1 | MEDIA Development
Negativ
Foxes, Protector, Never alone, A Country Teacher
SF 1 EUR 80,000 (whole slate)
Projects
A story of Alžběta – an au pair from Eastern Europe in contemporary London. Alžběta
wants happiness – a man, and with him, an illusion of good life. However, she is only
running away from herself and can only grow up after she betrays her elder sister.
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Radio reporter Emil and theatre actress Hana are married. Emil loves Hana, and Hana
does not love Emil. The beginning of the war and the German occupation turn their life
upside down. Hana is suddenly confronted with her Jewish origin, her promising career
falls apart, and finding herself to be a social outcast, she returns to her husband
reluctantly. In an attempt to protect his wife, Emil starts to work on German propaganda
despite his political opinions. The contract with the devil takes its toll; Emil loses himself,
becoming a drunkard and womaniser. However, fate sets a trap for him. Escaping from
a lover in a tight situation, he steals somebody’s bicycle and rides. But radios are already
broadcasting an alert: An attempt to assassinate Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich was
carried out in Prague, and one of the criminals escaped on a ladies’ bicycle...
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Ferda and Robin grow up in a severe and cold family environment. Each of the boys
fights his own unequal war with his father. So they decide to unite to make their revolt
more efficient.
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A film that is intended to be the last part of a loosely linked trilogy about the search for
love. The director and scriptwriter will also try to deepen the emotional drama following
the model of a classical tragedy.
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Producers: Pavel Strnad, Petr Oukropec, Kateřina Černá, Milan Kuchynka. I Negativ works mainly with young filmmakers; it was involved in the debuts of many young Czech directors and scriptwriters. Since its establishment in 1995, it has brought ten feature films into distribution. The most successful ones include Return of the Idiot (1999), Year of the Devil (2002) and Something Like Happiness (2005).
Selected Credits and Awards
| Something Like Happiness | fiction film | 2005 | dirr. Bohdan Sláma |
| Czech Lion – best film, director, script, camera, best leading actress, best supporting actress, best leading actor, Premiere readers’ award, critics’ award IFF San Sebastian 2005 – main prize, best actress |
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| The Carnival of Animals | animation | 2005 | Michaela Pavlátová |
| Anifest 2006 – main award – Grand Prix | |||
| Champions | fiction film | 2004 | dir. Marek Najbrt |
| Czech Lion – editing, best supporting actress, best supporting actor, critics’ award IFF Panorama of European Cinema Athens – FIPRESCI – The International Federation of Film Critics Award |
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| Year of the Devil | fiction film | 2002 | dir. Petr Zelenka |
| Czech Lion – best film, director, editing, sound, music, box office award IFF Karlovy Vary 2002 – best film |
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| Return of the Idiot | fiction film | 1999 | dir. Saša Gedeon |
| Czech Lion – best film, director, script, music, best supporting actress, critics’ award IFF Venice 1999 – best film in section Cinema of the Present Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival 2000 – best script MFF Thessaloniki 1999 – Artistic Contribution Award Premiers Plans Angers 2000 – PROCIREP Award |
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Pavel Strnad, Producer pavel@negativ.cz Petr Oukropec, Producer petr@negativ.cz Kateřina Černá, Producer katerina@negativ.cz Milan Kuchynka, Producer milan@negativ.cz John Riley, International contacts, john@negativ.cz |