Zkouška dospělosti
2022
|Genre
short film
Runtime
14 minutes
Shooting days
4
About the film
Young star pupil Matyáš Preiss is about to go through A levels. Despite his thorough preparation and the school's expectations, he gets dismissed. Is a secret classmate crush the cause of this sudden misfortune?
Film facts
As a topic for my final second-year film, I chose a semi-autobiographical story about a high school senior who finds out that life is not only about factual knowledge. I aimed to have all the characters portrayed well by the actors. To achieve the latter, I chose renowned Czech actors. Matěj Matouš whom I worked before, joined me once more on the film script assembly. We agreed that the leading character has to be strong, without a doubt. Nonetheless, despite being phenomenally portrayed by Michal Pazderka, the character managed to unexpectedly influence my personal life. Admittedly, any similarity found between the leading character and the fate of his director is fairly intentional. Zkouška dospělosti is simultaneously part of a feature length compilation film Zastávka, on whose creation worked 4 different directors, myself included. This compilation film will be screened in multiple regions of Czechia.
Awards
- Los Angeles Cinematography AWARDS (LACA) ↗ – BEST STUDENT FILM CINEMATOGRAPHY
- New York Cinematography AWARDS (NYCA) ↗ – BEST STUDENT FILM a BEST STUDENT DIRECTOR
- Accolade Global Film Competition 🇺🇸 ↗ – Award of Excellence: Film Short (Student)
- RED Movie Awards ↗ – BEST COMEDY
- Florence Film Awards ↗ – BEST DIRECTOR SHORT FILM
- 8 & HalFilm Awards ↗ – Best psychological drama
- Rome International Movie Awards ↗ – Best Comedy
- Rome International Movie Awards ↗ – Best First Time Director
- Rome International Movie Awards ↗ – Best Young Actor (Michal Pazderka)
- Rome International Movie Awards ↗ – Best Ensemble