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04.10.2005
Czech Film and TV Academy Recommends Something Like Happiness
for an OSCAR
Czech Film and TV Academy Recommends Something Like Happiness for an OSCAR
Press release
Prague, 3 October 2005 – Bohdan Sláma’s new film Something Like Happiness has received the most votes from the Czech Film and Television Academy, which will recommend it as the Czech entry for the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscar Awards. The film will compete for nominee status in “The Best Foreign Language Film” category, the category’s final nominees will be announced on March 31, 2006.
The third film from screenwriter and director Sláma is a moving story about a fragile relationship between two young people which gradually grows into true love. The cast and the atmosphere are reminiscent of Sláma’s successful debut Wild Bees (Divoké včely), which was not only received enthusiastically by the Czech public but also brought the filmmaker several awards at international film festivals.
Since its domestic premiere, Something Like Happiness has screened and competed at several important festivals. Among those was the San Sebastian Film Festival, where it won a Gold Shell for best film and Aňa Geislerová won a Silver Shell for best actress in a leading role.
The film is the director’s first collaboration with producer Pavel Strnad (Negativ). The main characters are played by a trio of young Czech actors – Tatiana Vilhelmová, Aňa Geislerová, and Pavel Liška. Both actresses have already been introduced to international audiences as European acting talents – Shooting Stars.
The international sales company of Something Like Happiness is Wildbunch (see http://www.wildbunch.biz).
For more information on the film, please visit http://www.stesti-film.cz or http://www.negativ.cz.
In the history of Czech nominations for the Oscar Awards of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a total of nine films have made the cut since 1965, three of which won Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category:
1965 Shop on Main Street / Obchod na Korze (Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos) - awarded
1966 A Blonde in Love/Lásky jedné plavovlásky (Miloš Forman) - nominated
1967 Closely Watched Trains / Ostře sledované vlaky (Jiří Menzel) - awarded
1968 The Firemen's Bal / Hoří, má panenko (Miloš Forman) - nominated
1986 My Sweet Little Village / Vesničko má středisková (Jiří Menzel) - nominated
1991 The Elementary School / Obecná škola (Jan Svěrák) - nominated
1996 Kolya / Kolja (Jan Svěrák) - awarded
2000 Divided We Fall / Musíme si pomáhat (Jan Hřebejk) - nominated
2003 Želary (Ondřej Trojan) - nominated
Contact
Jana Černík, tel: 22 11 05 321, GSM: +420 724 329 949,
Markéta Šantrochová, tel: 22 11 05 322, GSM: +420 724 329 948,
