31-07-2021

Czech films at Locarno IFF 2021

    74th Locarno Film Festival will give floor to two Czech films. Francesco Montagner’s documentary Brotherhood will celebrate its world premiere in the Concorso Cineasti del presente competition section, and Diana Cam Van Nguyen has been invited to world-premiere her short film Love, Dad in the Pardi di domani competition. Both films have been supported by the Czech Film Fund, which will be represented in Locarno by its promotional division Czech Film Center.


    BROTHERHOOD

     CONCORSO CINEASTI DEL PRESENTE 
    World Premiere
    Czech Republic, Italy 2021 / 97 min
    Directed by: Francesco Montagner
    Produced by: Pavla Janoušková Kubečková - nutprodukce (CZ)
    Co-produced by: Nefertiti Film (IT), Czech Television (CZ), FAMU (CZ)

    Jabir, Usama and Useir, are three young Bosnian brothers, born into a family of shepherds. They grew up in the shadow of their father, Ibrahim, a strict, radical Islamist preacher.

    When Ibrahim gets sentenced to two years in prison, for war participation and terrorism, the three brothers are suddenly left on their own. The absence of their father’s demands and strict commandments,
    changes their lives drastically.

    The brothers explore their newly acquired freedom on the difficult journey to becoming men. Growing up has never felt more intimate or exhausting, as they struggle, fight, and face each other, their own
    distinct identities developing in front of our eyes.

    Brotherhood is an intimate exploration of the transition from youth to manhood, the search for identity, finding love and yourself.

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    SCREENINGS
    August 9 | 11:30 | PalaCinema1 world premiere
    August 10 | 21:00 | L'altra Sala
    August 11 | 11:30 | Teatro Kursaal
    SALES
    Deckert Distribution - Liselot Verbrugge
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    +49 (0) 341 215 66 38

    FESTIVALS
    Deckert Distribution - Hanne Biermann
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    +49 (0) 341 215 66 38

    INTERNATIONAL PRESS
    Gloria Zerbinati
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    +33 (0)7 86 80 02 82

    LOVE, DAD

     PARDI DI DOMANI 
    Czech Republic 2021 / 13 min
    Directed by: Diana Cam Van Nguyen
    Produced by: Karolína Davidová - 13ka (CZ)
    In co-production with: nutoprodukcia (SK), FAMU (CZ)

    A short film about ties and gaps between a child and a parent. The author rediscovers love letters her dad used to write her from prison. That love seems to be gone now. She decides to write back in hope to find the connection again. She puts in writing what could not be said: blaming him for family´s break-up but also trying to understand.

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    SCREENINGS
    August 6 | 14:00 | La Sala world premiere
    August 7 | 18:00 | PalaVideo
    August 8 | 9:00 | L'altra Sala

    SALES
    MIYU Distribution - Luce Grosjean
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    +33 6 63 76 62 12

    FESTIVALS
    13ka - Karolína Davidová
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    +420 721 011 357


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    Last modified on 02-08-2021