Completed - Other, GERMAN, RUSSIAN, CZECH - Drama, Historical - 169 minutes
Jerzy Kosinski, The Painted Bird © 1965, Houghton Mifflin, New YorkRights been obtained, April 2010, “Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning & Leadership”, Chicago, Illinois, USAA dark masterpiece and harrowing story that follows the wanderings of a boy abandoned by his parents during World War II.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Václav MARHOUL Writer(s) : Václav MARHOUL Cast : Petr KOTLÁR, Harvey KEITEL, Barry PEPPER, Stellan SKARSGAARD, Udo KIER, Julian SANDS, Tim KALKHOF, Dominik WEBER, Misa DOLEZALOVA, Zdenek PECHA, Lech DYBLIK, Jitka CVANCAROVA, Nina SHUNEVICH, Ostap DZYADEK, Pavel KŘÍŽ, Júlia VIDRNÁKOVÁ, Alla SOKOLOVA, Aleksey KRAVCHENKO, Petr VANĚK Producer(s) : Václav MARHOUL (Silver Screen), Igor SAVYCHENKO (Directory Films), Zuzana MISTRÍKOVÁ (PubRes)
Based on the acclaimed Jerzy Kozinski novel, THE PAINTED BIRD is a meticulous 35mm black and white evocation of wild, primitive Eastern Europe at the bloody close of World War II. The film follows the journey of The Boy, entrusted by his persecuted parents to an elderly foster mother. The old woman soon dies and the Boy is on his own, wandering through the country-side, from village to farmhouse. As he struggles for survival, The Boy suffers through extraordinary brutality meted out by the ignorant, superstitious peasants and he witnesses the terrifying violence of the efficient, ruthless soldiers, both Russian and German.When the war ends, The Boy has been changed, forever.
Country(ies) : CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA, UKRAINE Financing plan : Czech Television (Czech Republic)Eduard & Milada Kucera (Czech Republic) Directory Films (Ukraine)RTVS (Slovakia)Certicon (Czech Republic)innogy (Czech Republic)PubRes (Slovakia)Richard Kaucký (Czech Republic)Alexander Kushaev (UK)SALES AGENT / WORLDWIDE:Celluloid Dreams - Hengameh Panahi (France) Start of shooting : March 2017
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Venice - Biennale 2019 (Main Competition)Toronto - TIFF 2019 (Special Presentation)BIF London 2019Camerimage 2019 (Fipresci, Best Camera)Warszaw IFF 2019St Petersburg 2019Vancouver IFF 2019CinEast Luxembourg 2019Istanbul Filmekini IFF 2019Cologne IFF 2019Chicago IFF 2019 (Best Camera)Torun Tofifest 2019Mostra Internacional de Cinema Sao Paulo IFF 2019Denver IFF 2019Tokyo IFF 2019Thessaloniki IFF 2019Listapad Minsk IFF 2019 (Nominated, Grand Prix Golden Listapad)Cork IFF 2019 (Nominated, Gradam Spiorad na Féile (Spirit of the Festival Award))CinEast Spain 2019Kolkata IFF 2019 (Best Director)Films Days of the Visegrad countries 2019Talinn Black Nights IFF 2019Night Visions IFF 2019Goa IFFI 2019Cairo IFF 2019Berlin Around the World in 14 films 2019Forum of European Cinema CINERGIA 2019Zagreb HRFF 2019Animateka IFF 2019AFI European Union Film Showcase 201992. Oscar / AMPAS 2019 (Nominated, Shortlist – Best Foreign Film)Warszaw JFF 2019 (Best Screenplay, Best Camera)Czech Lion / Czech Film Academy 2020 (Extraordinary action in the field of audiovisual – Best film – Best director – Best camera – Best editing – Best sound design – Best stage design – Best costume design – Best makeup & hairstyling)EFA / European Film Academy / 33rd European Film Awards 2020 (Nominated, European Film 2020)Eiga Camp! (Film Critics – Japan) 2020 (Best foreign film)Boston Film Critics 2020 (Runner-up for best non-English film)The Film Critics Association of Turkey (SİYAD) 2020 (Best Foreign Film of 2020)Palm Springs IFF 2020Pune IFF 2020Miami Jewish Film Festival 2020 (Critic´s Award)Geneve Black Movie 2020Göteborg Film Festival 2020UK Jewish FF 2020Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 2020Zoom Zbliźenia Jelenia Gora IFF 2020Kosmorama IFF 2020Belgrade IFF 2020 (Best Director)National Film Critics KINOKOLO Award (Ukraine) 2020 (Best film (Nomination))Alexandre Trauner Art Film Festival 2020 (1st prize of the European Feature Film Category – Set Designer)Zürich JFF„Yesh!“ 2020Stockfish IFF 2020Weisbaden goEast IFF 2020Filmová škola Uherské hradiště 2020Sarajevo IFF 2020Noir FF 2020IFF Lubuskie Lato Filmowe 2020 (Best film)Liége IFF 2020Brussels IFF 2020IFF Zlín 2020IFF Helsinki 2020Finale Plzen 2020Dresden Days of CZ and D culture 2020Sofia Film Fest 2020Moscow Czech In Festival 2020Świdnica FF Spectrum 20203kinoFest 2020 (Best film)Jerusalem IFF 2020Satellite Award 2020 (Nominated, Best Foreign Film)