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20-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Yuma in Production

By FNE Staff

    The Polish/Czech coproduction Yuma, a drama set in the early 1990's directed by Piotr Mularuk, is scheduled to go into postproduction in May 2011. The Polish premiere is scheduled for 11 November 2011 in Poland and early 2012 in the Czech Republic.

    The 1.5 milion euro film received funding from the Polish Film Institute (PISF, www.pisf.pl) and the Czech film fund. Yuma is produced by Poland's Yeti Films www.yetifilms.com, Czech minority coproducer Evolution Films, www.evolutionfilms.cz, and Czech in-kind coproducers Avion (www.avion.net) and Bystrouska (www.bystrouska.cz).

    The film is shot in Polish and German, and filming took place in Poland, Germany, and Czech Republic. Postproduction will be completed in Prague.

    The film follows the story of a young Polish man caught in the chaos and moral anarchy following the fall of communism. Wanting to make something of himself, he unwittingly falls into a gangster life.

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    Production Information:

    Director: Piotr Mularuk

    DOP: Jacek Podgorski, Tomasz Dobrowolski

    Script: Piotr Mularuk, Wojciech Gajewicz

    Cast: Jakub Gierszal,Tomasz Kot, Katarzyna Figura

    Contacts:

    Yeti Films
    ul. Niemcewicza 7/9 lok 135, 02-022 Warszawa
    tel. 22 823 99 17
    fax: 22 658 01 40
    e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    www.yetifilms.com

    Evolution Films Ltd.

    Senovážné náměstí­ 10, Prague 1 110 00, Czech Republic,
    tel./fax: +420 222 240 770,
    email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

    www.evolutionfilms.cz