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2 AWARDS AT FEBIOPITCH!

19.03.2024

Yesterday we won the Best Febio Pitch Award and Pop Up Film Residency Visegrad Award. We would like to thank Febiofest SK for the opportunity to present our upcoming documentary Glorious Utopia. Many thanks to the jury and Pop Up Film Residency for the awards. 

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BERLINALE PREMIERE

16.02.2024

Last night, we had an amazing and sold-out premiere of the film 'The Editorial Office' at the Berlinale festival in the Forum section. We are excited and hopeful for further festival successes for this exceptional film.

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HER BODY @ TALLINN

18.11.2023

Great news! We just premiered our film Her Body at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. We had a great sold-out premiere. We are looking forward to release it to Slovak and Czech cinemas!

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PITCHING @ VILNIUS

24.03.2023

Film Her Body pitched at Meeting Point - Vilnius, we had many fruitful meetings, thank you for this opportunity! And thank you Natálie Císařovská for a lovely company.

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SHOOTING IN SWEDEN

03. 03. 2023

Greetings from Stockholm! In February, we visited Sweden to shoot a part of our documentary with kings of Elgaland - Vargaland. 

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COMPANY OF STEEL

10. 01. 2023

Another Ukrainian coproduction has been supported by Slovak Audiovisual Fund. Feature documentary Company of Steel directed by Yulia Hontaruk brings very current and important story. Read more here.

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FLYING AROUND WORLD

31. 10. 2022

Our coproduction is flying around the world! Children film How I Learned To Fly has recently won Audience Award at Lucas IFF and will be screened at Thessaloniki IFF, Chicago Children IFF, Cottbus IFF, POFF Talinn Black Nights and many more. 

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MINA SUPPORTED!

15. 06. 2022

Development of our new feature film debut Mina directed by Martin Hnat and written by Tereza Dodokova was supported by Audiovisual Fund. 

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TRAILER ALERT

25. 05. 2022

Our road movie Stand Up will have its premiere on 23rd of June in Slovak cinemas! See you there. ​

 

You can watch the trailer here!

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AWARD AT BUFF MALMÖ!

24. 03. 2022

We are thrilled to announce that "How I Learned to Fly" has recieved the ECFA - European Children's Film Association - Best European film award at BUFF Malmö Filmfestival

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IT'S A WRAP!

20. 12. 2021

It's a wrap! We are happy to announce that today we finished the shooting of our feature coproduction CALM IN THE CANOPY. Many thanks to all crew members!

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TRAILER ALERT!

20. 08. 2021

Third feature film of Vaclav Kadrnka Saving One Who Was Dead will be premiered in Main Competition of Karlovy Vary IFF 2021. Watch the trailer here! 

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PRODUCTION SUPPORTED

15. 05. 2021

Thank you! The production of our upcoming film FLOOD directed by Martin Gonda was supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund. Now we can start to apply for international funding schemes. 

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FLOOD AT MIDPOINT INTENSIVE 

20. 03. 2021

Our feature debut FLOOD is one of four projects that has been selected to 10th edition of MIDPOINT Intensive SK. Click here to see all projects & participants selected to this year's edition.

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DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT

20. 02. 2021

Stay tuned for our new project! The development of historical TV series The Last Baroness was supported by Slovak Audiovisual Fund. Thank you!

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COCO PITCH

18. 09. 2020

We are happy to say that our project Flood directed by Martin Gonda was selected for COCO Pitch at Connecting Cottbus 2020. Click here to see all selected projects:
 

https://connecting-cottbus.de/selected-projects?fbclid=IwAR1JZp7SbAYpEeASbO-ZCcuzgKHpJg8ZyCTTwhFhC6CD1CYWCljp0rN8S0c

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NEW PROJECT SUPPORTED

30. 05. 2020

Slovak Audiovisual Fund has supported our new coproduction project How I Learn To Fly by Radivoje Andrejić. Thank you! It's our pleasure to coproduce such a great film. Read more in our projects. 

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SALES AGENT

15. 03. 2020

The sales company Pluto Film has picked up our film Summer Rebels , Slovak/German coproduction for children by Martina Saková. The film had been selected for the main competitions of several world festivals before the coronavirus crisis started. Read more here:

https://www.filmneweurope.com/news/slovakia-news/item/120080-pluto-film-acquires-slovak-german-summer-rebels

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SUMMER REBELS

02. 01. 2020

We changed the title of our movie Summer with Bernard. The new title is Summer Rebels.

Stay tuned for next news! 

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POST PRODUCTION

25.11.2019

We have started editing our roadmovie dramedy Stand Up.  Keep in touch:

https://www.facebook.com/standupfilmSK
https://www.instagram.com/standupfilm/

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ZLÍN FILM FESTIVAL

29.5.2019

Our movie Summer in Bernard was presented at Zlín Film Festival 2019 by its director Martina Sáková as a part of the works in progress programme section.

It´s the presentation of upcoming Czech, Slovak and Balkan films for children and youth in the production or post-production phase.

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NYC WOMEN
IN FILM

21. 3. 2019

I feel blessed and honoured to be given a unigue opportunity to speak at United Nations Headquarters in NYC on Women in Film and Media and even more - to be awarded for the Best Producer of the Year 🏆🎬 received from the PR of the Slovak Republic to the UN Mr. Michal Mlynár!

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THE SHOOTING 
HAS STARTED!

24.5.2019

🎬 STAND UP 🎬
that´s the name of the movie that

 

❤️ we have started preparing for 3 years
💪 we have been highly working on for 3 months
🎥 has been filmed for 3 days

Follow us here:
⭐️ www.facebook.com/standupfilmSK/ ⭐️
⭐️ www.instagram.com/standupfilm/ ⭐️

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SUN IN THE NET

7. 4. 2018

Our movie Little Harbour got 3 three awards from ten nominations on the Slovak National Awards Sun in a Net - for best production design, screenplay and cinematography.

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LITTLE HARBOUR FESTIVALS

29. 11. 2017

Little Harbour leading to other festivals!!! Silk Road IFF - Fuzhou, China + La Orquidea Film Festival - Ecuador + Cairo IFF - Egypt + Just Film Festival - Tallinn, Estonia + Olympia IFF for children and young people - Pyrgos, Greece + Lublin Film Festival - Poland ❤️
 

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SLOVAK PREMIERE

16. 3. 2017

This thursday, film Little Harbour starts its national distribution.

See you in cinema! 

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MINA TEASER SHOOTING

13.03.2024

Today we shot a short teaser for our feature film in development Mina directed by Martin Hnat. Thank to the whole crew and our main actresses. Stay tuned.

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MEDIA SUPPORT!

02.02.2024

We just received wonderful news that we received a Creative Europe MEDIA grant for our upcoming three projects: feature debut MINA by Martin Hnát, documentary GLORIOUS UTOPIA by Marek Moučka and TV series WOLF'S HOLE in co-production with Alice Sigmund Heráková.

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SHOOTING KICKED-OFF

12.09.2023

Today we had the first shooting day of our upcoming feature film FLOOD by Martin Gonda. Another 32 days are ahead.  Stay tuned!

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EPILOGUE SHOOTING

21.04.2023

Last weekend was a different world out there, with heavy raining, low temperature and dark skies. But despite everything we managed to finish shooting of the epilogue scene of our new co-production feature The Editorial Office.

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COS @ BERLINALE

22. 02. 2023

Pitching of our coproduction Company of Steel @European Film Market - EFM Baltic Docs Rough Cut presentation is done. Thanks to everyone who attended and supported our mission and stay tuned!

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THE EDITORIAL OFFICE

10.01.2023

Our new coproduction film The Editorial Office directed by Roman Bondarchuk was supported by Slovak Audiovisual Fund in special call focused on Ukrainian coproductions. We are currently preparing the shooting of epilogue. 

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SHOOTING JUST STARTED!

14. 08. 2022

The shooting of our coproduction film The Body just kicked off in Czech Republic. You will see also Slovak actress Zuzana Maurery and Natalia Germani in the film. Stay tuned!

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NEW PROJECT SUPPORTED!

01. 06. 2022

Great news! Slovak Audiovisual Fund has recently supported our new coproduction The Body by Natalie Cisarovska.  

 

Read about our new project here!

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SUPPORT FROM MEDIA!

10. 05. 2022

Wonderful news! Our feature debut FLOOD and historical TV miniseries THE LAST BARONESS have been supported by European fund Creative Europe MEDIA as part of the Mini - slate funding program! Thank you!

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SLOVAK PREMIERE

20. 03. 2022

On Saturday, the 19th of March, we had a Slovak premiere of our Czech coproduction Saving One Who Was Dead at IFF Febiofest. 

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PITCHING AT TALINN

26. 11. 2021

Today we had a chance to online pitch our historical TV series THE LAST BARONESS at Talinn Industry as a part of MIDPOINT TV Launch 2021. Thank you! 

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TEASER SHOOTING 

16. 07. 2021

We have recently finished shooting the teaser for our project FLOOD. Many thanks to the whole crew and local people from Varadka and Vyšná Polianka! 

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MIDPOINT TV LAUNCH

05. 05. 2021

Today is the start of the series development program MIDPOINT TV Launch. The Last Baroness is one of nine projects that were selected for this year's edition. You can find all selected projects here.

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FEBIOFEST INDUSTRY DAYS

20. 03. 2021

Great news! Our feature project FLOOD directed by Martin Gonda will be presented at Febiofest Industry Days. All projects will be pitched online on Monday  the 29th of March so don't forget to register to see it. More info here.

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ONLINE PITCHING AT COCO

15. 11. 2020

It was such a pleasure to pitch our project FLOOD at this year's edition of COCO PITCH even though it was in the online world. We had lots of valuable meetings. Many thanks to the COCO team for organizing such a smooth online pitching forum!

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2nd PROJECT SUPPORTED
BY EURIMAGES 

01. 06. 2020

Good news! Our coproduction project How I Learned to Fly, written by Ljubica Lukovic and directed by Radivoje Andric has also been supported by the Council of Europe fund - Eurimages. Thank you!

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SHOOTING FINISHED

25. 05. 2020

The shooting of our coproduction project Saving One Who Was Dead directed by Vaclav Kadrnka is finished! We had to put the production on hold after the coronavirus outbreak, having shot one-third of the material.  Luckily the Czech Republic soon enabled film productions to restart, so we returned to the set to film the remaining part and wrapped the shooting on 24th of May.   

Read more here:

https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/388699/

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MINORITY CULTURE FUND

25. 02. 2020

Our project FLOOD feature debut directed by Martin Gonda was supported by Minority Culture Fund. Thank you! 

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SHOOTING STARS
JURY

04.12.2019

Slovak producer Katarína Krnácová has been selected for the jury of the 23rd edition of European Film Promotion’s European Shooting Stars 2020. The five-member jury will select the ten up-and-coming European actresses and actors who will be presented at the 2020 Berlinale.

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AUDIOVISUAL FUND

10.9.2019

Thank you! SAVING THE ONE WHO WAS DEAD, coproduced by Silverart, was supported by Slovak Audiovisual Fund.

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INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK

29.5.2019

The Stand Up instagram and facebook fanpage has been created. Follow us here:
 

https://www.instagram.com/standupfilm/

https://www.facebook.com/standupfilmSK/

 

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PRE-PRODUCTION IS OPEN

5. 2. 2019

Pre-production of our roadmovie dramedy Stand Up is open. We are finalizing the script and we started with location scouting and castings. 

More to come soon.

Stay tuned. 

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WRAP PARTY

21. 10. 2018

SUMMER SHOOTING WRAP PARTY!  24th of November 2018 in Bratislava. You are very welcome!

->BIG kisses for your help;)

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AUDIOVISUAL FUND

2. 4. 2018

Good news! The production of our prepared movie Stand Up was supported by Slovak Audiovisual fund.  Thank you!

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JAPAN FESTIVAL

23. 7. 2017

Film Little Harbour is in these days presented at Japanese film festival with personal participation of producer Katarína Krnáčová.

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BERLINALE AWARD

18. 2. 2017

Film LITTLE HARBOUR had its world premiere at IFF Berlinale 2017 where it was awarded with a Crystal Bear for The Best Film in Generation Kplus section.

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SUN IN A NET NOMINATION

05.03.2024

We are thrilled to announce that the actress of our film 'Her Body,' Natália Germany, has been nominated for the 'Sun in the Net' award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

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NEW PRESIDENT OF SFTA

25.01.2024

Katarína Krnáčová, CEO and Producer of Silverart, has been elected as the new President of the Slovak Film and Television Academy. ​

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VISEGRAD CO-PRO FORUM

20.06.2023

Producer Tomáš Gič attended Visegrad Co-Production Forum organised by dok.incubator in Budapest. The program included pitching projects including Glorious Utopia and one-to-one meetings.

 

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HILTF @ SLOVAK CINEMAS

13. 04. 2023

Today we had a Slovak distribution premiere of our beloved coproduction How I Learned to Fly. Come to see it in Slovak cinemas! 

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NEW DOCUMENTARY

02. 02. 2023

We just received a development support from Slovak Audiovisual Fund for our new documentary Glorious Utopia directed by emerging talent Marek Moucka. Looking forward to continue working on Glorious Utopia. 

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POLISH SUPPORT!

09. 11. 2022

Thank you! Polish national film fund PISF has recently supported our project FLOOD. Our official coproduction between Slovakia and Poland can begin! 

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MFI WORKSHOP

01. 07. 2022

Our feature film Mina was selected on MFI Script 2 Film workshop. Here is the picture from our first session on Greek island Nisyros. The workshop will be followed by next session in Rhodes. 

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SLOVAK PREMIERE

21. 06. 2022

Yesterday, we had a premiere of our new film Stand Up with presence of crew members, actors and stand up comics.

 

See photos from premiere here!

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CINEMA SUCCESS!

08. 04. 2022

Thank you! Our children coproduction film HOW I LEARNED TO FLY has reached more than 175.000 viewers in Serbian cinemas! This year you will have a chance to see it also in Slovak cinemas.

 

Follow us on facebook for more info!

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SERBIAN PREMIERE

17. 02. 2022

Today our new children film HOW I LEARNED TO FLY was released in Serbian cinemas.

 

Watch the trailer here and stay tuned for Slovak premiere!

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PREMIERE AT KVIFF!

26. 08. 2021

Today we premiered our coproduction film Saving One Who Was Dead at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the main competition! Many thanks! Click here for the video from the premiere!

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NEW PROJECT SUPPORTED!

20. 05. 2021

Great news! Our new coproduction feature film CALM IN THE CANOPY was supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund. We are looking forward to coproduce the project of upcoming young Czech director Michal Hogenauer. 

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BEST PITCH AWARD!

30. 03. 2021

Thank you Febiofest SK for supporting us in presenting our Film Potopa and thank you dear jury for the main award of Best Febio Pitch!  Jury statement: 
"The project that impressed the jury the most for its engaged way of presenting a relevant topic that connects the experience of a family to a threat of extinction in the name of progress was FLOOD by Martin Gonda. "

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HAF GOES TO CANNES

18. 03. 2021

Our film Saving One Who Was Dead was selected for "'HAF GOES TO CANNES' award. Thank you HAF - Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum for being with SAVING ONE WHO WAS DEAD since the development and supporting it all the way up to this wonderful award. 

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IT'S A WRAP!

15. 10. 2020

We are really happy that we managed the shooting during these pandemic times. Thank you to all members of the crew and cast! Stay tuned for upcoming news!

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EURIMAGES SUPPORT

01. 06. 2020

Our coproduction project Saving One Who Was Dead directed by Vaclav Kadrnka was one from ten CEE projects that received Eurimages support.  Thank you!

 

Full list of supported projects here:

https://www.filmneweurope.com/news/region/item/120075-ten-cee-films-receive-eurimages-support

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SOURCES2

07. 05. 2020

Our project FLOOD was selected for Sources 2 Script Development Workshop. Due to the unpredictable situation caused by coronavirus, the workshop will be held ONLINE  from 29 Sept – 06 Oct 2020. We are convinced that ONLINE scheme will result in a process of high efficiency. The workshop consists of  alternating group sessions and individual sessions with our mentor.

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DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTED

10. 01. 2020

Thank you! Our new project FLOOD directed by Martin Gonda was supported by Slovak Audiovisual Fund. We are very pleased to produce this unique feature film debute.

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TALINN INDUSTRY

03.12.2019

Our movie Stand up was one of the eight films  from around the world that made their way to the Industry@Tallinn International Works in Progress line-up. It was presented by its producer Katarína Krnáčová.  Read more here:
 

https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/382122/
 

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SHOOTING FINISHED

20.6.2019

The shooting of Stand Up is finally finished. We can continue in post production.

Stay tuned and follow us on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/standupfilmSK/

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STAND UP
& ACT GREEN!

29.5.2019

When making a movie, film itself is not the only thing that matters. It´s always important to think about the process ofit´s creation. By saying this, we have made the green guide, which contains many steps how to reduce the waste.                     

                       READ MORE HERE!

https://www.facebook.com/standupfilmSK/photos/rpp.1410668482408965/1419615071514306/?type=3&theater

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FIRST CUT

17. 12. 2018

We have finnished the rough cut ;) In the beginning of January we continue with editing and music. We wish you happy new year full of water bubbles!

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SHOOTING STARTED

14.7.2018

After a year of preparation we’re back now finally shooting the film during the summer in Slovakia and Germany! 

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INDIA EUFF 2018

14. 7. 2018

Our movie Little Harbour was presented by producer Katarína Krnáčová at European Union Film Festival 2018 in New Delhi. 

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CZECH PREMIERE

1. 4. 2017

Czech distribution premiere of our movie Little Harbour starts on thursday 6.4.2017 with brandnew visual for czech audience!

See you also in Czech! 

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