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FILM OF THE WEEK: ARSY-VERSY

date:
06.04.2010

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The short documentary Arsy-Versy by Slovak director Miro Remo is a sympathetic portrait of a quirky loner who lives with his mother and has an undeniable passion for cave bats and bat photography. Over the past months, Arsy-Versy made a splash at a number of festivals; it will also be presented at the San Francisco IFF (Apr 22 - May 6), Hot Docs (Apr 29 - May 9) or Krakow IFF (May 31 - Jun 6). Arsy-Versy is included in the East Silver Caravan.

In April and May, Arsy-Versy will be screened at the following festivals:

Days of European Film - April 15 - 22, Prague / Czech Republic
San Francisco IFF - April 22 - May 6, SF / USA
Hot Docs - April 29 - May 9, Toronto / Canada
Krakow IFF - May 31 - June 6, Krakow / Poland

The film is part of the current East Silver Caravan, organized by the East Silver market. Click here for more details.

ARSY-VERSY
Slovakia 2009, 23 min

Director: Miro Remo
Producer: Miro Remo
Script: Miro Remo
Cinematography: Jaro Vaľko
Editor: Marek Kráľovský
Sound: Lukáš Kasprzyk
Music: Richard Strauss
Produced by: FTF VŠMU - Film and Television Faculty

The film is a story of a mother and her son Lubos who lives in a world turned upside-down, or, arsy-versy. Lubos broke free from the world as generally conceived by others to arrive at the supreme human-nature symbiosis; he flew away to a planet purely inhabited by butterflies - intelligent beings. The sole focus of his life energy, enriched by a great deal of empathy, is being chanelled into his amateur photography and film making, the climax of his fascination with natural phenomenona being his unique study of bats. By way of communicating with the upside-down creatures he is fascinated with, he attempts to achieve the utmost understanding between man and beast. He is assisted by his mother who has been a great reaserch and life support to him, but is now apprehensive about her son’s future. „What will become of the kid?“ she wonders. Those who „knew“ him thought him lost up to the moment they saw the arsy-versy film; now it’s them who are losing it!

Past festivals include:
Cinestud - International Student Film Festival
Play-Doc
SXSW - South by Southwest Conferences and Festivals
ZagrebDox
Jihlava IDFF - Special Mention of the Silver Eye jury

Related Links:
ARSY-VERSY - Official Website

With a trailer launched in the background of the site, Film of the Week would like to draw attention to a selected documentary film that is currently in the spotlight.

date:
06.04.2010

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