Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

July 4 - 12, 2008

Night Owls
Děti noci

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Colour, 35 mm
Czech Republic, 2008, 80 min
WP – World premiere
Section: Official Selection - Competition
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Film screenings:
414 - 7.7., 17:00, Grand Hall
5E5 - 8.7., 22:00, Espace Dorleans Cinema

Director: Michaela Pavlátová
Screenplay: Irena Hejdová
Dir. of Photography: Martin Štrba
Music: !DelaDap
Designer: Jan Novotný
Editor: Tonička Janková
Producer: Kateřina Černá, Petr Oukropec
Production: Negativ s.r.o.
Contact: Negativ s.r.o.
Distributor: Bontonfilm, a.s.

Cast

Martha Issová, Jiří Mádl, Lenka Termerová, Jan Dolanský, David Novotný, Kristýna Nováková

Synopsis

Ofka is stuck in a strange torpor: while the majority of her school friends have continued with their studies, she refuses to leave the delusory comfort of her childhood which is, however, rapidly beginning to stifle her. She works the night shift at a 24-hour convenience store owned by her brother-in-law Eda, and lets the snatches of conversation wash over her, as regulars and casual customers come in with their tales of wasted lives, along with distant friends who, like her, are awake when the rest of the city sleeps. She occasionally escapes to have a drink with her friends on the banks of the Vltava, and she roams the streets with the oddball Ubr who, apart from being hopelessly in love with her, has a fascination for the contents of garbage cans. Ofka tries to avoid Míra who has left her. But it’s becoming increasingly obvious to her that, one day, she’ll have to leave her childhood behind, cross the boundaries of the neighbourhood where she was born, and get on with her life… In her second feature – an intimate story of a girl caught between childhood and adulthood – Oscar-nominated director Michaela Pavlátová focuses on authenticity and the alluring environment of Prague’s Karlín district.

About the director

Michaela Pavlátová (b. 1961, Prague) attended the Institute of Applied Arts. Her animated short Words, Words, Words (1991) was nominated for an Oscar and won awards at the IFFs in Leipzig, Montreal and Valladolid; animated short Repete (1995) garnered a Golden Bear at the Berlin IFF and awards at the festivals in Annecy, Leipzig, Hiroshima and Stuttgart; For Ever and Ever (1998) was awarded in Tampere and Viareggio; and Carnival of the Animals (2006) earned an Honourable Mention in Ottawa. During the mid-1990s she began working with documentarist Pavel Koutecký and later turned her attention towards feature film direction: she contributed with the segment Absolute Love to Prague Stories (1999), and she debuted with the feature film Faithless Games (2003 – Special Mention at the San Sebastian IFF). She has made a series of commercial spots and jingles and occasionally appears on screen as well.

Film Guests

Kateřina Černá, Irena Hejdová, Martha Issová, Jiří Mádl, Daniel Němec, Šárka Oujezdská, Petr Oukropec, Michaela Pavlátová, Jaroslava Procházková, John Riley, Pavel Strnad, Kristián Suda, Martin Štrba, Lenka Termerová

Contacts

Bontonfilm, a.s.
Nádražní 23/344, 150 00 Praha 5
Česká republika
Tel: +420 257 415 111-2
Fax: +420 257 415 113
www: www.bontonfilm.cz

Česká televize / Czech Television
Kavčí hory, 140 70 Praha 4
Česká republika
Tel: +420 261 131 111
Fax: +420 261 211 354
E-mail: info@ceskatelevize.cz
www: www.ceskatelevize.cz

Negativ s.r.o.
Ostrovní 30, 110 00 Praha 1
Česká republika
Tel: +420 224 933 755
Fax: +420 224 933 472
E-mail: john@negativ.cz
www: www.negativ.cz

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