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TŘEŠTÍKOVÁ'S KATKA SET FOR RELEASE IN FEBRUARY

date:
08.12.2009

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Director Helena Třeštíková has finished her latest documentary film Katka that was pitched at the 2007 East European Forum. The films tracks fourteen years in the life of a woman who, after years of heroin addiction, tackles motherhood. Třeštíková's René received the European Film Award for Best Documentary; Katka is slated for theatrical release February 25, 2010.

Advance Screening: December 10, 2009 (invitations only)
Theatrical Release: February 25, 2010

KATKA / KATKA
Czech Republic

Director: Helena Třeštíková
Producer: Kateřina Černá, Pavel Strnad, Negativ Ltd.
Director of Photography: Vlastimil Hamerník
Run Time: 90 min

Observed over a decade (13 years), this documentary follows Katka, Lada and Jana through their world of drugs, prison, love and responsibility. They live on the streets of Prague, hustling for drugs, stealing, attempting murder. Lada and Jana end up in prison. Katka ends up expecting a child. Will she manage to overcome this most difficult battle of her life? This is not a film about drug abuse, but a film about the replenishing power of life, about values and their price, about mothers and their relationship with their children.

Helena Třeštíková pitched Katka at the 2007 East European Forum, her documentary film René was presented at the Panel of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films in 2007.

date:
08.12.2009

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