Czech Films Selected for Berlinale 2016

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It is a great pleasure to announce that I, Olga Hepnarová, the debut film by Czech filmmakers Petr Kazda and Tomáš Weinreb, was selected to Panorama section of Berlinale 2016 (11. - 21. 2. 2016).

The existentionl drama I, Olga Hepnarová based on true events is psychological insight into the soul of the murderer Olga Hepnarova. As revenge for all the hatred against her by her family and the world, she drove a rented truck into a group of people waiting for a tram in Prague, killing 8 of them. She was sentenced to death and executed in 1975. The young Polish actress Michalina Olszańska is in the main role. The film is a Czech-Polish-Slovak-French co-production.

Another Czech film, In my Dreams by director Petr Oukropec, was selected for the Generation 14plus section of 66the Berlinale!

16-year-old Laura is swift, lively and stubborn. She wants to join a group of parkourists and gets caught off guard by love which she starts feeling toward Luky. She starts living a double life. In the fantasy world of romantic and comic visions Luky belongs to her. In reality her attempt to get closer to Luky fails. The moment these two worlds entwine, Laura has to decide which one she wants to choose.

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