Archive of films Resort / Resort
Czech Republic
2015, 25 min
Section:
Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2015
In the 1960s an architecturally unique resort built on the banks of Orlík reservoir became the secret getaway of the communist establishment, then later passed into the hands of notorious businessmen during the early days of unrestrained capitalism. Suffused with an air of mystery, this portrait captures the genius loci and turbulent history of a hidden summer paradise that was left off every map.
Synopsis
At the beginning of the 1960s a secret summer getaway for the communist establishment was developed on the banks of Orlík reservoir. The architecturally unique resort was designed by the most progressive Czech names in the field – they had been purposefully imprisoned to force them to work on state projects. In the days of unrestrained capitalism following the revolution, the site came into the hands of now notorious businessmen. This nontraditional documentary portrait, suffused with an air of mystery, captures the genius loci and turbulent history of a hidden summer paradise that was left off every map.
Martin Horyna
About the director
Martin Hrubý (b. 1987, Beroun, Czechoslovakia) graduated from the Studio of Intermedia Confrontation at Prague’s Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design. At a variety of exhibitions he has presented his videos, installations, performances, and objects reflecting the relationship between man and architecture. In addition to his own artistic work, he curates at Prague galleries. The inter-genre film Resort is his graduation work, combining documentary, dramatic, and video art approaches to film.
Contacts
Background Films
Kubelíkova 22, 130 05, Praha 3
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 777 910 290
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.backgroundfilms.cz
About the film
Color, DCP
Section: | Documentary Films - Competition |
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Director: | Martin Hrubý |
Screenplay: | Martin Hrubý |
Dir. of Photography: | Lukáš Milota |
Editor: | Hedvika Hansalová |
Producer: | Mikuláš Novotný |
Production: | Background Films |
Coproduction: | UMPRUM, Česká televize |
Contact: | Background Films |
Guests
Martin Hrubý
Mikuláš Novotný
Producer
Lukáš Milota
Director of Photography
Radim Procházka
Film Director, Producer, Tutor / Trainer