First Assistant Director
Rowdy Jonas, 11, longs to spend the summer exploring the Slovakian countryside with his cool Grandpa Bernard, but his exasperated mother plans for him to go to the seaside instead. Jonas sneaks away from home and takes the train by himself to his grandpa’s. Upon arrival he finds his grandpa grumpy and moping. Luckily, his brave and tomboyish neighbor Alex befriends Jonas and together they create a scheme to raise money for a raft of their own. Their illegal racket creates an uproar in the village, lands Grandpa in jail for a crime he didn’t commit and causes Alex and Jonas’s friendship to fray. Will Jonas find a way to repair the mess?
Zoubek
The movie is based on the narrative of a Czech multimillionaire who achieved success not by stripping companies, making crooked deals and crony-ism, but by blazing his own trail like Schweikesque self-made man. He realizes early on that he has nobody but himself to rely on. During the totalitarian regime of the 80s, he ambles along his oddball path and then experiences the Velvet Revolution atypically, too - in an asylum amidst nut-cases. After the Revolution, he really gets rolling. To Germany and back. To prison and back. To China and back. The intriguing and endless opportunities afforded by the Internet eventually blossom into virtual prosperity. The hero has everything and is even planning a highly unorthodox family. A happy ending is nigh, until everything goes up in smoke, of course...
Roman
Tres chicas americanas que estudian en Roma, deciden irse de viaje un fin de semana y, casualmente, se encuentran con una compañera de clase. Ésta, que también se proponía hacer una "escapada exótica", las invita a acompañarla a un lugar donde podrán relajarse y olvidar el stress de la ciudad. Pero allí descubrirán la horrible realidad que se esconde dentro...
Second Unit Director
Paxton y Josh, dos jóvenes norteamericanos amigos de la universidad, recorren Europa con sus mochilas junto con Oli, un islandés que conocen en el camino. En Eslovaquia conocen a Natalya y Svetlan, dos exóticas bellezas con las que se distraen.... para aparecer atrapados en un siniestro y lúgubre sitio. Su angustiosa situación, como descubrirán más tarde, es tan profunda como el más oscuro y enfermizo recoveco de la propia naturaleza humana... si sobreviven.
Bottle Thrower
Paxton y Josh, dos jóvenes norteamericanos amigos de la universidad, recorren Europa con sus mochilas junto con Oli, un islandés que conocen en el camino. En Eslovaquia conocen a Natalya y Svetlan, dos exóticas bellezas con las que se distraen.... para aparecer atrapados en un siniestro y lúgubre sitio. Su angustiosa situación, como descubrirán más tarde, es tan profunda como el más oscuro y enfermizo recoveco de la propia naturaleza humana... si sobreviven.
