PRAGUE: Czech crime series Nineties / Devadesátky by Slovak director Peter Bebjak has gathered 2.23 m viewers during only six Sunday evenings on the C.
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Peter Bebjak is shooting the Czech/Slovak thriller
Shadowplay / Tieňohra. The film is produced by the Czech companies Hangar Films and Barletta, in coproduction with Slovakia´s D.N.A.
„We started shooting at the end of November 2020 and we have 10 shooting days behind us. The next 15 days of filming are sheduled for March and April 2021 on Czech locations in Ústí nad Labem and Prague,“ producer Rasťo Šesták from D.N.A. told FNE.
Shadowplay tells the story of a paramedic Jan, whose wife was murdered. Over time, he tries to accept his fate and start anew, however the erroneous judicial system fails to punish the culprit accordingly and Jan is unable to come to terms with the fact that the murderer walked free. He decides to take matters into his own hands and fight against the circumstances and the system itself.
The Auschwitz Report by Peter Bebjak
BRATISLAVA: The COVID-19 pandemic led to the closure of cinemas and to a number of measures restricting filming and travel for coproduction teams in 2020. However, Slovak filmmakers managed to complete 28 films, while distributors released 20 domestic titles.
After new amendments to the Audiovisual Law had been approved in September 2019, the cash rebate increased from 20% to 33% starting 1 January 2020.
A total of 45 projects registered for the 33% cash rebate at the Slovak Audiovisual Fund in 2020, compared to 30 in 2019.
PRODUCTION
A total of 11 feature films (including six minority coproductions) and 17 documentaries (including three minorities) were completed in 2020.
Multiple high-profile projects were in production in 2020 and some of them are expected to premiere in 2021.
film profile] (read the news), Slovakia’s candidate for the 93
rd Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film category, and the television miniseries
The Actor (read the news), Bebjak has already started shooting a new feature film, a revenge thriller titled
Shadowplay.
Written by
Vendula Bradáčová, Slovakian actor
Milan Ondrík (read the interview) stars in the leading role as Jan, a man who leaves his wife (
Dominika Morávková) who herself will soon become the victim of crime. Jan turns into a widower with the full awareness that he is responsible for his wife’s death because he did not help her in a critical moment. He hides from guilt in a local boxing club. After a string of revelations, Jan starts pursuing his wife’s murderer himself, fearing the culprit could avoid justice and punishment.