Filip Remunda (born 1973 in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...
, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech
film director,
cinematographer and
producer. He is best known for co-directing the 2004 documentary comedy ''
Czech Dream
''Czech Dream'' ( cz, Český sen) is a 2004 documentary film directed by two Czech film directors, Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda. It recorded a large-scale hoax perpetrated by Klusák and Remunda on the Czech public, culminating in the opening ...
'' ( cs, Český sen).
Biography
Remunda graduated from the documentary film department of the
(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 and at the 2003 FAMU Festival, and received the Don Quixote Award at the 2003 Art Film
Trenčianske Teplice
Trenčianske Teplice (german: Trentschin-Teplitz; hu, Trencsénteplic) is a health resort and small spa town in western Slovakia, in the valley of the river Teplička, at the foothills of the Strážovské vrchy mountains, a few kilometres away ...
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
Sam Spiegel Film and Television School
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The school has been the subject of some 19 ...
in
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
''Czech Dream'' ( cz, Český sen) is a 2004 documentary film directed by two Czech film directors, Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda. It recorded a large-scale hoax perpetrated by Klusák and Remunda on the Czech public, culminating in the opening ...
'', 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 i ...
, and the 2005
Traverse City Film Festival
The Traverse City Film Festival is an annual film festival held at the end of July in Traverse City, Michigan. The festival was created as an annual event in 2005 to help “save one of America's few indigenous art forms—the cinema". The event ...
, 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
''Czech Dream'' ( cz, Český sen) is a 2004 documentary film directed by two Czech film directors, Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda. It recorded a large-scale hoax perpetrated by Klusák and Remunda on the Czech public, culminating in the opening ...
'', 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
''Czech Peace'' ( cs, Český mír) is a 2010 Czech documentary film directed by Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda. The film won the White Goose award at the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in 2010. The film followed a 2004 documentary fr ...
'', together with Vit Klusak
References
External links
Czech Dream official page in EnglishDocumentary Internet*
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1973 births
Living people
Film directors from Prague
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni