Synergia Film

Film & TV production company based in Prague. Founded in 1992. Feature films´ and documentaries´ co-productions with EU countries, Canada, Mexico. Production services.

Contact

Konselska 12
Praha 8 180 00
Czech Republic

References

SAVING ONE WHO WAS DEAD (Co-Producer with Sirius Films CZ, Slovakia and France, feature film, dir. Václav Kadrnka. A semi-autobiographical intimate family drama based on the director’s diaries follows an adult son and his mother taking care of the comatose father. Supported by Eurimages. In post-production / 2020)

COOK, FxxK, KILL (Co-Producer with Cineart TV Prague CZ and Slovakia, feature film, dir. Mira Fornay. A stylised absurdist family drama about the victious circle of domestic violence in a village on the boarder between Czech and Slovak Republics. Premiered in Tallin and Rotterdam, supported by Eurimages / 2020)

PICTURES OF THE PRAGUE PERIPHERY (Co-Producer with Czech Television, documentary, dir. Josef Císařovský – A film essay on Prague periphery how it looked many years ago in Josef Sudek´s photographs, Jiří Lehovec´s film scripts and Kamil Lhoták´s paintings... and how it looks today / 2019)

THE FIGHT FOR EUROPE (Co-Producer with Germany and Belgium. dir. Holger Preusse, Peter Wekwirth. The dramatic docudrama on the first Pan European peace negotiations at the end of the 30 Years War depicts the negotiations of the powerful main players on and behind the scenes at Münster and Osnabrück. Co-Production with Berlin Producers/WDR ARTE and Czech Television / 2018)

THE LAST WORD OF CHARLOTTA GARRIGUE MASARYK (co-producer, docudrama, dir. Josef Císařovský, shot in CZ, GER and USA – A portrait of the first First Lady of Czechoslovakia / 2018)

MILLS OF GOD – LANDSCAPE WITH THE IRON CURTAIN OR VANISHED VILLAGES OF BÖHMERWALD (line producer, docudrama, dir. Josef Císařovský, co-production with Germany – How expellation of German citizens from their homes in Böhmerwald and creation of the restricted area near the „Iron Curtain“ border led to changes of landscape and life in Böhmerwald; premiered in Prague, Vienna and Munich / 2015)

MISSING 1945 (line producer, docudrama, dir. Josef Císařovský, co-production with Germany – Jarmila Čapková on the search of her husband, painter Josef Čapek who spent the World War II in the concentration camp in Bergen Belzen and disappeared at the end of the war / released 2014)

CHRISTMAS MIRACLES (co-producer, feature film, dir. Lenka Kny – Christmas romance shot in co-production Czech Republic/Mexico/Slovakia on the locations of old Prague, Mexico City and Queretaro province, Mexico /2013)

GUNS, PUCKS, BEER AND DOGS (co-producer, dir. Jan Novák – docu-comedy on how Czech ice-hockey stars served in the socialist army in the second part of the 20th century / 2013)

NO ESCAPE FROM THE SHADOWS (co-producer of a feature film supported by MEDIA Development / 2009)

LARGE (production supervision of CICEB/EC project – 10 feature short films shot by 25 young filmmakers from 25 EU countries / 2004)

FOREST WALKERS (dir. Ivan Vojnar, co-producer of a Czech, Slovak, French feature film, supported by Eurimages /2003)

VICTIMS AND MURDERERS (dir. Andrea Sedláčková, pre-production, Eurimages application of a Czech/French/Swiss feature film / 2001)

LONERS (dir. David Ondráček, development, pre-production of a Czech feature film, 2001)

Managing director of Synergia Film Ales Hudsky has been working for McCann-Erickson and TBWA as a Head of TV production and an Agency TV Producer / 1995-1999)

THE FORTRESS (dir. Drahomira Vihanova, executive producer of a Czech/French feature film. Awarded by FIPRESCI Prize in San Sebastian 1994 / 1993)

LIFE AND EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF A SOLDIER IVAN CHONKIN (dir. Jiri Menzel, development and pre-production of a Czech/English/French/Russian feature film / 1993)

WHY HAVEL (dir. V.Jasny, M.Forman, executive producer of a Czech/Canadian full-length documentary /1990)

in development:
THE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE BEATLES (dir. Patrik Lančarič, co-producer with Slovakia and potentially other EU countries. Co-Producer and Executive Producer of a full-length documentary on the life of an originally World War II photographer of Slovak origin Dežo Hoffmann who became the first official photographer of The Beatles and set up their visual identity. Interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Hofmann´s children. Supported by Slovak Film Fund. To apply for EURIMAGES. In development.)

BROKEN BITS (dir. Maria Hemmleb and Antje Hubert including a soundtrack by Franz Danksagmüller, co-producer with Germany. Story of a composer collecting atmospheres, noises and sounds from abandoned buildings in Eastern Europe. A poetic documentary film and a journey into an almost forgotten world in the middle of Europe. In development.)

THE AGE OF MAGIC (dir. Peter Krüger, co-producer with Belgian-Dutch-English producers. The film is based on the book ‘The Age of Magic’, written by the Nigerian writer and Bookerprizewinner Ben Okri, and tells the story of a film crew that got stuck in a mysterious town. In development.)

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