Plague by Jan Těšitel awarded at Sofia Meetings

20 March 2017

Czech Film

Plague by Jan Těšitel awarded at Sofia Meetings

Czech Film

Plague by Jan Těšitel awarded at Sofia Meetings

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Plague, directed by Jan Těšitel and produced by Petra Oplatkova and Artemio Benki (Sirena Film), was awarded at Sofia Meetings. 

The project won an Mediterranean Film Institute scholarship to participate in MFI Script 2 Film Workshops.
The 14th Sofia Meetings took place from 16th till 19th March 2017 in the framework of the 21stSofia International Film Festival. Sofia Meetings is an event, supported by MEDIA Programme of the European Union.

Plague is a story about 13-year old Rosa, whose mother is for several months in a tuberculosis sanatorium in Alps. The mother is supposed to come back home but in the meantime, a plague epidemic breaks out. Rosa with her brothers, father, dog Tony and the housekeeper remains trapped in quarantine in a claustrophobic environment of their apartment.




Artemio Benki (Sirena Film)

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