World premiere
Nobody Likes Me
Lonely and explicit struggle for physical love without regrets, prejudices or instructions.
The daring Czech duo from the acclaimed debut “I, Olga Hepnarová” are back to explore the challenges of love with a significant role entrusted to a foreign actor. It remains a mystery how Petr and Tomás discovered Lithuanian musician and singer Mantas Zemleckas ("Songs for a Fox", PÖFF 2022).
This story is about Sara. A woman of strict orders, hidden desires and sublime loneliness, she works as a secretary at the army headquarters. One evening, Sara notices a handsome man to whom she is immediately attracted. Martin isn’t a soldier, but he watches her restlessly, follows her, stalks her. They can’t resist each other, even though they’re not meant to be together.
Sara asks the commander for permission to go on a mission, to take her life into her hands. She tempts and persuades the kind and shy wanderer. Although Martin doesn't want to hurt her feelings, he's not ready to change.
Edvinas Pukšta
Petr Kazda (1978) is a Czech director, producer and writer. He studied film in Písek, and from 2006 to 2009 screenwriting and dramaturgy at Film School of Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague. Together with his classmate Tomáš Weinreb, their debut film “I, Olga Hepnarová” (2016) – a story about a young Czechoslovakian mass murderer – opened the Panorama section at the 2016 Berlinale. It was screened at more than 100 festivals worldwide as part of the competition or official selection and showcase.
Já, Olga Hepnarová (I, Olga Hepnarová, 2016, co-dir), Nikdo me nemá rád (Nobody Likes Me, 2024)
Tomáš Weinreb (1982) is a Czech director, producer and writer. He studied at a film school in Písek and graduated in 2009 with a degree in documentary filmmaking from FAMU in Prague. He completed his studies with a short documentary “Everything is Crap” (2009) about a friend of Olga Hepnarová – a young Czechoslovakian mass murderer. Later he co-directed and co-wrote with his classmate Petr Kazda, their debut film “I, Olga Hepnarová” (2016), which was the opening film in the Panorama section at the 2016 Berlinale. It was screened at more than 100 film festivals worldwide.
Já, Olga Hepnarová (I, Olga Hepnarová, 2016, co-dir), Nikdo me nemá rád (Nobody Likes Me, 2024)