1 | MEDIA Development
Sunfilm-spiral productions
Šchkola – School Without Borders
documentary
SP EUR 30,000
Project
A full-length documentary film about the daily life of Czech, German and Polish children and teenagers (and their families) in “Šchkola” – elementary and secondary schools, established since 1995 in the very Eastern corner of the German federal land of Saxony neighbouring with the Czech Republic and Poland. Children from the three different European states meet in this congenial, liberal environment and spend their years of compulsory education here. The film about the three European nations that have been neighbours for hundreds of years, the three different languages and the three different cultures will be shot by professional filmmakers and teenagers from the “Šchkola”…
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Sunfilm was established in 1998 and its activities have focused on the distribution of fiction and documentary films. In the Czech and Slovak Republics, the company has distributed more than thirty films (including Run Lola Run, Cider House Rules, Antonia, Karakter, Central Station, Little Voice and The Alvin Straight Story among others). In 2001, Sunfilm-spiral productions s.r.o. was established. This company focuses on the production of documentary films and focuses on ethnic minorities, education and social and political issues. The company produced for example: „2002 floods in the Prague ZOO” (for NHK), documentaries from the cycle „Lost Neighbours or Search for traces of Jewish fellow citizens through the teenage camera eye – Kids from Hartmanice” (coproduction with Dutch TV company NIKmedia–Joodse Omroep) and “Expedition Jews”. Currently, Sunfilm-spiral productions s.r.o. is working on the audiovisual projects “Šchkola” and “Teenagers and Jews”; other projects are in development. The company is a member of EDN and APA (Audiovisual Producers’ Association).
Selected Credits and Awards
| Kids from Hartmanice | documentary | 2005 | dir. Lucie Králová |
| Finále Festival 2006 – Golden Kingfisher for the best documentary under 30 minutes |
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| Night Tram | fiction | 1994 | dir. John Andrews |
| Nomination for Student Oscar 1995 | |||
| On the Day of the Dog | fiction | 1994 | dir. Pavel Marek |
| FAMU Festival 1994 – best production award | |||
| The Harvest | short film | 1992 | dir. Pavel Marek |
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Sunfilm-spiral productions s.r.o. Havelská 3/511 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic Tel.: +420 224 234 452 +420 603 822 181 Fax: +420 224 234 458 E-mail: sunfilms@volny.cz |
Zuzana Dražilová, Producer and Author sunfilms@volny.cz |