Background Films

Prague-based Background Films productions include international arthouse titles such as Poland's 2022 Academy Award candidate "Leave no Traces" by Jan P. Matuszyński (PL/FR/CZ, Venice Concorso, 2021), Romanian "To the North" by Mihai Mincan (RO/FR/GR/CZ/BG, Venice Horizzonti, 2022), the Czech New Wave legend Karel Vachek's "Communism and the Net or the End of Representative Democracy" (CZ/SK, Rotterdam, 2020) or Tomasz Mielnik’s "Journey to Rome" (CZ/PL, Karlovy Vary, 2015).

Contact

Kubelíkova 22
Praha 3 130 00
Czech Republic

References

HUNGERSTRIKE BREAKFAST (2024, LT/CZ/LV), dir. Karolis Kaupinis, supported by Eurimages

TO THE NORTH (2022, RO/FR/GR/BG/CZ), dir. Mihai Mincan, La Biennale di Venezia, Orizzonti – awarded Bisato D’Oro (best film according to independent film critics) 13 nominations in National Premiile Gopo Awards – Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actor in Leading Role, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Make-up and Hairstyling, Best Debut, Young Hope)

LEAVE NO TRACES (2021, PL/FR/CZ), dir. Jan P. Matuszyński, La Biennale di Venezia, Concorso - awarded Bisato D’Oro (best film according to independent film critics), Film Festival Cottbus 2021 – Special prize for best director, 13 nomatinations in National Polish Film Awards “Eagles” – Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Actress Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress (2x), Best Sound, Czech Film and TV Union FITES – awarded Best Film of 2021, Film Festival Oostende 2022 – Best Film, Polish Film Festival 2021 – Best Feauture Film, Best Production Design, Best Feature Film of the Festivals and Reviews of the Polish Film Abroad

COMMUNISM AND THE NET OR THE END OF REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY (2019, CZ/SK), dir. Karel Vachek, 2019, Rotterdam Film Festival, Tyger Burns, Czech Film Critics Association - nomination for best documentary film, Ji.hlava special screening, Longest film ever co-produced by the Czech TV (335min)

BLIND GULLIVER (2016, CZ), dir. Martin Ryšavý, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, International Documentary Film Festival “Flahertiana” in Perm

HELENA’S LAW (2016, CZ), dir. Petra Nesvačilová, premiered at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Lions Awards – nomination for Best Documentary film

JOURNEY TO ROME (2015, CZ/PL), dir. Tomasz Mielnik, premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, selected by Marco Müller for the Silk Road Film Festival in Fuzhou, China, Screened at Polish Film Los Angeles, Mill Valley Film Festival, Cairo Critics Week, Tallinn Black Nights, Pune, Febiofest, Puntalla Pinamar and many others, Awarded the Audience Award (Nagroda Publiczności) at Cinergia Film Festival in Poland

short films 

FRONTIER (2020, CZ), dir. Damián Vondrášek, premiered at Trieste Film Festival, Czech Lion Awards – nominated for Best Short Film and Best Student Film

 DIVINE SPARKS (2020, CZ/BE), dir. Vít Poláček, 2020 / premiered at the International Migration Film Festival, Gaziantep, Turkey

MITSU (2018, CZ), dir. Mark Ther, premiered at Sarajevo Film Festival 2019

THE NIGHT OF THE AGAMA (2018, CZ), dir. Tomáš Janáček / Czech Lion Awards – nominations for Magnesia award of the best student film, FAMUFEST 2018 – Best Director

RESORT (2015, CZ), dir. Martin Hrubý / premiered at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2015

Team members