ARSY-VERSY
The film is a story of a mother and her son Lubos who lives in a world turned upside-down, or, arsy-versy. Lubos broke free from the world as generally conceived by others to arrive at the supreme human-nature symbiosis; he flew away to a planet purely inhabited by butterflies - intelligent beings. The sole focus of his life energy, enriched by a great deal of empathy, is being chanelled into his amateur photography and film making, the climax of his fascination with natural phenomenona being his unique study of bats. By way of communicating with the upside-down creatures he is fascinated with, he attempts to achieve the utmost understanding between man and beast. He is assisted by his mother who has been a great reaserch and life support to him, but is now apprehensive about her son’s future. „What will become of the kid?“ she wonders. Those who „knew“ him thought him lost up to the moment they saw the arsy-versy film; now it’s them who are losing it!
Special Prize of the Jury
28th Uppsala International Short Film Festival / Uppsala, Sweden /
Special Prize of the Jury - SILVER EYE AWARD
12th The Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival / Jihlava, Czech republic /
Special Prize of the Jury
12th festival of slovak students films ACKO / Bratislava, Slovakia /
The Wallflower Press Student Doc Award
16th Sheffield Doc/Fest / United Kingdom /
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
50° FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI / Firenze, Italy /
Golden Frame Statuette
Young Cinema Art Festival / Krakow, Poland /
Best Documentary
10th Student and Short Film Festival Sleepwalkers / Tallin, Estonia /
Best Documentary
29th MUNICH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FILM SCHOOLS / Munich, Germany /
Best slovak school documentary
Kinema.sk film portal award / Bratislava, Slovakia /
Bronze Dinosaur
16th International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima 2009 / Cracow, Poland /
Best International Nature Documentary
New York International Independent Film and Video Festival / USA /
The Silver Lion Award
The International Film Festival / Taipei, Taiwan /
"ION BOSTAN" prize
Best director of documentary at student film festival CineMAiubit / Bucharest, Romania /
Absolut winner and the best documentary of the Visegrad's region
International student film festival Zlínsky pes 2010 / Zlín, Czech republic /
2nd prize in the short film commpetition
Hot Docs Internetion Documentary Film Festival / Toronto, Canada /
1.Festival director's prize for the best slovak director
2.Prize in the category D - Creating a Independent Films and Films for Children and Youth
16Th International Film Festival ENVIROFILM /Banská Bystrica, Slovakia/
Audience Award
26. Internationales KurzFilmFestival Hamburg 2010 / Hamburg, Germany /
Bonus awards for creative work /ARSY-VERSY/
21st Slovak Film Prize IGRIC
First Prize
Short film festival Brain Wash /London, England/
Honorary Award in category – FILM FUTURE 3000
Ars&Film 2010, 6th European Festival of Films on Art / Telč, Czech republic /
1st Prize - Category: Documentary - Golden Grape
39th Lubuskie Film Summer - International Film Festival / Lagów, Poland /
Prize: Centaur
20th Message to Man International Documentary, Short and Animated Films Festival / St. Petersburg, Russia /
Premio Cinemambulante
7Th Euganea film festival 2010 / Padova, Italy /
The best foreign documentary shorter than 60 minutes
TRANZYT documentary film festival / Poznan, Poland /
Best documentary award
"NoemartFilmFestival”, festival of Documentary art / Rieti, Italy /
Special prize of Jury
36th EKOFILM - International Film Festival on the Environment and Natural and Cultural Heritage / Czech republic /
Green2gether films Award
Vilnius film shorts'10 / Vilnius, Lithuania /
Best documentary award
First Step Film Festival / Tirana, Albania /
Grand Prize
Cinema Verite: 4th Iran International Documentary Film Festival / Teheran, Iran /
Central Europe Discovery Networks award
Plus Cameraimage 2010 / Bydgoszcz, Poland /
Best documentary
1th Tell it quick film Internet film festival / Zilina, Slovakia /
Main Award
9th Gdansk DocFilm Festival / Gdansk, Poland /
Grand Prize
41th Marin County Festival of Short Film and Video /San Rafael, California, USA/
Best documentary award
15th international Filmfestival of the Filmacademy Vienna 2013 / Wien, Austria /
Acko- National Film Schools Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia
(15.– 18.10.2009)
AWARD of the film's journalists of www.Kinema.sk
28th Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweeden
(19.– 25.10.2009)
Special prize of Jury
16th International Film and TV School´s Festival “Mediaschool 2007”, Lodz, Poland
(20.– 24.10.2009)
A.R.E.S. Short Film Festival, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
(22.– 25.10.2009)
New York International Film festival, NY, USA
(23.– 29.10.2009)
Best International Nature Documentary
World Student Film festival „Young Cinema Art“, Plock, Poland
(23.– 25.10.2009)
Golden Frame statuette
13th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Jihlava, Czech Republic,
(27.10.– 1.11.2009)
Special mention of Jury of Silver Eye Awards for Short Documentary
20th International Documentary Festival “Festival dei Popoli”. Florence, Italy (1.– 7.11.2009) INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Best Short Documentary
Sheffield Doc/Fest, Sheffield, United Kingdom
(4. –8. 11. 2009)
Wallflowers Press Student Doc Award
10th Student Film festival Sleepwalkers, Tallin, Estonia
(12.- 15.11.2009)
Best Documentary title
29th Munich International Festival of Film Schools, Munich, Germany
(15.– 21.11.2009)
ARRI Award for the best documentary
International Film Festival Bratislava, Slovakia
(27.11. – 4.12.2009)
Taipei Film Festival – Golden Lion International Student Film Competition, Taipei, Taiwan
(4.– 11.12.2009)
Silver Lion Award
10th Student Film festival Sleepwalkers, Tallin, Estonia
(12.- 15. 11. 2009)
Best Documentary
16th International Film Festival “Etiuda & Anima 2009, Krakow, Poland
(27. 11.– 4.12.2009)
Bronze Dinosaurus
13th International Student Film Festival CineMAiubit, Bucharest, Romania
(14.- 17.12.2009)
"Ion Bostan" Prize for best direction of a documentary film
Film and Music Festival KUSTENDORF, Mokra Gora, Serbia
(13.- 19.1.2010)
13th IFF Jelenia Gora, Poland
(21.- 25.2.2010)
The Zagrebdox 2010 International festival of documentary films, Zagreb, Croatia
(28.2.- 7.3.2010)
The Zlín Dog 2010 International student film festival, Zlín, Czech republic
(3.- 6.3.2010)
1. Absolut winner of the festival
2. The best documentary from Visegrad
The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conferences & Festivals, Austin, U.S.A.
(12.- 21.3.2010)
Play-doc, International documentary film festival, Tui, Spain
(17.- 21.3.2010)
17th Febiofest 2010, Bratislava, Slovakia
(26.- 31.3.2010)
50th Cinestud student film festival, Amsterdam, Holand
(31.3.- 4.4.2010)
17. Dni Európskeho filmu, Prag, Czech republic
(15. - 21.4.2010)
16th VISIONS DU REEL - Festival international de cinema, France
(15. - 21.4.2010)
The 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival, U.S.A.
(22.4. - 6.5.2010)
Vold - Nórsky filmový festival dokumentárnych filmov, Vold, Norway
(28.4. - 2.5.2010)
Hot Docs Internetion Documentary Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
(29.4. - 9.5.2010)
2nd prize in short film category
16th International Film Festival ENVIROFILM, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
(10. -15.5. 2010)
1.Festival director's prize for the best slovak director
2.Prize in the category D - Creating a Independent Films and Films for Children and Youth
Busan International Short Film Festival, Busan City, South Korea
(12. - 16.5.2010)
17th High school arts festival - Zlomvaz, Praha Czech republic
(18. - 22. 5. 2010)
2nd Leiden International Short Film Festival, Leiden, Holland
(28. - 30. 5. 2010)
50th Krakow Film Festival, Krakow, Poland
(31.5. - 6.6.2010)
13th CINEMAMBIENTE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL, Torino, Italy
(1. - 6.6 2010)
26. Internationales KurzFilmFestival Hamburg 2010, Hamburg, Germany
(1.6. - 7.6.2010)
Audience Award
AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival, Maryland, U.S.A.
(21. - 27.6.2010)
8th International Film Festival - Tofifest, Torun, Poland
(26.6. - 2.7.2010)
39th Lubuskie Film Summer - International Film Festival, Lagów, Poland
(20.-26.7.2010)
1st Prize - Category: Documentary - Golden Grape
5th. International film festival of independents producers, Constanta, Romania
(30.6. – 4.7.2010)
20th Message to Man International Documentary, Short and Animated Films Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia
(15.7.- 22.7. 2010)
Prize: Centaur
7th Euganea film festival 2010, Padova, Italy
(8.7.- 22.7. 2010)
Premio Cinemambulante
17th European Film Festival Palić – Subotica, Srbia
(17.7.- 23.7. 2010)
10th The International Bunker Film Festival, Near Ventimiglia, Italy
(22.-26.7.2010)
TRANZYT documentary film festival - Poznan, Poland
(7.-14.8.2010)
honourable mention in category the best foreign documentary shorter than 60 minutes
"NoemartFilmFestival”, festival of Documentary art - Rieti, Italy
(17 - 19.9.2010)
Best documentary award
International student film festival - Pisek, Czech republic
(30.9.-2.10.2010)
11th Calgary International Film Festival - Calgary, Canada
(24.9.-3.10.2010)
Filmfest Hamburg - Hamburg, Germany
(30.9.-9.10.2010)
9th St.Petersburg Student Film Festival - St. Peterburg, Russia
(1. -6.10.2010)
36th EKOFILM - International Film Festival on the Environment and Natural and Cultural Heritage - Czech republic
(4.-10.10.2010)
Special prize of Jury
Vilnius Film Shorts’10 - Vilnius, Lithuania
Green2gether films Award
(7.-10.10.2010)
17th International Film and Television School Festival - MEDIASCHOOL - Lodz, Poland
(19. - 23.10 2010)
First Step Film Festival - Tirana, Albania
Best documentary award
(25. - 29.10 2010)
DOCSDF - 5th International documentary film festival - Ciudad de México, Mexico
(21. - 31.10 2010)
11th Documentary film festival One World - Bratislava, Slovakia
(3. - 9.11 2010)
Cinema Verite: 4th Iran International Documentary Film Festival - Teheran, Iran
(8.-12.11.2010)
Grand Prize
3th FIDADOC, International documentary film festival - Agadir, Morocco
(9. - 13.11.2010)
18th Plus Camerimage 2010 - International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography - Bydgoszcz, Poland
Central Europe Discovery Networks award
(27.11. - 4.12.2010)
6th CON-CAN Movie Festival - Tokyo, Japan
(3.11. - 8.12.2010)
33th Rencontres Henri Langlois, International Film Schools Festival, Poitiers, France
(3.-12.12.2010)
24th Stuttgart film winter – Stuttgart, Germany
(20.-23.1.2011)
9th The Adelaide Film Festival - Adelaide, Australia
(24.2. - 6.3.2011)
New Vision International Film Festival - Kiev, Ukraine
(23. - 27.3.2011)
1th Tell it quick film Internet film festival - Zilina, Slovakia
(1.2.2011 – 31.3.2011)
Best documentary award
13th Mecal International Short Film Festival - Barcelona, Spain
(8. - 17.4.2011)
12th Troma Dance film festival - New Jersey, U.S.A.
(22. - 23.4.2011)
13th Kino na hranici - Český Tešín, Czech republic, Poland
(28.4. - 3.5.2011)
11th REC. International Cinema Festival of Tarragona - Tarragona, Spain
(29.4. - 7.5.2011)
9th Gdansk DocFilm Festival - Gdansk, Poland
(4. - 8.5.2011)
Main Award
Rooftop films - New York, U.S.A.
(4. - 14.5.2011)
Tbilisi International Student Film Festival AMIRANI - Tbilisi, Georgia
(17. - 21.5.2011)
Ploiesti International Short Film Festival - Ploiesti, Romania
(20. - 21.5.2011)
London International Documentary Festival 2011 - London, England
(13. - 28.5.2011)
39th edition of the Huesca International Film Festival - Huesca, Spain
(3. - 11.6.2011)
2th Makedox festival - 6 cities in Macedonia
(17. - 23.6.2011)
9th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival - Balchik, Bulgaria
(18. - 25.6.2011)
41st Annual Marin County International Festival of Short Film and Video
(30.6. - 4.7.2011)
Grand Prize
CinemadaMare - Rome, Italy
(1.7. - 25.8.2011)
LISFF transnational short film festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
(1.4. - 3.4.2013)
15th international Filmfestival of the Filmacademy Vienna 2013, Wien, Austria
(10.4. - 14.4.2013)
Best documentary award
Arsy-Versy Hot Docs Review
http://www.thedocumentaryblog.com/index.php/2010/05/04/arsy-versy-hot-docs-review/
Having coffee with Miro Remo, IFF BRATISLAVA 2010
http://2009.iffbratislava.com/index4a8e.html?id=398&L=1
Interview with Miro Remo, director of ARSY-VERSY on DOKWEB.CZ
http://www.dokweb.net/cs/dokumentarni-sit/clanky/rozhovor-s-reziserem-arsy-versy-1039/
Arsy-Versy on Vimeo:
http://www.vimeo.com/7420768
Arsy-Versy on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tabk6h7bYZE
Homepage of the cameraman of Arsy-Versy:
http://jarisonline.net/
Discussion about movie Arsy-Versy on IFF Bratislava (in slovak only):
http://festival.azyl.sk/2009/index.php?id=recenzie&clanok=25
Interview with director Miro Remo about film Arsy-Versy for Czech national radio (in slovak only):
http://www.rozhlas.cz/radiowave/kumst/_zprava/681549
ARSY-VERSY FESTIVAL KIT
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