Filip Remunda (born 1973 in

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, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

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and producer. He is best known for co-directing the 2004 documentary comedy '' Czech Dream'' ( cs, Český sen).

Biography

Remunda graduated from the documentary film department of the

Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague ( cs, Filmová a televizní fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze) or FAMU is a film school in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 1946 as one of three branches of the Acade ...

(FAMU) in 2005, in the masterclass of Karel Vachek. His film, ''Village B.'', was named best documentary film at the 2002

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has beco ...

and at the 2003 FAMU Festival, and received the Don Quixote Award at the 2003 Art Film

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festival, as well as several other prizes at festivals in Europe and the United States. During his studies, Remunda also attended a workshop at the

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Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. Together with Vit Klusak he directed the comedy documentary feature '' Czech Dream'', and runs Hypermarket Film Ltd., an independent production company based in Prague. ''Czech Dream'' won multiple awards in film festivals around the world, including Best Documentary awards from the 2004 Aarhus Film Festival, the 2005

San Francisco International Film Festival The San Francisco International Film Festival (abbreviated as SFIFF), organized by the San Francisco Film Society, is held each spring for two weeks, presenting around 200 films from over 50 countries. The festival highlights current trends in in ...

, and the 2005

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, as well as a Best Director Award for Remunda from the 2005 Zolotoy Vityaz Čeljabinsk in Russia. He is co-founder of the Institute of Documentary Film (IDF), which supports the promotion of Eastern European films, and lectures at the Ex Oriente Film, an international documentary development workshop organized by IDF.

Selected filmography

* 1999 - ''New Names for Old Friends'', What Ever Production * 1999 - ''Hilary and Chris on the Way'', FAMU, Czech Television * 2002 - ''Village B.'', FAMU, Czech Television * 2003 - ''A.B.C.D.T.O.P.O.L.'', Simply Cinema, CT * 2004 - '' Czech Dream'', together with Vit Klusak, Hypermarket Film, Czech Television, Studio Mirage, FAMU * 2007 - ''Film Encounters'', Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival * 2007 - ''The Tadpole, The Rabbit and the Holy Ghost'', Czech Television - (Jihlava IDFF 2007 Audience Award, Pavel Koutecky Award for the Best Czech Authorial Dox of 2007) * 2010 - '' Czech Peace'', together with Vit Klusak

References

External links

Czech Dream official page in English

Documentary Internet
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Remunda, Filip 1973 births Living people Film directors from Prague Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni