The sales agent based in Prague, filmotor, has acquired global rights, with the exception of Slovakia and the Czech Republic, for the documentary drama “Better Go Mad in the Wild”, which will make its world premiere in the Crystal Globe competition at Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
The film develops the theme explored in the book of the same name of Aleš Palán and Jan Šibík, asking if it is possible to spend your whole life in one place.
He presents the life of two inseparable brothers living in nature, in the mountains of Sumava, south of Bohemia. Fanta and Ondra, twins and eternal children, share a magical world and at every moment of their lives. Although in appearance identical, their souls move away. Fanta aspires to freedom, while Ondra clings to routine. Can they escape each other, or will it only divide what love could not?
The film is directed by Miro Remo by Slovakia, whose short film “Arsy-Versy” (2009) won several awards, among others in Ji.hlava, Festival dei Popoli, Sheffield, Taipei and Krakow. Recently, he finished a document series for Voyo “because of Bear”, on the Wild Bear phenomenon in Slovakia which has divided society in recent years.
“Better Go Mad in the Wild” is Remo’s fourth feature to project to Karlovy Vary. His first three feature films were all presented at first in KV competitions: “Comeback” (2014), “This is not me” (2016) and “At Full Throttle” (2021).
The film was produced by the company Slovak Arsy Versssy and the Czech Nutproduction production outfit, Lead would produce Tomas Hruby and Pavla Janoušková Kubečková. Czech television co -produced the film.
Michaela Cajkova, the filmotor chief, said: “We have been following Miro’s works for years and it is a great joy to start working with him because he is one of the strongest documentary directors in the region. The film pushes the limits of genres. It is a film cinematographic opera far from the usual civilization.”
The Czech release will be at the end of the summer with aerodynamic films. Slovak distribution is owned by the enlarged film.
