BIOGRAPH ALFRED: FIRST SHOT No. 1
or how you DEBUT in Bohemia
Fresh previews of the already mature art of young FAMU authors who are on the verge of starting their professional career via their film debuts.
SMALL LIES / main movie
54 min. / 2008/ Film Direction Department – 5th year – graduation film
Small Lies, by director William Lee, tells the story on how each of us repeats the mistakes of his parents. It is a tale of the lies we often use to avoid the uncomfortable truth. The main character, David, is trying to re-establish a relationship with his son, who he left a year ago, by going on a trip together. However, David’s father Jiri, who had made the same mistake with him twenty years ago, sneaks however into their “joint” holiday.
A brilliant and sensitively narrated “men saga” of one family appearing at a critical moment in one place.
Director: William Lee, camera: Gasper Snuderl
INCANTATIONS / short movie
17 min. / 2008/ Camera Department – 5th year – graduation film
The story of a young Vietnamese couple living in Prague. The young man, employed as an overnight taxi driver, is trying to get free from his native close-knit community. At the same time he is trying to impress a Vietnamese girl from the marketplace who is, however, according to traditions, forbidden to meet anyone outside the marketplace… An excellent example of a cameraman’s mastery of colour and composition.
Camera, screenplay and director: Gasper Snuderl
SMALL LIES / main movie
54 min. / 2008/ Film Direction Department – 5th year – graduation film
Small Lies, by director William Lee, tells the story on how each of us repeats the mistakes of his parents. It is a tale of the lies we often use to avoid the uncomfortable truth. The main character, David, is trying to re-establish a relationship with his son, who he left a year ago, by going on a trip together. However, David’s father Jiri, who had made the same mistake with him twenty years ago, sneaks however into their “joint” holiday.
A brilliant and sensitively narrated “men saga” of one family appearing at a critical moment in one place.
Director: William Lee, camera: Gasper Snuderl
INCANTATIONS / short movie
17 min. / 2008/ Camera Department – 5th year – graduation film
The story of a young Vietnamese couple living in Prague. The young man, employed as an overnight taxi driver, is trying to get free from his native close-knit community. At the same time he is trying to impress a Vietnamese girl from the marketplace who is, however, according to traditions, forbidden to meet anyone outside the marketplace… An excellent example of a cameraman’s mastery of colour and composition.
Camera, screenplay and director: Gasper Snuderl
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