Citizen Miko
Robin Kvapil / Czech Republic / 2022 / World Premiere / 75 min.
synopsis
Miko is a truck driver, his father is Romani, and above all he is a man who wanted to help those in need. When the Czech government was looking for reasons not to take in a few dozen children from Greek refugee camps after the chemical attacks on Syrian civilians in 2018, Miko took justice into his own hands and, together with the Czechs Helping initiative, prepared facilities for child refugees. However, government officials gave priority to political interests. Will parliamentary elections and a change of ministries save the situation? An unflattering but accurately portrayal of the Czech Republic as a country that will only offer a helping hand when it is worthwhile.“The country today doesn’t actually allow you to act according to your conscience.”
biography
Robin Kvapil (* 1982) is a graduate of theatre directing at JAMU and the Department of Documentary Film at FAMU. His feature debut was a comedy about Brno’s genius loci, Everything Will Be Fine (2017), and his documentary debut was a film reportage from Michal Horáček’s presidential campaign, We Can Do Better (co-directed by Radim Procházka, 2018).more about film
| director: | Robin Kvapil |
| producer: | Martina Štrunc |
| photography: | Stanislav Adam, Šimon Dvořáček, Robin Kvapil, Petr Salaba, David Šachl, Jan Šípek, Tomáš Uhlík |
| editing: | Josef Krajbich |
contact
SILK FILMS / Martina ŠtruncRokycanova 9, Praha 3
martina@silkfilms.cz
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Film at festival
| premiere type: | World Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2022 |
| section: | Ji.hlava Online, Czech Joy |
| language: | Romany, English, Czech |
| subtitles: | Czech |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Robin Kvapil |
| original title: | More Miko |
| country: | Czech Republic |
| year: | 2022 |
| running time: | 75 min. |
