On the 28. 5. 2018 presentations of the respective projects by the students of Pisek's film school took place in Zlín. Based on their presentations, Filmtalent Zlín decided to grant financial support to 3 of their films.
Director Josef Lustig, son of world-renowned writer Arnošt Lustig and educator at the NOVA Community College arrived with his colleagues and their group of 23 students for a month long internship at our school.
FAMO's Master degree graduate Matej Šmelko was awarded the Pavel Koutecký award for 2018 at the Elbe Dock film festival for his short graduation documentary 'Úhorná', which follows life in the small village of Úhorná in Eastern Slovakia.
A crew composed of FAMO students (B. Kočičková, R. Grzybek, V. Lukomskaya, D. Tučník) was selected in the 20th Nespresso talent competition 2018 to be among the top ten films. The winning film will be announced in Karlovy Vary. Fingers crossed!
The 48th film project submitted to Cannes 16 teams as part of the Short Film Corner. Director and FAMO graduate Jan Chramosta's graduation film Bio Buddy was selected as the best short film for the Cannes Film Festival from a total of 2000 films (and over 5000 submissions)!
In the iShorts organised event - the battle of the film schools - FAMO in Pisek's Oliver Beaujard and his graduation film Robine? took away the heavy weight title for best film in Prague last week. Congratulations!!!
