Archive of films Snowboarders / Snowboarďáci

Czech Republic
2004, 99 min

Section: Czech Films 2004-2005
Year: 2005

Set in the beautiful Giant Mountains in northern Bohemia, this teen comedy deals with obstacles in life - and in snowboarding, and captures all the excitement involved in losing one’s virginity.

Synopsis

Jáchym and Rendy are friends who really like snowboarding. And they’re champions at it — although only on computer simulators. They’re 16 and determined to change their lives. The first step is a fabulous trip to the mountains (without their parents where they plan to have a blast — on the slopes and off. Their first adult trip together, however, doesn’t start out quite as they expected: like unwanted baggage, they have to take Jáchym’s bitchy older sister along. And Jáchym’s cousin, who manages the chalet where they are staying, puts them to work as soon as they arrive. On top of that, some cool dudes from the Snow Panthers ski team are messing up their chances with the three attractive snowboarders they’re hot for. Finally, snowboarding ain’t as easy as it looks. But obstacles were made to be overcome: it all depends on what happens on New Year’s Eve — and with whom. Writer-director Karel Janák’s teen-comedy debut was a smash hit at the box office.

About the director

Karel Janák (b. 1970) graduated in nuclear and physical engineering from the Czech University of Technology (1993), and in feature film direction from Prague’s Film Academy (FAMU) in 2001. His school films won many awards, for example Kateřina Home Alone (1995) took the Czech Literary Fund Prize, and The Orchard (1996) was awarded the Jury Prize at the Eurofilm St. Etienne IFF in France. His feature TV debut came with Aliens in Colorado (2001), which gained the Main Children’s Jury Prize and the Audience Prize at the specialized German festival in Chemnitz. Janák also makes commercials and promotional films — e.g. TV NOVA hired him to create campaigns and promotional films for the blockbusters Titanic (Golden Promax at Seville for Best Film Promo in Europe), Independence Day (Silver Promax in Cologne) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (Golden Promax in Rome). His feature debut film Snowboarders (2004) will also be made into a TV series.

Contacts

First Film
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About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	Czech Films 2004-2005

Director:	Karel Janák
Screenplay:	Karel Janák
Dir. of Photography:	Martin Šácha
Music:	Miroslav Chyška
Editor:	Adam Dvořák
Producer:	Josef Nepovím
Production:	Whisconti koprodukce/co-production Česká televize, Česká Produkce
Cast:	Vojtěch Kotek, Jiří Mádl, Lucie Vondráčková. Ester Geislerová, Barbore Seidlová, Jiří Langmajer, Martina Klírová, Braňo Polák, Martin Písařík
Contact:	First Film, Albrecht Media Management, Falcon a.s., Česká televize

www:	www.snowboardaci.com

Guests

Veronika Freimanová

Actress

Barbora Seidlová

Actress

Lucie Vondráčková

Actor

Jan Nejedlý

Producer

Jiří Langmajer

Actor

Jan Lamser

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