22-09-2015

PRODUCTION: Matyas Prikler Develops Power

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    Matyas Prikler Matyas Prikler

    BRATISLAVA: Matyas Prikler’s new project Power (working title), a Slovak/Hungarian/Czech coproduction, is the first Slovak project selected for Holland Film Meeting (24-27 September 2015).

    The story follows the Slovak and Hungarian Foreign ministers as they meet at an informal hunt in southern Slovakia. A young assistant is killed by accident when the Slovak minister first his gun accidentally, but since he is a candidate for a high position in the European Commission, the media starts to investigate his possible involvement in the killing.

    „Political power and its many faces, together with the question how much power over our lives we actually posses is one of the most disturbing issues of today. And I want to do disturbing films", producer Zora Jaurová told FNE.

    She is producing through Mphilms  in coproduction with Hungarian Proton Cinema and  Negativ. The estimated budget is 1.7 m EUR. The developement of the project was supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund.

    The first draft of the script and the initial concept of casting and locations are already ready. Shooting is planned for winter 2016-2017. Applications for production funding in Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic will be made during autumn 2015. The premiere is set for 2018.

    Production Information:

    MPhilms Ltd.
    Horná 5
    83152 Bratislava
    Slovak Republic
    Phone: +421 944 201 190
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    www.mphilms.sk  

    Negativ Ltd.
    Ostrovní 30
    110 00 Praha 1
    Czech Republic
    Phone +420 224 933 755
    Fax +420 224 933 472
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    www.negativ.cz