Journalist of the newspaper Prague Telegraph – ptel.cz, Yulia Vovk, took interview with four filmmakers who participated in the short film program of PIFF 2017. The resulting article “Court métrage — an attempt to stick an elephant in a suitcase” was based on these interviews with the festival participants. Here we publish the original English
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Interview with Alexei Krasovsky
The film “Collector” received three prizes at the Prague Independent Film Festival 2017. This film received also other important international awards and was regarded by critics as innovative and highly original film starring only one actor — Konstantin Khabensky. Director of the film Alexei Krasovsky answered the questions about this film and his plans for
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Interview with director Salvador Carrasco
Salvador Carrasco is a film director well-known for his picture “The Other Conquest” (2000), which broke box-office records in Mexico and became an international success. He is also a professor at the Santa Monica College and founder of its film production program. His students have been receiving many awards at international film festivals. Diana
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Maya Dardel (A Critically Endangered Species) – PIFF 2017
Lena Olin gives a tour-de-force performance in Maya Dardel The film Maya Dardel (A Critically Endangered Species) is directed and written by Zachary Cotler and Magdalena Zyzak. They are newcomers to the film industry, but have already been successful by presenting their film at SXSW and selling the picture to Samuel Goldwyn. The film’s protagonist
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Train Driver’s Diary – PIFF 2017
Black comedy masterpiece starring Lazar Ristovski Train Driver’s Diary (Dnevnik mašinovođe) was released in 2016 but already has became a film classic. It won many awards at prestigious festivals, including the audience award at the Moscow International Film Festival. At the Prague Independent Film Festival 2017 it won Grand Prix, Best Feature Film and Best
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Elle Review
Paul Verhoeven, favorite director of many film fans has finally broken his ten year cinematic hiatus with the new film Elle. The motion picture was shot in France with a French crew and actors. Paul Verhoeven is a Dutch filmmaker, who started to make films in the Netherlands (Turkish Delight, Katie Tippel, Soldier of Orange)
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Collector
The film “Collector” (Коллектор) is the directorial debut of Alexey Krasovsky starring Konstantin Khabensky. The director has achieved the quite complicated task of creating a film with only one actor and using a single set. The actor who plays the role of a debt collector created an impressive character whose different aspects of personality unfold
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Paradise (2016) – Review
The film “Paradise” directed by Andrei Konchalovsky was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2016 Academy Awards. The subject of “Paradise” is the Holocaust, which has been often covered in film and has always been a popular topic at the Oscars. Konchalovsky tried to avoid clichés common in films about the topic.
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VIFF 2016 Vienna Independent Film Festival
Vienna Independent Film Festival which was held for the first time in Vienna 4 -7 July 2016 announced the winners on 7 of July. “We’re excited to be hosting so many wonderful films,” said Film Festival Director Elena Ringo. “There were guests from different parts of the world and great films to watch”. The festival
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10 Mistakes of Beginner Filmmakers
Bad casting. Do not give roles only for the reason that it is cheap or free of charge. Although you might have great friends that does not mean they will make great actors. Actors should be either professional or similar to their characters both visually and behaviorally. Bad composition of the frame. Avoid extreme close-ups,
