OSCARS 2006 Czech Republic / Slovakia
Slama and Sulik in the run
by Sakis Kontos
The nominations in the run for that much sought after Academy Award which eludes Central Europe since Kolya, were announced last week in Czech Republic and Slovakia. As was expected the winner of this year’s Golden Shell in San Sebastian, Bohdan Slama’s Something Like Happiness [+see also:
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film profile] (“Stesti”) was given the nod by the Czech Film and TV Academy. The film was produced by Negativ and its international sales company is Wild Bunch.
Slovakia meanwhile nominated Martin Sulik’s Czech-Slovak co-production drama The City of the Sun (“Slunecni stat”) which won the Finale Plzen 2005 first prize and was in competition in Karlovy Vary but did not do so well in theatres. The City of the Sun was produced by Cestmír Kopecky-První verejnoprávní and Czech TV. It is distributed by CinemArt.
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