Archive of films Art Talent Show / Zkouška umění

Czech Republic
2022, 102 min

Section: Proxima Competition
Year: 2022

Artistic endeavour isn’t about competing; even so, applicants still have to be placed in order of merit at the academy’s entrance exams. But how do you assess artistic talent? And what role can art play in today’s world? A layered, observational documentary which presents a portrait of an institution and a light generational statement in one.


Synopsis

Artistic endeavour isn’t about competing; even so, applicants still have to be placed in order of merit at the academy’s entrance exams. But how do you assess artistic talent? And what role can art play in today’s world? Adéla Komrzý and Tomáš Bojar decided to film talent exams in three studios at Prague’s Academy of Fine Arts. In their observational documentary they pose simple questions that we are usually afraid to ask; perhaps because, in other situations, they lead to unsatisfactory or even banal answers. The directors also demonstrate that a portrait of an institution can also be taken as a light generational statement, in which it makes sense to ask why a person feels the need to create art in the same way he needs to know that bread costing a mere 14 crowns might stay fresh for a whole week.

Martin Horyna

About the director

Tomáš Bojar, Adéla Komrzý Tomáš Bojar, Adéla Komrzý

Adéla Komrzý (1992). Selected filmography: Teaching War (2016, doc.), Viva Video, Video Viva (2018, doc.), Intensive Life Unit (2021, doc.). Tomáš Bojar (1981, Prague). Selected filmography: RAPublic (2008, doc.), FC Roma (2016, doc.), Breaking News (2018, doc.), Off Sides (2019, doc.).

Contacts

GPO Platform
Dukelských hrdinů 5020/25A, 170 00, Prague
Czech Republic
E-mail: [email protected]

About the film

Barevný, DCP
World premiéra

Section: Proxima Competition
   
Director: Tomáš Bojar, Adéla Komrzý
Screenplay: Adéla Komrzý, Tomáš Bojar
Dir. of Photography: Šimon Dvořáček
Sound: Václav Flegl, Michaela Patryková, David Titěra
Editor: Hedvika Hansalová
Producer: Jakub Wagner
Production: GPO Platform
Coproduction: AVU, Česká televize
Contact: GPO Platform

Guests

Adéla Komrzý

Film Director

Tomáš Bojar

Film Director, Screenwriter


Tomáš Vaněk

Protagonist

Jan Strejcovský

Protagonist


Jakub Wagner

Producer

Šimon Dvořáček

Director of Photography


Hedvika Hansalová

Film Editor

Jan Gogola

Film Crew


Vladimír Kokolia

Protagonist

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