SYNOPSIS
A one day drama of eighteen year old Marek living near Slovak - Moravian border with his dad and with his racist friends - hooligans, however Marek’s best friend is only his dog. Marek’s life is shaken up when he discovers the secret of his lost mother Marika.
Awards
Hivos Tiger Award | Rotterdam IFF, Netherlands, 2013
Best Director | Vilnius IFF, Lithuania, 2013
CAST & CREW
Mira Fornay
Director
Producer(s)
Juraj Buzalka, Viktor Schwarcz, Mira Fornay
Script
Mira Fornay
Director of Photography
Tomáš Sysel
Production designer
Adam Pitra
Sound
Ján Ravasz
Edit
Hedvika Hansalová
Cast
Adam Mihál,Marián Kuruc,Irena Bendová,Libor Filo…
Production company(ies)
Mirafox
Mira Fornay
Born 1977, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Her first feature, Little Foxes premiered in the International Critic’s Week competition during the 2009 Venice IFF and she traveled for it during top world festivals such as Pusan, Warsaw, Stockholm, Rotterdam, Seattle and many others. Mira received several awards for Little Foxes in Slovakia such as The Best Young Filmmaker for 2008-2009 awarded by Slovak Film and TV Academy, Slovak Film Critics’ Award for 2010 and the prize for The Most Talented Filmmaker under the age of 35 awarded by Tatra bank in 2010. With My Dog Killer she won the best script in Slovakia Awards of Tibor Vichta 2009 and the project was selected at Berlinale co-production market 2010 and as well won the honorable mentioning at Agora work in Progress meetings of the Thessaloniki IFF, 2012.
Filmography
Small Untold Things (2002, short), Little Foxes (2009), My Dog Killer (2013).
