Chvilky / Moments – Trailer

Drama / 95min / 2018

Czech Republic / Slovakia

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

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, which are interpreted with humour, understanding and a remarkably mature sense of situations we experience so often that we aren’t even conscious of them.

Fugue – Trailer

Drama / 100min / 2018

Poland / Czech Republic / Sweden

Director: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Sreenplay: Gabriela Muskala
DoP: Jakub Kijowski
Edit: Jaroslaw Kaminski
Sound: Maria Chilarecka, Niklas Skarp
Music: Filip Míšek

Producer: Agnieszka Kurzydło (MD4), Jonas Kellagher (COMMON GROUND PICTURES GOTHENBURG), Karla Stojáková (AXMAN PRODUCTION)
Co-Producer: Anna Spisz (MAZOVIA WARSAW FILM FUND), Jarosław Perduta (ODRA-FILM), Mikael Fellenius / Katarina Krave (FILM I VÄST), Magiclab

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. Feelings of alienation, love and revelations rekindle her interior flame.

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

Grading / VFX / DCP / Co-Producer

Bille tells a story about a childhood and the world of a child in 1930s pre-war Latvia (1937-1939), during the first Republic of Latvia when Latvia was an independent European country. 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. The actual Bille–writer Vizma Belševica herself–managed to find her way which proves that dreams may come true.

Tlumočník – 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 main heroes of the roadmovie 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. By getting to know the other’s life, they begin to understand their own actions and re-evaluate their identity.

Hendi & Hormoz – Trailer

Drama / 2018
Iran / Czech Republic

Director: Abbas Amini
DoP: Ashkan Ashkani
Grading Magiclab: Braňo Daniš

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, three years his junior, after he promises that he can work as a miner. But the young man, stirringly played by Hamed Alipour (Valderama), finds closed doors instead of a job. When Hendi becomes pregnant unexpectedly, Hormoz is forced to make an ill-advised pact with a smuggler. Director Amini portrays the existential struggle of two young people who must abandon their carefree youth in a harsh world.

A Man of Integrity – Trailer

Drama / 118 min / 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 (35), having distanced himself from the urban quagmire, leads a simple life along with his wife and sole son, somewhere in a remote village in Northern Iran. He spends his days working in his gold fish farm. Nearby, a private company with close links to the government and local authorities, has taken control of nearly every aspect of the regional life. Its shareholders, accumulating wealth, power and economic rents, have been pushing local farmers, to the benefit of the Company’s influential network and its monopoly. 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

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. The film is based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and tells a tale of four boys who are rapidly coming to terms with school, bullies, friendship, and loyalty.

Das Verschwinden

Krimi / Drama / TV Series / 88min / 2017
Germany / Czech Republic

Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
DoP: Yoshi Heimrath
Grading Magiclab: Braňo Daniš

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading

20-year-old Janine Grabowski disappears in a small Bavarian town near the Czech border. While all evidence indicates that Janine secretly wanted to leave the backcountry, her mother, Michelle, becomes increasingly convinced that there’s something amiss. Michelle’s missing person’s report is quickly filed away by the police. So the single mother is forced to investigate at her own risk. The longer she hunts for an answer to Janine’s disappearance, the more she discovers about her daughter and the people with whom she kept company. She begins to doubt whether Janine even wants to be found.

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.

Nejsledovanější – Teaser

Documentary / 91 min / 2017
Czech Republic

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

Data Management / Color Grading / DCP

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

Masaryk – Trailer

Drama / Biopic / 106 min / 2017
Czech republic / Slovak republic

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 Picture

Filthy – Trailer

Drama / 2017
Czech republic / Slovak republic

Producers: Miloš Lochman, Karel Chvojka
Production: BFILM, moloko film
Co-producers: FAMU, MagicLab, Sleepwalker
Director: Tereza Nvotová
DoP: Marek Dvořák
Editor: Jiří Brožek, Michal Lánský, Janka Vlčková

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

Filthy is the story about growing up, friendship and trauma, that shifts everything and everybody out of control. To take her life back to her hands, she needs the change her whole world.

• Rotterdam IFFBright Future
• Vilnius IFFNew Europe
• goEast IFFCompetition

Garden Store – Teaser

Drama / Comedy / 2017
Czech republic / Slovak republic / 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?

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 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

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

Magiclab Showreel 2014

Postproduction Company Showreel 2014

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

To See the Sea – Trailer

Comedy / 90 min / 2014

Producer: Miloslav Šmídmajer
Production: Bio Illusion
Director: Jiří Mádl
DoP: Edita Kainrathová
Editor: Jakub Vansa

Data Management / VFX / Color Grading / DCP

Tomas gets a camera and begins making a film about his family. His enigmatic father works from home. By hiding a camera in his office, Tomas discovers that on Tuesdays and Thursdays his father leaves the house. Courage and profound friendship lead Tomas and his best friend Haris to the final revelation and an unpredictable conclusion. The whole film is shot and edited as if by a twelve-year-old boy. This technique allows us to perceive the world through the eyes of a child.

• Czech Lion Awards2014
• Zlín IFFChildren's Jury Main Prize
• Motovun IFFBuzz&Teen Award
• Seoul Int'l Youth FFAudience Award
• The Czech Film Critics' AwardDiscovery of the Year
• Montreal Int'l Children's FFSpecial Jury Award

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

Binderiana

Director: Zdeněk Durdil