A black and white drama aimed at a television screen.
Painted birds director Václav Marhoul, which is a film adaptation of the world-famous bestseller of the same name by the writer Jerzy Kosiński, was introduced to the audience for the first time in the main competition of the Venice International Film Festival. Since then, he has had many festival successes and film awards.
The camera was taken over by the top cameraman Vladimír Smutný, who shot on a black-and-white 35 mm negative in the Cinemascope format. It was filmed for a hundred days in sixteen months in a total of 43 locations in Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic. The last clapper, number 3,531, fell on July 5, 2018. The painted birds boast a stellar cast. He will appear in the picture Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, Julian Sands, Barry Pepper, Tim Kalkhof, Alla Sokolova, Aleksej Kravčenko, Lech Dyblik, Júlia Valentová, Martin Nahálka and also Jitka Čvančarová, Radim Fiala and Petr Vaněk. The main role was played by the talented Petr Kotlár.
Colored birds could be seen by spectators at festivals around the world, where they enjoyed the favor of spectators and the jury, such as the Venice International Film Festival (Student Jury Award), the Toronto Film Festival, the 55th Chicago International Film Festival (Best Camera Award). ), won a director in Calcutta Vaclav Marhoul the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award for Best Director and many more. Great successes include nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 92nd American Film Awards Oscar.
Last year, the Painted Birds literally took over handing over of the Czech Lions, where the film scored in eight categories. He took the statue away Vaclav Marhoul (best film, best director, Vladimír Smutný (best camera), Luděk Hudec (best editing), Pavel Rejholec (best sound), Jan Vlasák (best set design), Helena Rovná (best costumes) and Ivo Strangmüller (best masks). In addition, weeks before the gala evening, the film won the Best Film Poster award.
The television premiere will take place on March 6, 2021 after the live broadcast of the Czech Lion Awards.
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