October 28, 2019
John Badham - I take actors as my creative partners
Well known and established director John Badham was born August 25.1939 in English town Luton. His father was American Army General and moved whole family back to USA when John was two years old. They were based in Alabama. John…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
September 26, 2019
Hynek Bočan - Filming fairy tale means freedom for me and freedom for actors
Czech director Hynek Bočan was born on 29.4.1938 in Prague and he belonged to up and coming Czech New Wave.We can find his name signed under big portion of films such as Pasťák, Parta Hic, Tvář za sklem, Smích se…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
August 15, 2019
Hal Needham - One fulfilled American dream
America say that it is a country of unlimited possibilities.We won´t discuss it since another big nation once stated that by them“ Tomorrow means yesterday“.Every American lives his „American dream“ which is run by dollars and has a hope that…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
August 26, 2019
James L. Brooks: At present time everything is about ratings and numbers and how much each film can earn
American director, producer and screenwriter James L. Brooks is extraordinary and talented man .Without film education he got into CBS, where he acted as an usher and worked for them as a writer. He continued writing for further shows which…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
August 7, 2019
Valeria Sarmiento - I was always interested in showing female characters and their problems.
One of the guests of FebioFest 2019 was Chilean director Valeria Sarmiento. We took an interest in her not only because she was a wife of important Chilean director Raúl Ruiz, but also because they both had to escape from…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
June 13, 2019
Jim Loach - You need to be interested in people in order to make a good film
British director Jim Loach is a son of much respected and acclaimed director Ken Loach. He arrived to Zlín Film Festival between shooting just for 17 hours during which he managed to open screening of his film Measures of the man…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
May 28, 2019
Bille August - I am only interested in films about human relationships
One of the star guests of FebioFest 2019 who received Kristian award was Danish director Bille August. He was born on 9.11.1948, studied photo-documentary school in Stockholm and graduated from Danish film school. He is one of the few directors…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
May 14, 2019
Steve Krikris - It was always tough to make films in Greece cos there is s small market
Greek-American film maker Steve Krikris was invited to Febio Fest 2019 and showed here his film “ The Waiter”. We knew nothing about him but the fact that he moved from America to Greece and not vice versa, to make…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
April 18, 2019
Isabella Eklof - I don´t need money from producers, I only get money from state
Three days before FebioFest we didn´t know anything about this Scandinavian director, so hastily tried to get some information but they were all about her latest film Holiday which she also introduced in Prague When we met her and told…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
April 26, 2019
Peter Strickland: I always wanted to be a filmmaker, it´s that inner urge in me.
British director Peter Strickland was an unknown quality for us before FebioFest. We never heard about him and didn´t see any of his films. But when we read he put his inherited money to sponsor his debut film and had…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
April 1, 2019
Louis Garrel: I want to make films that can be watched by anyone anywhere
Very interesting guest or FebioFest 2019 was French actor and director Louis Garrel. He was born on 14.6.1983 in the family of director Phillippe Garrel and actress Brigitte Sy. His grandfather Maurice was also an actor as well as Godfather…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
March 18, 2019
David Zuckerman Kohner: To listen is by far the most important quality in human being and a businessman
Son of Kathy „ Gidget“ Kohner a Marvin Zuckerman is film producer in Hollywood. He is also President of ScriptCoach and Virtual Pitch Fest. and served for many years as Head of Development for Silver Lion Films, where he worked…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
February 5, 2019
Alice Schmid – It is my life mission to make films about kids
If there was a term “one-man-show“ in film making, Alice Schmid would be the man, ehm, the woman for that. Zürich based Swiss director was the guest at Zlín film festival and revealed us incredible ways of her filming job.
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
December 27, 2018
Devery Jacobs - I try to change the image and show who we really are
There are not that many native born Indians in film business. So when we met at Zlín a Canadian actress Devery Jacobs, who belongs to Mohawk tribe and grew up in Indian reservation Kahnawa:ke near Montreal it sparked our interest.…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
December 12, 2018
Andrzej Jakimowski - I don´t need to compromise for commercial reasons
Polish director Andrzej Jakimowski (1963) is an interesting man. So far he directed 5 feature films but all were different and all had deep meaning. Obviously some of them didn´t go down well with Polish public, since it kind of…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
November 28, 2018
Clint Eastwood - I have gained every success despite others suggesting me not to do it
Clint Eastwood (1930) is an actor, director, producer, musician and former Carmel mayor who made it from zero to iconic figure of American film industry, who still makes films despite being 88. In 70´s he was the best paid and…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
November 13, 2018
Josh Wiggins - If I am proud of what I have done, I am happy
We often meet young people or would-be- actors who have very distorted views at real values and act if they won 3 Oscars already. While being at Zlín festival we met young American actor Josh Wiggins who introduced two of…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
October 4, 2018
Mike Leigh: I want to make only films I want to make
English director Mike Leigh (1943) has pretty unique style of work with actors and making his films. Often his films start without script and develop through improvisation of actors. Nomination for Academy Award, winning Palm´d Or in Cannes or BAFTA…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
August 21, 2018
Katinka Farago-Bergman knew his job and nobody could beat him
Katinka Farago (1936) was the guest of Letní filmová škola 2018. She worked with Ingmar Bergman as his script girl and production manager for three decades so one can´t get much closer to great director than talking to her. She…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
August 27, 2018
Roland Klick - I was film version of punk rocker, honest, myself and fucked the system
German director Roland Klick (1939) was a guest at Letní filmová škola in Uherské Hradiště. Very interesting person who wrote scripts for films he directed, he also edited them, produced and composed music for some of them. His filmography is…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
August 2, 2018
James Cameron: Most successful film self-made man in history, part III.
American film director James Cameron (1954) is an extraordinary man. Despite the fact did didn´t study and art or film school, thanks to his determination, will and creativity, he learnt how to make films and directed two out of three…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek