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Lonely Pro’s Year in Review 2024
We premiered three movies this year. Girl America in Czech and Slovak theaters and as an International premiere at the A-list film festival in Tallinn in the main competition. Fakir had a world premiere at DOK.fest in Munich. And Forest had a world premiere at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival where we received the Silver […]
The True Story Behind “Amerikanka”: A Cinematic Journey of Resilience and Hope
Viktor Tauš, the film’s director, recalls the moment he first met “Amerikanka,” or Zdena — 25 years ago when he was living on the streets. “She became like a sister to me, and we spent days talking about everything that had happened in our lives,” he says. Zdena’s grew up with her family in a […]
Forest premieres at Thessaloniki
Lidia Duda’s feature documentary Forest has its international premiere at Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, running 7-17 March. The film centers around a young, idealistic couple living with their children in the eastern border of Poland. With their blissful, pastoral life disrupted by an influx of refugees unwelcomed in both Poland and Belarus, the couple decide […]
Big news from the Czech Film Fund
The recent call for Minority Co-Productions saw a surge in applications for the Czech Film Fund. They received 34 applications, and supported 10 projects with Lonely Production contributing to two of them. Director Lungyin Lim’s “Malice” is a unique Taiwanese-Czech co-production that received a 2.1 million CZK grant from the Czech Film Fund. The film […]
New York Shooting is done
Starting in January of this year in the Krkonoše Mountains, and after several Czech locations, the filmmakers have now returned from shooting in the USA. Just a few days of shooting left in Brno and it’s officially a wrap! For this production, director Ondřej Provazník had really big ambitions: “From the beginning, I wanted the […]
“Please Rise” has its world premiere at Camerimage
Directed by Iranian filmmaker Sheida Sheikhha, Please Rise is a political drama inspired by her Iranian roots. The story revolves around a committee tasked with choosing a new national anthem after a fictional Middle-Eastern dictatorship is toppled after a revolution. Set within the close confines of a meeting room, the film depicts the seven committee […]
Cast Announcement: “Malice”
The cast is set for a gripping maritime adventure as Taiwanese actors King Jieh-wen and Hsueh Shih-ling join together with Indonesia’s Angga Yunanda to headline the upcoming multinational thriller, “Malice.” Described as a “road movie at sea,” the film revolves around the mysterious quest of three men who set sail in search of a mythical […]
“FAKIR” TAKES SHAPE IN AMSTERDAM
A documentary is continually growing; there are endless possible ways to present the material — each with an entirely different overall effect. Programs like IDFA Project Space help develop films into their final expression by strengthening the narrative. “Fakir” is a documentary feature about a troubled young man, Dalibor, who attempts to lift himself from […]
“It Would Be My Dream” awarded funds
The Lonely Pro co-produced feature film project, “It Would Be My Dream”, has been selected to receive €235.000 from the prestigious support fund of the Council of Europe. Established in 1989, Eurimages promotes independent filmmaking by providing financial support to feature-length films, animation, and documentary films. The film follows Karolina, a talented but insecure 13-year […]
“Malice” wins award at Golden Horse in Taipei
This year’s FPP showcased a record 68 projects, including 40 in-development film projects, eight works-in-progress film projects and 20 series projects. Malice received a TWD 300,000 cash prize from Bole Film and is prioritized for future investment and funding. Director Lungyin LIM: “I’d like to pay special thanks to the Golden Horse Committee, Bole Film, […]