August 14, 2020
Michael J. Fox: Honest confession of Hollywood star
Canadian actor Michael J. Fox was born on 9. 6. 1961 in Edmonton. His young look and small height of only 169 cm allowed him to play much younger characters than he actually was. Fans loved him as Alex Keaton…
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
March 14, 2018
Marko Škop: I like to depict penetration of our microworld with macroworld
Slovakian director Marko Škop (1974) introduced his feature film debut “ Eva Nová”. Up until now he was predominantly focused at documents for which he got awards at foreign festivals. He established his own production company “Artileria” in order to…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
February 1, 2018
Jiří Menzel: Film maker-beginner can make do with guts. But he has to know the trade!
Jiří Menzel is one of the most known, well respected and globally applauded Czech filmmaker. His way how he got to directing films was explained short while ago in his memoires book called „ Rozmarná léta“.
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
August 1, 2017
Peter Suschitzky - Technology makes job easier but doesn´t replace artistic abilities
Top British cinematographer Peter Suschitzky works behind lenses for over a half of century. He collaborated with big bunch of directors but the biggest joy and success he gained alongside David Cronenberg with whom he made 11 movies. Very kind…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek
June 28, 2017
Robert Kolinski - I am driven by pure passion
At Zlín Film Festival had its premiere a documentary film Make a comedy is no fun about Czech our Oscar winning director Jiří Menzel. It probably wouldn´t be such a big surprise, since film festivals are about films, but what…
Written by Eva Csölleová, Vítek Formánek