The Brno Serial Killer festival will focus on Swedish work this year
In the past two years, affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the festival has made more use of online streaming. This year, the focus is again on projection in theaters and live events in the streets. “We are really looking forward to going to the cinemas,” said festival director Kamila Zlatušková.
Czech production in the main competition is represented by the three-part miniseries King of the Šumava. It was filmed by David Ondříček for the Voyo platform based on David Jan Žák’s book The Return of the Šumava King. Other competitive series are from Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Estonian and Polish productions.
The festival will begin with the premiere of the series Dobré ráno, directed by Jan Prušinovský from Brno, who made his name in the popular series Most! The new production of Czech Television will transport viewers to the environment of the morning show in the Brno studio.
“It started eight years ago with the Fourth Star, continued three years later with the Dwarf, and graduated with the Bridge! Even in the upcoming series Dobrá ráno, Brno, we are moving on the edge, and I am glad that we are not afraid to push the limits of humor again and in this case make jokes at our own expense,” said the CEO of Czech Television, Petr Dvořák, in a press release.
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Representatives of Swedish stations and production groups present their work as part of TV Days, a three-day festival program for professionals. Netflix representatives will also be participating for the first time this year. Part of TV Days is a debate with the CEOs of the largest Czech and Slovak television stations.
The team of the Kyiv Media Week festival also participates in the program. “Serial Killer is thus building on many years of cooperation and especially the support it has been trying to provide to Ukrainian creators since the beginning of the war,” said Zlatušková.