Ivan Trojan, one of the most respected and prolific Czech actors, and Ondrej \u0160ulaj, writer of numerous major Slovak films, will personally accept their awards at the 22nd annual Art Film Fest, held from 21 to 27 June in Tren\u010dianske Teplice and Tren\u010d\u00edn. Every year, Slovakia\u2019s biggest cinematic showcase honours distinguished figures of domestic and world film with the Actor\u2019s Mission Award and the Golden Camera, recognizing their extraordinary contributions to cinema. <\/p>\n
This year\u2019s addition to the Actor\u2019s Mission pantheon is one of the most recognizable faces of Czech film\u2014Ivan Trojan, who will personally place a bronze plaque bearing his name in Tren\u010dianske Teplice\u2019s Festival Park, alongside world-renowned Actor\u2019s Mission laureates such as Ben Kingsley, G\u00e9rard Depardieu, Franco Nero and Jean-Paul Belmondo, as well as Czech colleagues like Vlastimil Brodsk\u00fd, Iva Jan\u017eurov\u00e1, Dagmar Ve\u0161krnov\u00e1-Havlov\u00e1 and Ji\u0159ina Bohdalov\u00e1. <\/p>\n
The Golden Camera will acknowledge Slovak screenwriting legend and rector of Bratislava\u2019s Academy of Performing Arts Ondrej \u0160ulaj, who will thus join the ranks of film giants such as Emir Kusturica, Juraj Herz, Ulrich Seidl, Du\u0161an Han\u00e1k, Andrzej Wajda, Roman Polanski and Ji\u0159\u00ed Menzel.<\/p>\n
\u201cIvan Trojan shines in most likely every film he has appeared in, and it is his original and professionally dedicated approach to his roles that has earned him the Actor’s Mission Award,\u201d says Peter Hled\u00edk, Art Film Fest\u2019s vice president and director of the Actor\u2019s Mission and Golden Camera awards. Trojan has over one hundred film roles and television appearances under his belt, and directors refer to him as the best actor of his generation.
\u201c[Trojan] once said: \u2018Everyone thinks a film should be earth-shattering, or compete with big commercial pictures and make the cast and crew rich. But European cinema has to take an entirely different direction…\u2019 One such direction is exemplified by screenwriter, dramatist and teacher Ondrej \u0160ulaj, which is why he so deserves the Golden Camera,\u201d says Peter Hled\u00edk.
The Slovak cinema landscape would be incomplete without Ondrej \u0160ulaj and his uncompromising views. In 1974 he earned a degree in film and television directing and screenwriting at the Theatre Faculty of Bratislava\u2019s Academy of Performing Arts, and since then he has moved freely between film, theatre and television.<\/p>\n
\u0160ulaj has written the screenplays to numerous films and worked with the best-known Slovak directors of the 80s and 90s. \u201cI work brilliantly with Martin \u0160ul\u00edk. He\u2019s the one director I\u2019ve done multiple films with. We have a good rapport, and sometimes it gets to the point that we even think alike. We see the world and things around us in a similar way, and I like when that\u2019s conveyed in our films,\u201d explains \u0160ulaj. He is currently president of the Slovak Film and Television Academy, which grants the national Sun in a Net film prizes.<\/p>\n
The names of the remaining award recipients will be announced by Peter Hled\u00edk, Art Film Fest\u2019s vice-president and director of the Actor’s Mission Award and the Golden Camera, at a press conference before the start of the festival. ______________________________________________________________
Art Film Fest 2014 \u2013 the 22nd International Tren\u010dianske Teplice\/Tren\u010d\u00edn Film Festival
Organizers: ART FILM, n.o., FORZA, a.s.
Co-organizers: The Town of Tren\u010dianske Teplice, the City of Tren\u010d\u00edn, K\u00fapele Tren\u010dianske Teplice
The festival is held under the auspices of Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Robert Fico.
Financial Support: the Audiovisual Fund<\/p>\n
Main sponsors: Slovensk\u00e1 elektriza\u010dn\u00e1 prenosov\u00e1 s\u00fastava, SLOVNAFT
Official transport provider: Hyundai
Logistics sponsor: DHL
Student cinepasses for just \u20ac5 provided by: Prv\u00e1 stavebn\u00e1 sporite\u013e\u0148a (First Housing-Construction Savings Bank)
Sponsors: DWC Slovakia, SEVITECH, LGM, Slovak Telekom
Official suppliers: Hutira Wine, Mo\u00ebt, Barzzuz, ad one, AVI Studio, Tuli
Main media partners: Slovak Radio and Television, R\u00e1dio FM, Pravda
Media partners: Film Europe Channel, Central Europe Television, R\u00e1dio Ant\u00e9na, R\u00e1dio Beta, zoznam.sk, Eurotelev\u00edzia, Forbes, OK!, Kam do mesta, GONG SK, Film.sk, webnoviny.sk, BigMedia
Partners: the European Commission Representation in Slovakia, the Slovak Film Institute, Hotel Flora, the Slovak Film Club Association<\/p>\n
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Ivan Trojan, one of the most respected and prolific Czech actors, and Ondrej \u0160ulaj, writer of numerous major Slovak films,