04-11-2015

FNE at Cottbus Film Festival: Fair Play

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    PRAGUE: Andrea Sedláčková’s third feature film Fair Play screens in the main competition of the Cottbus Film Festival which runs through 8 November 2015.

    The film represented the Czech Republic in the 2014 Oscar race and the European Film Awards. The Czech/Slovak/German coproduction had a budget of 1.4 m EUR. It was released in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in March 2014. It had international releases in Argentina and France in summer 2015 and has been screened at more than 15 festivals worldwide.

    Sedlackova co-wrote the script about doping in sports under communism. The film stars Czech superstar Anna Geislerova and the rising young Slovak actress Judit Bardos as a mother (and former athlete) and her talented athlete daughter who try to resist the state doping system. The daughter is torn between the dissident past of her parents and her former boyfriend, and her growing awareness of the dangers of using the drugs being forced on her by her coaches.

    Sedláčková is also known as an editor with several international credits.

    Credits:

    Fair Play (Czech Republic / Slovakia / Germany)
    Directed by Andrea Sedláčková
    Produced by: Negativ
    Coproduced by: Arina, Czech Television, RWE, Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska, i/o post, Barrandov Studios, DEPARTURES Film
    Supported by the State Cinematography Fund – Czech Republic

    Written by: Irena Hejdova, Andrea Sedlackova
    DoP: Jan Baset Stritezsky
    Editor: Jakub Hejna
    Music: Mroslav Zbirka
    Art Direction: Viera Dandova, Petr Fort
    Costumes: Simona Rybakova