Filip Remunda
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Filip Remunda is a Czech film director, cinematographer and producer.
Czech Dream
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Biography
Filip Remunda graduated at FAMU–documentary directing department in the masterclass of Karel Vachek. His film, Village B., was named best documentary film at the 2002 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and at the 2003 FAMU Festival, and it received the Don Quixote Award at the 2003 Art Film Trenčianské Teplice festival, as well as several other prizes at festivals in Europe and the United States. During his studies, Filip Remunda also attended the workshop at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem. Filip Remunda, is co-founder of the Institute of Documentary Film (IDF) which supports the promotion of Eastern European Films and is actively involved in lecturing at the Ex Oriente Film, an international documentary development workshop organized by IDF. Together with Vit Klusak he directed feature documentary comedy CZECH DREAM and runs HYPERMARKET FILM Ltd., an independent production company based in Prague, Czech Republic.Selected filmography
- NEW NAMES FOR OLD FRIENDS, 1999, Betacam, 40’, What Ever Production
- HILARY AND CHRIS ON THE WAY, 1999, 16mm, 16’, FAMU, Czech Television
- VILLAGE B., 2002, 35mm, 30’, FAMU, Czech Television
- A.B.C.D.T.O.P.O.L., (2003) Betacam, 73’, Simply Cinema, CT
- CZECH DREAMCzech DreamCzech Dream is a documentary film directed by two young Czech directors: Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda. The film was released in February 2004. It recorded a large-scale hoax perpetuated by Klusák and Remunda on the Czech public, culminating in the "opening event" of a fake hypermarket...
, together with Vit Klusak, 2004, 35mm, 87’, Hypermarket Film, Czech Television, Studio Mirage, FAMU,official thetrical trailer (core version) - FILM ENCOUNTERS, 40 min, S16mm/DIGIBETA, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, 2007
- THE TADPOLE, THE RABBIT AND THE HOLLY GHOST, download the film, 26 min, Digi Beta, Czech Television - (Jihlava IDFF 2007 Audience Award, Pavel Koutecky Award for the Best Czech Authorial Dox of 2007
Czech Dream
Czech Dream
Czech Dream is a documentary film directed by two young Czech directors: Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda. The film was released in February 2004. It recorded a large-scale hoax perpetuated by Klusák and Remunda on the Czech public, culminating in the "opening event" of a fake hypermarket...
Awards - selection:
- 48th annual San Francisco International Film FestivalSan Francisco International Film FestivalSan Francisco International Film Festival is the oldest continuously running film festival in the Americas. Organized by the San Francisco Film Society, the International is held each spring for two weeks, presenting an average of 150 films from over 50 countries...
, USA 2005: Golden Gate Award for best feature-length documentary film - 2005 Zolotoy Vityaz Čeljabinsk, Russia: Best Director Award
- International Film Festival Poslanije k člověku St. Petersburg, Russia 2005: Special Jury Prize
- Traverse City Film FestivalTraverse City Film FestivalThe Traverse City Film Festival is an annual film festival held every late July through early August in Traverse City, Michigan. The festival was created as an annual event in 2005 to help “save one of America's few indigenous art forms—the cinema." The event was co-founded by Michael Moore, the...
(film festival director, Michael MooreMichael MooreMichael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries...
), USA 2005: Best Documentary Award - Aarhus Film Festival, Denmark 2004: First Prize for Best Documentary Film
- 2005 Jeonju International Film FestivalJeonju International Film FestivalThe Jeonju International Film Festival has been held annually since 2000 in Jeonju, South Korea, focusing on digital, independent and art films.-2000:*April 28-May 4: 184 films from 21 countries...
, South Korea: JJ-Star Award - 45th annual Cracow Film Festival 2005, Poland: People’s Choice Award
- FFFB.be Filmfestival Brussel 2005, Belgium: Be TV Award for Best Film
- Lubuskie Film Summer, Lagow, Poland 2005: Silver Grape Award
- International Film Festival Ljubljana, Slovenia 2004: FIPRESCI Award (Critics’ Prize)
- FAMUFEST 2004, Czech Republic: Maxim–Best Film of the Festival and Audience Award