The Pack (2020)

Movie
German title	The Pack
Original title	Smečka
Country of production	Czech Republic , Slovakia , Latvia
original language	Czech
Publishing year	2020
length	94 minutes
Rod
Director	Tomáš Polenský
script	Tomáš Polenský
production	Jan Fronek , ; Julietta Sichel
cut	Michal Kondrla
occupation
	Tomáš Dalecký : David; Tomás Mrvík : Miky; Denisa Biskupová : Leny; Anastázie Chocholatá : Carol; Vlastina Svátková : David's mother; Jirí Vyorálek : David's father; Jennifer Baluchová : Julie; Václav Vasák; Patrik Děrgel;

The Pack (Czech original title Smečka for the “pack” or the “pack”) is a coming-of-age film by Tomáš Polenský , which is expected to premiere in September 2020 at the Children's and Youth Film Festival in Zlín and in which it is about bullying within an ice hockey team.

action

David moves with his parents from Uherský Brod to Zlín and changes to the youth ice hockey team "Wolves". But David is quickly bullied by the other young people.

production

Staff and cast

The film is Tomáš Polenský's debut directing and screenplay . “Vlci”, the name of the team, which can be translated as “wolves”, is a metaphor for what happens in the film, according to the director: “Wolves live in a pack, and if someone doesn't work in this pack, they will he bit to work. "

The PSG Berani Zlín venue with its striking brick facade, where the film was shot

Young actor Tomáš Dalecký plays David, Vlastina Svátková and Jirí Vyorálek his mother and father. Václav Vašák plays David's strict trainer, Patrik Děrgel his assistant. The film also features current players from the HC Zlín ice hockey team and the former Czech ice hockey player Martin Hosták .

Filming and publishing

The shooting took place at the location, the Czech industrial city of Zlín , including in the HC Zlín stadium there, which served as the backdrop for the red and black Vlků stadium in the film. Only two days of shooting took place in Prague . Further recordings were made in Jižní Svahy and Vizovice . While the film is set in winter, filming took place in summer 2019.

A first screening of the film is also planned for September 5, 2020 in Zlín at the children's and youth film festival there. It is slated to hit Czech cinemas on October 8, 2020.

Awards

Busan Film Festival Asian Project Market 2018

Nomination for the Busan Award

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Nový český film Smečka se natáčí na zlínském stadionu. In: denik.cz, July 31, 2019. (Czech)
↑ Smečka. In: csfd.cz. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
↑ ^a ^b Filmaři proměnili zlínský hokejový stadion, z Beranů jsou Vlci. In: idnes.cz, August 20, 2019. (Czech)
↑ https://zlinsky.denik.cz/galerie/nataceni-filmu-smecka-na-zimnim-stadionu-ve-zline.html?photo=1
↑ Martin Kudláč: Zlín Film Festival unveils the competition titles for its upcoming 60th edition. In: cineuropa.org, June 4, 2020.
↑ https://program.zlinfest.cz/cz/detail/?id=15127

[denik.cz-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Nový český film Smečka se natáčí na zlínském stadionu. In: denik.cz, July 31, 2019. (Czech)

[2] Smečka. In: csfd.cz. Retrieved June 17, 2020.

[idnes.cz-3] Filmaři proměnili zlínský hokejový stadion, z Beranů jsou Vlci. In: idnes.cz, August 20, 2019. (Czech)

[4] ttps://zlinsky.denik.cz/galerie/nataceni-filmu-smecka-na-zimnim-stadionu-ve-zline.html?photo=1

[5] Martin Kudláč: Zlín Film Festival unveils the competition titles for its upcoming 60th edition. In: cineuropa.org, June 4, 2020.

[6] ttps://program.zlinfest.cz/cz/detail/?id=15127