Red, White & Royal Blue – Trailer

Comedy / Romance / 118 min / 2023

Operation Fortune – Trailer

Action / Comedy / 155 min / 2022

USA / China

Producer: Ivan Atkinson, Bill Block, Jason Statham
Director: Guy Ritchie
DoP: Alan Stewart
Editor: James Herbert

VFX Supervised by Michal Krecek, MAGIC LAB responsibilities were a diverse range of tasks, including CG extensions of Palace Morocco, digital matte paints on environments and various elements and objects, CG vehicles such as cars and helicopters, CG billionaire yacht including surrounding CG sea, a sequence involving car destruction, CG blood splashes, muzzle flashes, rocket impacts, and awe-inspiring explosions of gigantic satellites complete with simulated destruction and debris.

Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light – Trailer

Animation / Family / 82 min / 2023

Czech Republic / Hungary / Slovakia

Production: Nutprodukce
Producers: Jakub Viktorín, Pavla Janoušková Kubečková
Director: Filip Pošivač
DoP: Denisa Buranová

DI / Color Grading / VFX (600 shots)

Eleven-year-old Tony has a unique feature he was born with – he glows. He spends his days at home in his blanket bunker and dreams about having a friend. Before Christmas, a peculiar girl named Shelly moves into his house and turns his world upside down. Together, they embark on an adventurous search for the origin of the mysterious tufts of darkness which suck the sunshine out of their house.

• ANNECY IAFF2023 WINNERCONTRECHAMP JURY AWARD

Jules au pays d’Asha – Trailer

Adventure / 99 min / 2023

Canada

Producer: Hany Ouichou
Director: Sophie Farkas Bolla
DoP: Simran Dewan

VFX (CG creatures)

On a cold winter’s day in 1940, Jules and his family move to live with his uncle, mayor of a settler’s village in northern Quebec. He is banned from school because of his rare skin disease. From that moment on, his greatest wish is to be cured. When his dog Spark runs away into the wild forest, Jules has no choice but to look for him. On his way, he meets Asha, a mysterious young indigenous girl. Together, they venture to the other side of the forest, where nature reveals itself full of life and secrets.

Endless Boarders – Trailer

Drama / 111 min/ Thriller

Iran / Czech Republic

Producer: Kaveh Farnam, Farzad Pak
Director: Abbas Amini
DoP: Saman Loftian
Edit: Hayedeh Safiyari

VFX / Color Grading

A teacher befriends a Hazara refugee family from Afghanistan, but his own prejudices are challenged as he realizes the impact of dogma on their lives. When he decides to help a forbidden love, he risks dire consequences for everyone involved.

• IFFR 2023VPRO Big Screen Award

Il Boemo – Trailer

Historical movie / 130 min / 2022

Czech Republic / Slovakia / Italy

Producer: Jan Macola
Director: Petr Václav
DoP: Diego Romero

Co-production / VFX / Color Grading

In the 18th century, Josef Mysliveček leaves for Italy to fulfill his dream and establish himself as a composer. Thanks to his talent, charisma, and luck, in a few years he manages to break through. Recognition and fame bring him satisfaction and access to the highest circles of society and provide him with constant favour of women. The ailing Mysliveček eventually dies poor and forgotten in his small Roman apartment.

• Donostia Zinemaldia Festival de San Sebastián

PSH Neverending Story – Teaser

Documentary / 70 min / 2022

Czech Republic

Producer: Vratislav Šlajer, Jakub Košťál
Director: Štěpán FOK Vodrážka
DoP: Šimon Dvořáček
Editor: Tomáš Elšík

Color Grading

Orion, Vladimir 518 and Mike Trafik are Peneři strýčka Homeboye (Uncle Homeboy’s Hoboes). Three lads from Prague, legendary rappers on the cusp of middle age, friends. Graffiti, the first attempts at rap, parties, fame, booze and drugs. Sky-rocketing popularity (but well-earned), downfalls, crises and comebacks. A cleverly shot, incisive triple portrait that flouts all the taboos.

• KVIFF Audience Award

Kapr Code – Trailer

Documentary opera / 91 min / 2022

Czech Republic / Slovakia

Producer: Andrea Shaffer, Martin Řezníček
Director: Lucie Králová
D.o.P.: Tomáš Stanek ASK, Adam Ol’ha, Petr Příkaský, Jakub Halousek, Martin Řezníček
Editor: Adam Brothánek

Co-production / Color Grading

KAPR CODE is a playful reconstruction of life after death; where the memory of film and Kapr’s music interacts with a story gaining mythological dimensions.

• Golden HeynalBest Music Documentary
• Bildrausch Filmfest Basel 2022Official Selection
• Visions du Réel 2022Burning Lights
• DOK.fest München 2022Official Selection Competition

Beautiful Beings – Trailer

Drama / 123 min / 2022

Iceland / Denmark / Sweden / Netherlands / Czech Republic

Producer: Anton Máni Svansson
Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
DoP: Sturla Brandth Grøvlen
Editor: Andri Steinn Gudjónsson, Anders Skov

VFX

Fourteen-year-old Balli is something of a misfit. He lives with his drug-addicted mother in a squalid house and is bullied by his classmates. But then Balli meets three boys of his own age – Addi, Konni and Siggi – and a friendship gently develops.

• Berlin International Film FestivalPanorama
• Taipei Film FestivalWinnerInternational New Talent
• Berlin International Film FestivalWinnerLabel Europa Cinemas
• Crossing Europe Filmfestival 2022NomineeCrossing Europe Award

Somewhere Over the Chemtrails – Trailer

Comedy / Drama / 84 min / 2022

Czech Republic

Producer: Pavel Vácha – Bratři s.r.o.
Director: Adam Koloman Rybanský
DoP: Matěj Piňos
Editor: Alan Sýs

Co-production / Color Grading

When a villager is injured by a car at a party, firefighter Bronya is immediately convinced that it is an attack perpetrated by an “Arab”. His colleague Standa sees things differently. A laconic film that explores the causes of racism.

• Berlin International Film FestivalPanorama
• Neisse Film FestivalOfficial selection
• Olhar de CinemaOfficial selection
• Riviera International Film FestivalOfficial selection

Poslední závod – Trailer

Drama / 100 min / 2022

Czech Republic

Producer: Ondřej Beránek
Director: Tomáš Hodan
DoP: Jan Baset Střítežský
Editor: Anna Johnson Ryndová

Co-production / Color Grading / VFX

The race for the first place turned into a race for life. Based on the true story of Hanč and Vrbata.

Leave No Traces – Trailer

Drama / 160 min / 2021

Poland / France / Czech Republic

Producer: Aurum Films (Leszek Bodzak, Aneta Hickinbotham), Les Contes Modernes (Patrice Nezan, Laurent Versini), Canal Polska (Małgorzata Seck, Alicja Gancarz), Background Films (Mikulas Novotny)
Director: Jan P. Matuszyński
DoP: Kacper Fertacz
Editor: Przemysław Chruścielewski

VFX 

Poland, 1983. The country is shaken by the case of Grzegorz Przemyk — a high school student beaten to death by militia. Based on true events, the film follows the story of Jurek — the only witness of the beating, who overnight became the number one enemy of the state.

• Venice Film FestivalBest FilmNominee
• Polish Film Awards 2022Best FilmWinner
• Film Festival OostendeBest FilmWinner
• Cottbus Film Festival Of East European CinemaSpecial prize for Best Director

Vyšehrad: Fylm – Trailer

Comedy/ Sport / 105 min / 2022

Czech Republic

Produced by: Ctibor Pouba, Jakub Štáfek
Director: Martin Kopp, Jakub Štáfek
DoP: Jan Filip
Editor: Tomáš Klímek

VFX / Color Grading

More than a year has passed since we last saw Julia ” Lavi” Lavický (Jakub Štáfek) (yes, it was when he “sold” the match but forgot it and scored a beautiful goal). Lavi is, as his agent Jarda (Jakub Prachař) would say, still the same idiot, but he finally started to prosper, both in football and in his personal life. He even proposed to his girlfriend Lucia (Šárka Vaculíková), Jarda’s sister to marry him… At a wedding that cost a fortune, they find out that he already has an eight-year-old son, which will definitely not please the newlyweds. Not to lose his wife on the wedding day, to take care of the child, which is far from him, to get somewhere higher from Vyšehrad, or to fight with the practices of a certain football Daddy … He just rushes like an avalanche – from one problem to the other!

Dear Ones – Trailer

Comedy / Drama / 74 min / 2021

Poland / Czech Republic

Producer: Karla Stojáková, Agnieszka Kurzydlo
Director: Grzegorz Jaroszuk
DoP: Magnus Borge, Robert Lis
Edit: Krzysztof Komander

Piotr is looking for a purpose and order in his life. To find it, he turns to magic, religion, and psychology. Unexpectedly, his father calls him and asks Piotr to come to his family home immediately.

• KVIFFBest FilmNominee
• Polish Film FestivalBest FilmNominee
• Netia of Camera International Festival of Independent CinemaPolish Film Noble AwardNominee

A Vanishing Fog – Trailer

Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi /  76 min / 2021

Colombia / Norway / Czech Republic

Producer: Augusto Sandino
Director: Augusto Sandino
DoP: Gio Park
Editor: Augusto Sandino

Co-production / VFX / Color Grading

It is based on a guardian of the mountains who is condemned by his fate and strives to protect the fragile ecosystem he inhabits while caring for his ailing father.

• SXSW Film FestivalZEISS Cinematography AwardWinner
• SXSW Film FestivalAdam Yauch Hörnblowér AwardNominee
• Tallinn Black Nights Film FestivalGrand Prix for Best FilmNominee

Atlas ptáků / Bird Atlas – Trailer

Drama / 92 min / 2021

Czech Republic / Slovenia / Slovakia

Produced by: Jiří Konečný
Director: Olmo Omerzu
DoP: Lukáš Milota
Editor: Jana Vlčková

VFX / Color Grading

An ageing proprietor of a technology company (Miroslav Donutil) has dedicated his whole life to his work, so it comes as a big blow when things suddenly start to fall apart at the seams.

• KVIFFBest FilmNominee
• Czech LionsBest DirectorNominee
• Czech LionsBest FilmNominee

The Man with Hare Ears – Trailer

Comedy / 104 min / 2020

Slovakia / Czech Republic

Produced by: Garfield Film, In Film, Rudolf Biermann and Martin Šulík
Director: Martin Šulík
DoP: Martin Štrba
Editor: Marek Šulík
Co-produced by: RTVS, Czech TV

VFX / Color Grading / DCP

Josef is a writer aged sixty, who thinks that nothing can surprise him anymore. One evening, though, his phone rings and he finds himself caught up in a series of events that turn his world upside-down.

• Warsaw International Film FestivalBest DirectorWinner
• Czech LionsBest FilmNominee
• Czech LionBest DirectorNominee
• Sun In a NetBest PictureNominee

Women – Trailer

Drama / Crime / Thriller / 90 min / 2021

Iceland

Producer/Director: Anton Sigurdsson
DoP: Gunnar Auðunn Jóhannsson
Editor: Sharif M. Es. Ali

VFX

A small town detective investigates into a Sociology professor when a mutilated body is found and women have gone missing from his class.

Wrath of Man – Trailer

Action / 118 min/ 2021

Great Britain

Producer: Ivan Atkinson, Andrew Golov
Director: Guy Ritchie
DoP: Alan Stewart
Editor: James Herbert

VFX

The plot follows H, a cold and mysterious character working at a cash truck company responsible for moving hundreds of millions of dollars around Los Angeles each week.

Je Suis Karl – Trailer

Drama / 126 min / 2020

Germany / Czech Republic

Producer: Christoph Friedel, Claudia Steffen (Pandora Film Produktion)
Director: Christian Schwochow
DoP: Frank Lamm
Editor: Jens Klüber

VFX 

Somewhere in Berlin. But not just any time, this is here and now. A postman delivers a parcel and, soon afterwards, everything changes. A terrorist attack rocks a family to the core.

• BerlinaleSpecial Gala
• Fünf Seen Film FestivalAudience AwardNominee
• German Film AwardsOutstanding feature filmNominee

Pinocchio – Trailer

Fantasy / 124 min / 2019

Italy / France

Producer: Matteo Garrone, Anne-Laure Labadie, Jean Labadie, Jeremy Thomas, Paolo Del Brocco
Production: Archimede, Rai Cinema, Le Pacte, Recorded Picture Company
Director: Matteo Garrone
DoP: Nicolai Brüel
Edit: Marco Spoletini

VFX

Live-action adaptation of the classic story of a wooden puppet named Pinocchio who comes to life.

• Academy AwardsOscarNominee
• BAFTA AwardsNominee
• David di Donatello AwardsWinnerBest Visual Effects
• Golden Globes, ItalyBest DirectorNominee

Charlatan – Trailer

Drama / 118 min / 2020

Czech Republic / Ireland / Slovakia / Poland

Producer: Šárka Cimbalová, Kevan Van Thompson
Production: Marlene Film Production, Česká televize
Director: Agnieszka Holland
DoP: Martin Štrba
Edit: Pavel Hrdlička
Co-production: Magic Lab

VFX

Charlatan tells a story about an almost forgotten Czech healer, and an unusual medicine man, Jan Mikolášek who cured millions even as he suffered under both Nazi and Communist rule.

• Berlin International Film FestivalBest Feature FilmNominated
• Czech Lions AwardBest FilmWinner
• Czech Lions AwardBest DirectorWinner
• Czech Lions AwardBest ActorWinner

The Gentlemen – Trailer

Action / Crime / 113 min / 2020

USA

Producer: Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Bill Block
Production: Miramax
Director: Guy Ritchie
DoP: Alan Stewart
Edit: James Herbert

VFX

The Gentlemen is a star-studded, sophisticated action-comedy that follows a very British drug lord who tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire to a dynasty of Oklahoma billionaires.

City on the River – Trailer

Tragicomedy / 110 min / 2020

Latvia / Czech Republic / Lithuania

Production: EgoMedia (LV), 8Heads Productions (CZ), ARTBOX (LT)
Director: Viesturs Kairišs
DoP: Gints Bērziņ
Co-production: Magic Lab

Data management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

This tragicomedy which is set during the 1930s and 40s is told through eyes of a somewhat naive, yet inherently wise soul – a lowly sign painter and artist caught up in a dangerous love triangle.

• Latvian Film PriceBest FilmNominee
• Latvian Film PriceBest DirectorNominee
• Moscow Jewish Film FestivalBest FilmWinner
• Tallinn Black Nights Film FestivalBest FilmNominee

Karel Svoboda: Šťastná léta – Trailer

Documentary / 75 min / 2019

Czech Republic

Production: Goodmind
Director: Petr Klein Svoboda
DoP: Jan Kadeřábek, Petr Klein Svoboda
Edit: Michal Novák

Data management / VFX / Color Grading

The life of the Czech composer Karel Svoboda through the eyes of his son Petr and also the people from the Czech pop culture who worked with him. The documentary combines archive footage with a private one.

Son-Mother – Trailer

Drama / 102 min / 2019

Iran / Czech Republic

Production: Europe Media Nest, Filminiran
Director: Mahnaz Mohammadi
DoP: Askhan Askhani
Edit: Mohammadreza Muini

VFX / Color Grading / DCP

Ever since Leila’s husband died, she had to take care of her 12-year-old son Amir and his little sister on her own, and provide a regular income without support. When the lovable, widowed bus driver Kazem proposes to her, she and her son are faced with making a serious decision – because this new marriage is tied to an impossible condition.

• Zurich Film FestivalBest International Feature FilmNominee
• Prague International Film FestivalBest FilmWinner
• Persian International Film FestivalJury's special mentionWinner
• Istanbul International Film FestivalAudience AwardWinner

Aladdin – Trailer

Adventure / Family / Fantasy / 128 min / 2019

USA

Producer: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Guy Ritchie
DoP: Alan Stewart
Editor: James Herbert

VFX

A thrilling and vibrant live-action adaptation of Disney’s animated classic, “Aladdin” is the exciting tale of the charming street rat Aladdin, the courageous and self-determined Princess Jasmine and the Genie who may be the key to their future.

• People's Choice AwardsFavorite Family MovieWinner
• Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror FilmsBest Costume DesignWinner
• Visual Effects Society AwardsOutstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal FeatureNominated

Forman vs. Forman – Trailer

Documentary / 78 min / 2019

Czech Republic / France

Production: Kateřina Černá (Negativ)
Director: Helena Třeštíková, Jakub Hejna
DoP: David Cysař
Edit: Jakub Hejna

DCP

The Forman vs. Forman documentary summarises the life of the most famous Czech film director whose protagonists have always fought against institutions for freedom. The film is a collage of rare archive footage and autobiographic memories narrated by the director’s son Petr Forman.

• Cannes Film FestivalCannes Classics
• Chicago International Film FestivalBest DocumentaryNominee

Národní třída – Trailer

Drama / 91 min / 2019

Czech Republic / Germany

Production: Negativ (Pavel Strnad, Petr Oukropec), 42film
Director: Štěpán Altrichter
DoP: Cristian Pirjol
Edit: Jan Daňhel

VFX

Vandam likes to get in fights. One day a guy threatens to close down the local pub if Lucy, his love interest, doesn’t pay back her debts. Vandam has to fight for the woman he loves and the place he visits regularly.

• Czech Lion AwardsBest Actor in Leading RoleNominated
• Czech Lion AwardsBest Supporting ActressNominated
• Czech Lion AwardsBest Supporting ActorNominated

Vlastníci – Trailer

Comedy / Drama / 96 min / 2019

Czech Republic

Production: CinemArt (Marek Jeníček)
Director: Jiří Havelka
DoP: Martin Žiaran
Edit: Otakar Šenovský

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

The characters in the film Vlastníci own the flats in an old tenement house. The viewers will enter the owners’ meeting where they are trying to find the common language and decide what will happen with the house in the future.

• Czech Film Critics' AwardsBest ScreenplayWinner
• Czech Lion AwardsBest FilmNominated
• Czech Lion AwardsBest DirectorNominated
• Czech Lion AwardsBest ScreenplayNominated

Hodinářův učeň – Trailer

Fantasy / 2019

Czech Republic / Slovakia

Production: Evolution films
Director: Jitka Rudolfová
DoP: Ferdinand Mazurek
Edit: Jakub Hejna

Data Manegement / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

Hodinářův učeň is a fairy tale about the watchmaker’s apprentice Urban, who is on the daring journey to find the watch which can warn the owner of Death.

• Czech Lion AwardsBest Stage DesignNominated
• Czech Lion AwardsBest MusicNominated
• Czech Lion AwardsBest Costume DesignNominated

Hra

Comedy / Drama / 93min / 2019

Czech Republic / Chile / France / South Korea

Production: Arizona Films, Film & Roll, Jirafa films
Director: Alejandro Fernández Almendras
DoP: Inti Briones
Edit: Alejandro Fernández Almendras

Data Manegement / VFX / Color Grading / DCP / Co-production

The world of Petr, a young theatre director in a small Czech town, starts falling apart when he decides to fulfill his dream – to direct an adaptation of a play based on Euripides Phèdre.

The Humorist

Drama / 100min / 2018

Russia / Latvia / Czech Republic

Producer: Artem Vasilyev, Andrey Saveliev, Aija Berzina, Alise Gelze, Artemio Benki
Production: Metrafilms, Tasse Film, Sirena Film
Director: Michael Idov
DoP: Alexander Šurkala
Editor: Michal Lánský

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading

It’s 1984. Boris Arkadiev is the most famous standup comedian in the U.S.S.R. and the most loved comic of the government. Caged by the system that censors him on one hand and public adoration on the other, he begins to slowly lose his mind. Pushed to the edge, Arkadiev begins to war against them the only way he knows how: one joke at a time.

• Art Film FestivalBest Male PerformanceWinner
• Art Film FestivalBest FilmNominee
• Transilvania IFFBest FilmNominee

My Granpa is an Alien – Trailer

Adventure / Family / 79min / 2019

Croatia / Luxembourg / Norway / Czech Republic / Slovakia / Slovinia

Production: Studio Dim / Zagreb
Directors: Dražen Žarković, Marina Andree Škop
DoP: Sven Pepeonik
Editor: Marina Andree Skop

VFX

In a single moment, the entire life of a girl Una is turned upside down; her grandpa is abducted by aliens and her mum collapses and ends up in a hospital. Una discovers that her grandpa is an alien himself whose spaceship hit the planet some time ago.

• Molodist International Film FestivalTeen Screen CompetitionNominated

Nasht / Leakage – Clip

Drama / 104min / 2018

Iran / Czech Republic

Producers: Majid Barzegar, Kaveh Farnam
Production: Europe Media Nest
Director: Suzan Iravanian
DoP: Ramzi Hibri, Sajad Avarand
Editor: Majid Barzegar, Suzan Iravanian

VFX

Crude oil coming out of a middle-aged woman’s body empowers her on one hand, but it also introduces uncertainty and paranoia into her life. When male paranoia is built up against her body’s malfunction, oil being gradually trivialized and just there to solve small family and immigration issues, the condition gets exacerbated, Foziye’s body stops producing it.

• Dublin Independent Film FestivalBest Feature FilmWinner
• Berlin International Film FestivalForum Section

Dobrá smrť / The Good Death – Trailer

Documentary / 83min / 2018

Slovakia / Czech Republic / Austria / France

Producers: Dagmar Sedláčková (Masterfilm)
Director: Tomáš Krupa
DoP: Ondrej Szollos
Editor: Peter Kudlicka

VFX / Color Grading / DCP

Janette has an incurable disease. She knows she can’t conquer death but she would like to be in control of how and when she dies. Now she is preparing for assisted suicide in Switzerland.

• Docudays UABest FilmNominee
• Ji.hlava IDFFBetween the SeasNominee
• One World IHRDFFCzech CompetitionWinner
• OTB International FIlm AwardsBest DocumentaryWinner

Čertí brko / The Magic Quill – Trailer

Fantasy / 99min / 2018 / Czech Republic / Slovakia

Producer: Punk Film (Ondřej Beránek, Martin Hůlovec)
Co-producer: Česká televize
Director: Marek Najbrt
DoP: Martin Žiaran
Edit: Pavel Hrdlička ml.

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

The story of Čertí brko (The Magic Quill) takes us to the small town Pytlov. Its inhabitants have no idea that their actions are closely watched by the local hell’s unit and written down by the flawless magic quill. Until the day it stops writing.

• Czech Lion AwardsBest MakeupWinner
• Slnko v sietiBest Supporting ActorWinner
• Czech Lion AwardsBest ScenographyNominated
• Czech Lion AwardsBest CostumesNominated

Ulaskawienie / Pardon – Trailer

Drama / 100min / 2018 / Poland / Czech Republic / Slovakia

Producer: Jan Jakub Kolski, Paweł Kosuń, Agnieszka Janowska, Aleksandra Michael
Co-Producer: Mimesis Film, Sentimental, Lower Silesia Film Competition, Podkarpackie Film Commission, TVP, Magiclab
Director: Jan Jakub Kolski
DoP: Julian Kernbach
Edit: Konrad Sniady

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

A story of parents of a soldier told from a perspective of their 17-year-old grandson Janek. A film was written into the dramatic history of post-war Poland, that still remains universal in its story – a struggle of two parents to regain their dignity and balance in life after losing their child.

• Polish Film FestivalBest ScreenplayWinner
• Polish Film FestivalBest FilmNominated
• CamerimageMain CompetitionNominated
• Montréal World Film FestivalBest Film - World CompetitionNominated

Důvěrný nepřítel / Intimate Enemy – Trailer

Thriller / 108min / 2018

Czech Republic / Slovakia

Producer: Ester Honysová (Bohemia Motion Picture)
Coproduction: Katarína Vanžurová, Ľubomír Slivka (Attack Film), RTVS, Jaroslav Sedláček (Česká televize)
Director: Karel Janák
DoP: Martin Šácha

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

Andrej works as a programmer at the international company developing the intelligent houses which might represent a revolution in housing. The house is controlled by the voice and it is supposed to take care of the safety and luxury for its residents. Andrej, accompanied by his wife ambitious sculptress Zuzana, moves into the house to finalize it. But what looked like a fairytale, slowly but surely, turns into the nightmare.

King Skate – Trailer

Drama / 82min / 2018

Czech Republic

Producer: Kateřina Černá (Negativ)
Coproduction: Česká televize
Director: Šimon Šafránek
DoP: Jiří Chod
Edit: Šimon Hájek

Color Grading / DCP

The first feature-length documentary about the rise of skateboarding in Czechoslovakia presents a gripping tale of the search for freedom in a society stifled by the communist regime. Unique archive shots set to a driving punk soundtrack introduce us to the cult masters of the board and their never-ending party ride through the grey days of Normalization.

• Czech Lion AwardsBest DocumentaryNominated
• Czech Lion AwardsBest Film PosterNominated
• Czech Film Critics' AwardsBest DocumentaryNominated

Rekonstrukce / Reconstruction – Trailer

Fiction / 16min / 2018

Czech Republic

Producer: Dagmar Sedláčková (MasterFilm), Ondřej Novák
Director: Ondřej Novák, Jiří Havlíček
DoP: Šimon Dvořáček
Edit: Šimon Hájek

Color Grading / Deliveries

Olda (17) is an accused waiting for his trial in a detention center for juveniles. The monotone prison life is slowly intertwined by testimonies about his brutal assault of a homeless man. Gradually he recalls pieces of the police reconstruction when he had to replay the whole assault. However, his memory is just as imperfect and incomplete as the effort to understand the unreasonable violence.

• Locarno FestivalPardi di domaniNominated

Chvilky / Moments – Trailer

Drama / 95min / 2018

Czech Republic / Slovakia

Producer: Viktor Tauš (HEAVEN’S GATE), Michal Kollár (Fog’n’Desire Films)
Coproduction: Česká televize, KFS production
Director: Beata Parkanová
DoP: Martin Douba
Edit: Alois Fišárek

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

It might seem that Anežka’s life is not her own – her entire family want to get involved in every aspect of it. The young woman tries to please everyone, but she is gradually losing what is most important – herself. This confident debut deftly captures the pitfalls of life in and outside the family unit.

• KVIFFEast of the WestNominated
• Czech Lion AwardsBest Actress in Leading RoleNominated
• Czech Film Critics' AwardsBest Actress in Leading RoleNominated
• Czech Film Critics' AwardsDiscovery of the YearNominated

Fuga / Fugue – Trailer

Drama / 100min / 2018

Poland / Czech Republic / Sweden

Producer: Agnieszka Kurzydło (MD4), Jonas Kellagher (Common Ground Pictures Gothenburg), Karla Stojáková (Axman Production)
Director: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
DoP: Jakub Kijowski
Edit: Jaroslaw Kaminski

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

Alicja suffers from memory loss and has rebuilt her own free-spirited way of life. Two years later, she returns to her former family to assume against her will her role as wife, mother, and daughter. Her estranged husband and son do not recognize this woman who looks familiar and yet behaves like a stranger.

• Polish Feature Film FestivalDirecting a feature-length début or career second filmWinner
• Silver Méliès AwardBest Feature Length FilmWinner
• Cannes Film FestivalSemaine de la CritiqueNominated
• European Film AwardsEFA Feature FilmSelected

Nic jako dřív / Nothing Like Before – Trailer

Documentary / 92min / 2018

Czech Republic

Producers: Tereza Polachová, Hanka Kastelcová, Pavla Janoušková Kubečková, Tomáš Hrubý
Director: Lukáš Kokeš, Klára Tasovská
DoP: Lukáš Kokeš
Edit: Klára Tasovská

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

They are 19 years old, lead normal teenage lives, and attend the same school in a small Czech border town. The film portrays Teo, Renata, Anicka, and Nikola at a time when looming adulthood is beginning to cast an anxious shadow over their carefree high school existence. Each of them faces a momentous challenge whose outcome will change their life forever.

• Czech Lion AwardsBest DocumentaryNominated
• Czech Film Critics' AwardsBest DocumentaryNominated
• Czech Film Critics' AwardsBest Audiovisual WorkNominated

Bille – Trailer

Family drama / 103min / 2018

Latvia / Czech Republic / Lithuania

Producer: Devini Studio, Master Film, Magiclab, Studia 2
Director: Ināra Kolmane
DoP: Jurģis Kmins
Edit: Michal Lánský, Anna Ryndová

VFX / Grading / DCP / Co-Producer

Bille tells a story about a childhood and the world of a child in 1930s pre-war Latvia. On the colorful and prosaic historical background, we’re going to learn that personal relationships and dreams of children are the same as they were then. The girl has a dream to break out of poverty and the grip of inferiority; it is Bille’s personal path towards growth.

• Lielais KristapsBest Feature FilmWinner
• Lielais KristapsBest CameraNominated
• Lielais KristapsBest Production DesignNominated
• Shanghai International Film FestivalThe Belt and Road Film WeekNominee

Tlumočník / The Interpreter – Teaser

Drama / Comedy / Road Movie / 113min / 2018

Slovakia / Czech Republic / Austria

Producer: Rudolf Biermann
Director: Martin Šulík
DoP: Martin Štrba
Edit: Olina Kaufmannová

VFX / Color Grading / DCP

The heroes of the movie are two old men who travel across Slovakia to know the truth about their own past. During the journey, they get into bizarre situations, meet diverse people, and gradually make up a mosaic-like image of the world that changes on the outside, but in the depths, it hides unresolved conflicts.

• Slnko v sietiBest FilmWinner
• Czech Lion AwardsBest FilmNominated
• Atlanta Jewish Film FestivalJury PrizeWinner
• Trieste Film FestivalBest Feature FilmNominee

Hendi & Hormoz – Trailer

Drama / 88min / 2018

Iran / Czech Republic

Director: Abbas Amini
DoP: Ashkan Ashkani

Color Grading

Hendi & Hormoz takes place on Iran’s Hormuz Island in the Persian Gulf, where hematite deposits in the soil turn the ocean waves blood-red. 16-year-old Hormoz is married to Hendi after he promises that he can work as a miner. But the young man finds closed doors instead of a job. When Hendi becomes pregnant unexpectedly, Hormoz is forced to make an ill-advised pact with a smuggler.

• BerlinareGeneration 14plus - Best FilmNominated
• Fajr Film FestivalBest Asian DirectorWinner
• Hafez CeremonyMemorial MedalNominee
• MOOOV Film FestivalBest FilmNominee

Lerd / A Man of Integrity – Trailer

Drama / 118min / 2017

Iran / Czech Republic

Producer: Mohammad Rasoulof
Co-producers: Rozita Hendijanian, MagicLab, MediaNest
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
DoP: Ashkan Ashkani
Editors: Mohammadreza Muini, Meysam Muini

VFX / Color Grading

Reza leads a simple life along with his wife and sole son, somewhere in a remote village in Northern Iran. Nearby, a private company with close links to the government and local authorities has taken control of nearly every aspect of the regional life. It is under their pressure that many villagers have themselves become local rings of the larger network of corruption.

• IFF RotterdamLimelight
• CannesUn Certain RegardWinner
• Chicago IFFSilver Hugo Best ScreenplayWinner
• Asia Pacific Screen AwardsBest FilmNominated

Neptun / Neptune – Trailer

Video art / 2018

Czech Republic

Director: Adéla Babanová
DoP: Lukáš Hyksa
Edit: Hedvika Hansalová
Grading Magiclab: Braňo Daniš

VFX / Color Grading / DCP

Benji the Dove – Trailer

Adventure / Drama / 2017

USA

Producer: Erlingur Jack Gudmundsson
Director: Kevin Arbouet
DoP: Gunnar Auðunn Jóhannsson
Edit: Stefanía Thors

VFX / Color Grading / DCP

A tender tale of four boys who are rapidly coming to terms with school, bullies, friendship, and loyalty. Not to be limited by a poor upbringing, they tap their immense creativity and imagination to create The Order of the Red Dragon, a brotherhood of knights determined to fight injustice with justice. It’s terribly exciting, and life is one big adventure. But when fissures appear in the friendship, their adventure turns dark, and they are forced to face real-world dilemmas and muster all they’ve got to save each other.

• Golden Door Film FestivalBest Local FilmWinner

Anna – Trailer

Short / Drama / 19 min / 2017

Czech Republic / USA

Producer: Jiří Mádl
Co-Producers: Blake Sturcke, Blanka Příborská, Michal Koblas
Director: Petra Příborská
DoP: Lukáš Milota
Editor: Jakub Vansa

VFX / Color Grading / DCP

Having spent her childhood in communist Czechoslovakia, Anna, now an immigrant in New York City, struggles to pursue her dream of higher education in the U.S.

• Dhaka International Film FestivalBest Short FilmWinner
• Fort Lauderdale International Film FestivalBest Short NarrativeWinner
• Worldfest-Houston International Film FestivalSilver Remi AwardWinner

Nejsledovanější / Following – Teaser

Documentary / 91 min / 2017

Czech Republic

Producer: Jindřich Trčka
Director: Jiří Sádek
DoP: Antoan Pepelanov
Editor: Krasimira Veličková
Grading Magiclab: Braňo Daniš

Data Management / Color Grading / DCP

A time-lapse documentary, capturing one year in the lives of six of the most popular Czech youtubers.

Masaryk / A Prominent Patient – Trailer

Drama / Biopic / 106 min / 2017

Czech Republic / Slovakia

Producer: Rudolf Biermann
Production: In Film
Co-producers: Czech television, RTVS, ZDF, Arte.
Director: Julius Ševčík
DoP: Martin Štrba
Editor: Marek Opatrný

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

Set in 1939, Jan Masaryk escapes to America to forget his personal and political betrayal. Being the flamboyant son of the first president of Czechoslovakia Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, he struggles to live a normal life as he works as the Czechoslovak ambassador in London just before the outbreak of the second world war.

• Berlinale IFFBerlinale Special
• Czech Lion AwardsBest FilmWinner
• Czech Lion AwardsBest DirectorWinner
• Czech Lion AwardsBest ScreenplayWinner
• Czech Lion AwardsBest ActorWinner
• Czech Lion AwardsBest Supportin ActorWinner
• Czech Lion AwardsBest SoundWinner
• Czech Lion AwardsBest CinematographyWinner
• Czech Lion AwardsBest MusicWinner
• Czech Lion AwardsBest EditingWinner
• Czech Lion AwardsBest Art DirectionWinner
• Czech Lion AwardsBest CostumesWinner
• Czech Lion AwardsBest Make-upWinner

Špína / Filthy – Trailer

Drama / 87min / 2017

Czech Republic / Slovakia

Producer: Miloš Lochman, Peter Badač
Production: moloko film, B Film
Director: Tereza Nvotová
DoP: Marek Dvořák
Editor: Jiří Brožek, Michal Lánský, Janka Vlčková

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

Lena is a 17-year old girl, experiencing her first love, secret nighttime adventures, and magical mornings at the river in Bratislava. Her dream world is shattered after being raped by her math teacher. Lena must set out on a journey that is not simply about coming of age, but a struggle with herself. It is Lena who must grow up and realize that she is not the one who deserves punishment and should feel guilty.

• Czech Lion AwardsBest EditingWinner
• Art Film FestivalAudience AwardWinner
• Art Film FestivalBest Female PerformanceWinner
• Exground FilmfestBest FilmWinner
• FEST New Directors/New Films FestivalBest Feature FilmWinner
• Nòt Film FestBest DirectorWinner
• Nòt Film FestBest Performance by an ActorWinner

Trilogie Zahradnictví / Trilogy Garden Store – Teaser

Drama / Comedy / 3x115min / 2017

Czech Republic / Slovakia / Poland

Producer: Viktor Tauš
Production: Fog’n’Desire Films
Co-producers: Czech television
Director: Jan Hřebejk
DoP: Bartek Cierlica
Editor: Vladimír Barák

Data Management / VFX / DCP

A historical chronicle covering the 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s, tells the story of a Czech family whose members are trying to recover the consequences of WWII and at the same time face the dramatic changes in society after 1948.

Jak básníci čekají na zázrak – Intro

Comedy / 111 min / 2016

Producer: Miloslav Šmídmajer
Production: Bio Ollusion
Director: Dušan Klein
DoP: Peter Beňa
Editor: Libor Merta

Menandros & Thaïs – Trailer

Adventure / 129 min / 2016
Czech republic / Austria

Producers: Anna Tydlitátová, Ondřej Cikán
Production: Die Gruppe
Co-producers: FAMU, Nutprodukce, MagicLab
Directors: Ondřej Cikán, Antonín Šilar
DoP: Šimon Dvořáček
Editor: Zuzana Walter

VFX / Color Grading / DCP

An experimental, feature-length adventure-movie based on a novel by Ondřej Cikán. A kidnapped bride. A distraught hero. Odysseys through surreal worlds. Menandros and Thaïs are freshly married, but the wedding day ends bloodily. Thaïs is abducted by pirates. Searching for her, the bridegroom becomes a bloodthirsty monster, his horse grows wings, a witch promises him to another woman, King Xerxes unmans him, but everything comes to an happy end. Or does it?

The Red Captain – Trailer

Thriller / Action / 2016
Czech republic / Slovakian republic / Poland

Producer: Viktor Tauš, Agnieszka Kurzydlo
Production: Fog’n’desire films, SOKOL KOLLAR, MD4
Co-producers: Czech television, S PRO ALFA, RTVS, Barrandov studios
Director: Michal Kollár
DoP: Kacper Fertacz
Editor: Lucie Haladová

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

1992. Three years after the fall of the Berlin wall; six months before the split of Czecho-Slovakia. Homicide detective Richard Krauz, 32 years old, is desperate to distinguish himself from the police of the previous regime. One notable notch in his belt is the capture of serial killer Ondrej “The Beast”. During grounds-keeping at an old cemetery, a corpse with a nail driven through its skull is disinterred.

• Tallinn Black NightsFirst Feature Film Competition

Až po uši v mechu – Teaser

Animated Short / 26 min / 2015
Czech republic

Producer: Pavla Janoušková Kubečková
Production: nutprodukce
Directors: Filip Pošivač a Bára Valecká
Animation: Bára Valecká
DoP: Václav Fronk
Editor: Lucie Haladová

VFX

A new animated short by creative duo Filip Pošivač a Bára Valecká explores an extraordinary world of Bertík and Josefka.

• Anifilm 2016Audience Award
• Chicago Int'l Children's Film FestivalAnimation Maters Section
• Ottawa Int'l Animation FestivalShort Animation for Children Section
• Holland Animation Film FestivalCompetition Shorts
• Monterrey Int'l Film FestivalInternational Short Films
• ANIMAFEST ZagrebFamily Program Section

The Red Spider – Trailer

Thriller / 95 min / 2015
Poland / Slovak republic / Czech republic

Producer: Agnieszka Kurzydło
Production: MD4
Director: Marcin Koszałka
DoP: Marcin Koszałka
Editors: Krzystof Komander, Marcin Koszalka

VFX

This feature debut by a leading Polish documentarist and cameraman was inspired by actual mass murders committed in the 1960s. A precisely constructed psychological thriller, the film delves into an intricate story of the fascination with evil that hides in places we would never expect.

• Karlovy Vary IFFOfficial Selection
• Cairo Critics WeekBest Film Award
• Chicago IFFNew Directors Competition
• Camerimage IFFMain Competition

Journey to Rome – Teaser

Spiritual Comedy / 90 min / 2015
Czech republic / Poland

Producer: Mikuláš Novotný
Production: Background Films
Co-producers: Czech television, FAMU, EasyBusyProductions, MagicLab
Director: Tomasz Mielnik
DoP: Jan Šuster
Editor: Šimon Hájek

VFX / Color Grading / DCP

There are as many stories in the world as there are people, and Vašek, a timid guard at a gallery who becomes a reluctant painting thief, hears plenty of them on his train trip to Rome. This multilevel comedy road movie (on a train) and quest for the meaning of life is director Tomasz Mielnik’s feature debut.

• Karlovy Vary IFFEast of the West
• Silk Road IFFOfficial Selection
• Cairo Critics WeekOpening Film
• Tallinn Black NightsPÖFF's Vitamin Boost

David – Trailer

Drama / 80 min / 2015

Czech republic

Producer: Veronika Kührová
Production: Sugar Division
Co-producers: MagicLab, FAMU
Director: Jan Těšitel
DoP: Marek Dvořák
Editor: Šimon Hájek

VFX / Color Grading / DCP

At age 20, David is increasingly aware of how his mental illness influences his parents’ behavior. So one evening he decides to run away to Prague where, alone, he has to face numerous tricky situations – as well as his own thoughts. This courageous and moody debut is crowned with a fine lead performance from Patrik Holubář.

• Karlovy Vary IFFForum of Independent
• Montréal IFFInternational Competition
• Sao Paulo IFFNew Filmmakers
• Warsaw IFFDiscoveries

Magiclab Showreel 2016

Editor: Šimon Hájek

Take a look at the latest MagicLab Showreel featuring some of our best work so far!

Gangster Ka Afričan – Trailer

Thriller / Action / 100 min / 2015

Producer: Adam Dvořák
Production: Movie
Co-producer: Czech television
Director: Jan Pachl
DoP: Marek Janda
Editor: Adam Dvořák

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading

Gangster KA is a true story based KrimiThriller inspired by the internationally renowned criminal ‪Radovan Krejčíř about one of the largest and most discussed embezzlements in the Czech Republic.

NAGANO – The Birth of Heroes – Teaser

Producer: Radko Janoušek
Production: Mia Film
Director: Pavel Sadílek

NAGANO – THE BIRTH OF HEROES is an engrossing story about the tough journey of the Czech hockey players dream for Olympic gold . But our story is not just about hockey itself , but also the great dream of a little boy who momentarily forgot who he really is .

MagicLab Showreel 2015

Editor: Šimon Hájek

Resort – Trailer

Documentary / 25 min / 2015

Producer: Mikuláš Novotný
Production: Background Films
Co-producers: UMPRUM, Česká televize
Director: Martin Hrubý
DoP: Lukáš Milota
Editor: Hedvika Hansalová

Color Grading / DCP

In the 1960s an architecturally unique resort built on the banks of Orlík reservoir became the secret getaway of the communist establishment, then later passed into the hands of notorious businessmen during the early days of unrestrained capitalism. Suffused with an air of mystery, this portrait captures the genius loci and turbulent history of a hidden summer paradise that was left off every map.

• Karlovy Vary IFFDocumentary Films Competition

Dodgeball – Teaser

Comedy / 95 min / 2015

Producer: Rudolf Biermann
Production: IN Film
Director: Petr Nikolaev
DoP: David Ployhar
Editor: Michal Hýka

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

An adaptation of a best-selling novel by Michal Viewegh is a comedy about friendship, fateful loves, beauty and ugliness, alcohol, and the search for human happiness. The plot revolves around three friends – Jeff, Skippy and Tom – whose ups and downs and relationship breakups keep bringing them back to a shared bachelor apartment.

The Red Captain – Teaser

Thriller / Action / 2016

Producer: Viktor Tauš
Production: Fog’n’desire films
Co-producers: Czech television, S PRO ALFA, RTVS, Barrandov studios
Director: Michal Kollár
DoP: Kacper Fertacz
Editor: Lucie Haladová

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading

1992. Three years after the fall of the Berlin wall; six months before the split of Czecho-Slovakia. Homicide detective Richard Krauz, 32 years old, is desperate to distinguish himself from the police of the previous regime. One notable notch in his belt is the capture of serial killer Ondrej “The Beast”. During grounds-keeping at an old cemetery, a corpse with a nail driven through its skull is disinterred.

• Tallinn Black NightsFirst Feature Film Competition

Gangster Ka – Trailer

Thriller / 100 min / 2015

Producer: Adam Dvořák
Production: Movie
Co-producer: Czech television
Director: Jan Pachl
DoP: Marek Janda
Editor: Adam Dvořák

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

Gangster KA is a true story based KrimiThriller inspired by the internationally renowned criminal ‪Radovan Krejčíř about one of the largest and most discussed embezzlements in the Czech Republic.

• Czech Lion Awards2015

Icing – Teaser

Comedy / 77 min / 2014

Producers: Daniel Strejc, Vojtěch Frič
Production: Love.FRAME
Director: Jan Hřebejk
DoP: Martin Žiaran
Editor: Vladimír Barák

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

Explosive conversational comedy based on the successful theatre play, which takes place one evening in a remote village pub, during an Ice Hockey World Championship match. What all can happen, when the kidnapped bride is getting drunk together with the best woman of the groom and experienced barmaid and the only one, who is able to stop and save everything, is not coming?

The Story of a God-Father – Trailer

Crime / Thriler / 90 min / 2013

Producers: David Rauch, Petr Nikolaev
Production: U.F.O. pictures
Director: Petr Nikolaev
DoP: David Ployhar
Editor: Adam Dvořák

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

The Godfather’s Story tells about the rise and fall of a person who worked his way up from dealing in digital watches to the position of a grey eminence of Czech politics. Two worlds collide in the film – the belief in the right of the stronger and smarter and the belief in justice. We follow the riveting duel between a representative of law and order and a person who changes the rules to suit himself. Police Inspector Cajthaml has dedicated his life to trailing the Godfather and he never lost his faith in the victory of justice.

Krásno – Trailer

Comedy / Crime / 120 min / 2014

Producers: Daniel Strejc, Vojtěch Frič
Production: Love.Frame
Director: Ondřej Sokol
DoP: Tomáš Sysel
Editor: Šimon Hájek

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

A black comedy with a touch of detective genre starts with the return of two main characters, childhood friends Michal and Adam, to their hometown, where Michal’s mother was found drowned in the lake Krasno some years ago. His father, whom Michal suspects to be somehow involved in his mother’s death, dies on the very day they return. Michal and Adam decide to get to the bottom of the mystery. The plots around the heritage and unexplained death bring a series of cynical, sometimes funny, but always tangled situation. The wheels of unstoppable disaster are turning faster and faster.

RINO – Teaser

Documentary / 95 min / 2015

Producer: Richard Malatinský
Co-producer: Czech television
Director: Jakub Wagner
DoP: Viktor Smutný
Editor: Šimon Hájek

Data Management / Motion Design / DCP

Karel Köcher is supposedly the most important communist agent to infiltrate the CIA. There are few reliable sources as to his activities, and so the filmmakers aim their camera primarily at the main protagonist. The result is an unconventional portrait that tells us more about a man living a double life than about any sensationalized spy activities. The mystery surrounding his actions also envelopes Köcher the individual: it is difficult to figure out what is going through the mind of someone so perfectly in control and capable of beating a lie detector.

• Ji.HlavaInternational Documentary Film Festival

Lucky Four in the Service of the King – Trailer

Animation / Family / 90 min / 2013

Producer: Miloslav Šmídmajer
Production: Bio Illusion
Director: Michal Žabka
Editor: Luděk Hudec

Color Grading / DCP

The most famous characters from the Czech comics starring in their first film! King Rudolf and his kingdom are in danger, the philosopher’s stone is in the hands of the treacherous magician Kelly and the demon Zimozel is preparing an icy destruction for the whole world. Fifi, Myšpulín, Bobík and Pinďa face all this and more in this larger-than-life cinematic adventure in which their lives are on the line.

To the Woods – Trailer

Comedy / 110 min / 2012

Production: Vorelfilm
Producer: Tomáš Vorel
Director: Tomáš Vorel
DoP: Tomáš Vorel
Editor: Šimon Hájek

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

To The Woods is the sequel to Tomas Vorel’s successful film Out of the City, released in 2000. It is a celebration of woods, water and hillsides, and of the animals that still live there. Pays tribute to Czech woodsmen and farmers who bravely face the natural elements and urban encroachment. It is full of flowers, animals and Czech movie stars.

• Czech Lion Awards2012