During the annual presentation, 6 selected Czech and Slovak film projects in development are pitched by their producers and directors to the team of invited international experts, who directly give their valuable feedback and advice regarding the projects.

The aim of Pitch & Feedback is to establish an effective networking and presentation platform for film projects with international potential. At the same time, it provides an extraordinary opportunity to view each selected project from multiple film industry angles.

The invitation to be an expert of Pitch & Feedback 2016 accepted Laufey Gudjónsdóttir (Icelandic Film Center), Tine Klint (LevelK), Guillaume de Seille (Arizona Productons), Riina Sildos (EAVE, Amrion) and Mira Staleva (Sofia Meetings).

Tuesday, 5 July 2016 from 10:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Industry Pool, Hotel Thermal 
Bring the Book of Projects with you. Access with film industry accreditation only!

Presented Projects

Case Closed / Ad acta

directed and written by: Rafani 
produced by: Miloš Lochman / moloko film

Inspector Vilém Lebeda and retired writer Viktor Dyk play an imaginary game, as Lebeda investigates the unsolved murder of a young woman thirty years earlier, as well as petty crime in their neighborhood, with Dyk as his suspect. In the course of the game, they both find that their bond runs deeper than they thought...

Get Together / Sešlost

directed and co-written by: Tomáš Pavlíček
produced by: Jakub Mahler, Tomáš Michálek / MasterFilm

A man and his wife are about to sell their family cottage. The wife is not sure about the sale and thinks the family should at least spend one last night in the house. Even though, the rest of the family is against this idea, the Mother insists, so in the morning of the All Souls Day, they depart for the cottage and tensions within the family grow.

Hornet in a Bottle / Sršeň v láhvi

directed and written by: Vít Zapletal
produced by: Radim Procházka, Mikuláš Novotný / Background Films

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 1972. Jan and Zdeněk, both without a future, decide to emigrate. To avoid being conscripted, Jan takes shelter in a psychiatric clinic whilst Zdeněk is meant to complete their preparations. During a surprisingly long confinement Jan is confronted by the fates of his fellow patients and reappraises his own situation, but Zdeněk wants to flee at any cost.

The Message / Správa

directed by: Peter Bebjak
produced by: Rastislav Šesták / D.N.A.

On April 7, 1944, Alfred Wetzler accomplished something inconceivable – together with his friend, he escaped from the highly-guarded camp of death Auschwitz-Birkenau and compiled a report about the genocide of the “inferior races”, which influenced the course of the WW2, as it was the first report of its kind to be considered credible.

Summer With Bernard / Léto s Bernardom

directed and co-written by: Martina Saková
produced by: Katarína Krnáčová / SiLVERaRT

Jonas (11) is excited to be spending the summer holidays with his grandpa Bernard. But this time Bernard doesn’t seem to be his old self anymore. Since he lost his job, he has started drinking. It won’t be easy to get back his old grandpa, who used to be so much fun.

Waiting / Čakanie

directed and written by: Zuzana Liová
produced by: Barbara Janišová Feglová / HITCHHIKER Cinema

Ivan has just turned 60. Shorty after, he learns that he is dying. His life in a village, clinging to property, his painter job, boring relationship with his wife and the feeling of emptiness come into confrontation with mortality. The sudden banality of life forces him, his wife, and their two adult children to existential questions and searching for authentic feelings.