Jech - FAMU - dean; Jan Jíra consultant, authorised agent; Václav Jiráček actor; Zdeněk Jiráský director, screenwriter, Karel Kabát - FILMEXPORT HOME VIDEO, S.R.O. director; Sandra Karácsony Czech centres project coordinator; Ondřej Kepka director, Aurel Klimt director, screenwriter; Eva Klimt costume designer; Lucie Králová director, Dominika Kolaříková INTERSONIC, S.R.O. programme coordinator; Eva Konečná Intersonic spol s r.o. director of cinema distribution; Jiří Konečný Endorfilm producer, Čestmír Kopecký - První veřejnoprávní producer, Ivana Košuličová CINEMART A.S. co-producer; Pavlína Kourová Xantypa - editor; Olga Kovářová KRÁTKÝ FILM PRAHA A.S. video section; Magdaléna Králová Days of European Film; Jan Kratochvíl CZECH TELEVISION script editor; Jiří Krejčík director, screenwriter; Jaroslav Kučera CZECH TELEVISION drama producer; Jan Kuděla GOLEM FILM, S.R.O. - producer; Tatjana Langášková Czech centre in Vienna project manager; Naděžda Lhotská Czech centre in Moscow; Zuzana Liová director, Lubomír Lipský actor, Pavel Liška actor; Jan Lukeš NFA historian, Ivana Lukešová NFA historian, Roman Luknár actor, Andrea Machalíková BLUE SKY FILM DISTRIBUTION A.S. - distribution & marketing manager; Lukáš Málek CZECH TELEVISION script editor; Martin Mareček director, screenwriter, Petr Marek director, screenwriter, musician, Zbyněk Mikulík director, Ladislav Moulis director,

11 teacher, Vojtěch Moravec director; Helena Němcová Filmexport Home Video s.r.o. - producer; Richard Němec - VERBASCUM IMAGO producer, distributor; Petra Nesvačilová actress, Václav Neužil actor, Jordi Niubó - i/o post, s.r.o. producer, Karel Och MFF KARLOVY VARY artistic director; Petr Oukropec - NEGATIV, S.R.O. producer, Jana Počtová director, Jiří Podlipný director; Jarmila Poláková FILM & SOCIOLOGIE, s.r.o. - producer; Magda Pospíšilová BIOSCOP head of programming; Vilém Postránecký director; Radim Procházka RADIM PROCHÁZKA PRODUCTION producer, Jitka Procházková CZECH TELEVISION; Lenka Procházková screenwriter, writer; Maria Procházková director; Viktor Průša CZECH TELEVISION head of theatre and music production; Jindřiška Průšová CZECH TELEVISION - producer; Lukáš Přibyl director; Jitka Radová script editor of Ekofilm festival; Martina Reková 4PRESS - PR manager; Filip Remunda director, screenwriter, Ivana Rodingerová BIOSCOP; Vendula Rohlíčková Intersonic director of Czech representation; Radek Rubáš actor, Apolena Rychlíková director, Julietta Sichel 8Heads Productions s.r.o. - producer; Adéla Sirotková director, Jan Skopeček actor, Bohdan Sláma director, screenwriter, Jakub Sommer director, screenwriter, Luděk Sobota actor, Jolana Součková Czech centre in Prague - director; Kamil Spáčil - Febio Fest festival director, producer, Pavel Spanilý CZECH TELEVISION specialist in co-production projects; Daniela Staníková Media Desk CZ - director; Matěj Stehlík CZECH TELEVISION manager of Drama Centre; Jiří Strach director, Jiří Studnička cameraman; Kristián Suda CZECH TELEVISION script editor, board member; Zdeněk Suchý director, actor, host, Dan Svátek director, script editor; Vlastina Svátková actress; Markéta Šantrochová Czech film centre Head of Film Promotion; Marta Šímová film historian, Lenka Šindelářová Czech film centre publications and web editor; Marika Šoposká actress, Milan Šteindler actor, director, screenwriter, Petra Šťovíková CZECH TELEVISION festival department; Martin Šulík director, teacher, Monika Švábová actress; Ivan Trojan actor, Ondřej Trojan director, TOTAL HELPART T.H.A. producer, Ladislav Trojan actor, Helena Třeštíková director, Jaroslav Tříska, Hana Třeštíková director, producer; Helena Uldrichová APA executive director; Karel Vachek director, screenwriter, teacher, Hana Vágnerová actress, Jiří Vejdělek director; Drahomíra Vihanová director, screenwriter, Michal Viewegh author, screenwriter; David Vondráček director, Tomáš Vorel director, screenwriter, Lenka Vychodilová actress, Lucie Zakopalová Polish Institute in Prague programming section; Ondřej Zima Evolution Films producer, Petr Zelenka - director, screenwriter, Miloš Zvěřina script editor, director

12 Festival partners Special Thanks for Financial Support Město Plzeň Plzeňský kraj Státní fond ČR pro podporu a rozvoj české kinematografie Official Partner Plzeňská teplárenská Skupina ČEZ Plzeňský Prazdroj Main Media Partner Česká televize Official Carrier Porsche Plzeň Official coffee Crosscafé Medial Partners Xantypa RESPEKT Deník FM Plus Český rozhlas Plzeň Cinema filmneweurope.com 25 fps Filmstage Partners Západočeská univerzita v Plzni Panasonic AV Media Polský institut Praha Polish Film Institute Czech Casinos APEX City Casino Plzeň Nadace 700 let města Plzně Press service of festival Finále Plzeň Daniela Vítová In Pilsen, 28 th April 2012