Archive of films Breaking News / Mimořádná zpráva
Czech Republic
2018, 75 min
Section:
Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2018
A carefully composed observation of two newsrooms which, in March 2017, were avidly chasing after information about the Czech president’s decision whether or not to run for re-election. Two teams of reporters, one extraordinary event, and two takes on one “objective” piece of news.
Synopsis
When journalists are denied access to a news story it just makes them all the more hungry for information. This was the case in March 2017, when the existing Czech president was preparing to announce whether or not he would be running for re-election. Except that the announcement was made at Prague Castle in the presence of a close circle of supporters and friends – reporters were not admitted. Documentary filmmaker Tomáš Bojar, who always tailors his formal concepts to suit the given subject matter, unobtrusively tracks staff at two different Czech newsrooms as they embark on their one-day scramble for this breaking news. At the same time he elegantly draws attention to the journalistic dimension of “objective” reporting, indiscriminately coloured by the views and attitudes of specific individuals.
Martin Horyna
About the director
Tomáš Bojar (b. 1981, Prague). Selected filmography: RAPublic (2008, with Pavel Abrahám), Two Nil (2012, with Pavel Abrahám), FC Roma (2016, with Rozálie Kohoutová)
Contacts
Cinema Arsenal, s.r.o.
Na vršku 8, 150 00, Praha 5
Czech Republic
E-mail: [email protected]
About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Documentary Films - Competition |
---|---|
Director: | Tomáš Bojar |
Screenplay: | Tomáš Bojar |
Dir. of Photography: | Jiří Chod |
Music: | Maurice Ravel |
Editor: | Šimon Špidla |
Producer: | Tomáš Bojar |
Production: | Cinema Arsenal |
Coproduction: | i/o post, Sounderground, Bystrouška |
Contact: | Cinema Arsenal, s.r.o. |
Guests

Tomáš Bojar
Film Director, Screenwriter

Jan Gogola
Film Crew

Šimon Špidla
Film Editor

Martin Jašminský
Protagonist

Štěpán Etrych
Protagonist

Petr Mrzena
Protagonist

Jiří Chod
Director of Photography