Better Go Mad in the Wild in the Main Competition of the Karlovy Vary Festival

Slovak director Miro Remo, known for his documentary style and authentic perspective on human lives, returns with a new film. His latest work, Better Go Mad in the Wild, will have its world premiere at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

After four years, Slovak documentarian Miro Remo returns to the main competition of KVIFF with his documentary Better Go Mad in the Wild. The 83-minute film, a Czech-Slovak co-production, will have its world premiere in the Crystal Globe Competition at the 59th edition of the festival (July 4–12, 2025), once again affirming Remo’s position as a leading figure in contemporary Central European documentary cinema.

The film follows the lives of people who have consciously chosen to abandon civilization and live in complete solitude or harmony with nature. Remo once again explores life on the margins of society—this time offering a more poetic and philosophical reflection on freedom, isolation, and their impact on human existence through the film's main characters: twin brothers Franta and Ondra. In the poetic atmosphere of misty Šumava mornings and dark nights, the film raises a universal question: How much freedom can a person endure? And how much loneliness can one bear? Although they appear inseparable, the brothers are increasingly divided by their differing desires.

Franta and Ondra, eternal children, indistinguishable twins living in a magical world with their domestic animals, share every day, every routine, every thought. Outwardly mirrors of each other, they are internally two utterly different souls. Years of inseparable cohabitation have begun to overwhelm them. Franta yearns for freedom, dreams of flying, of a world beyond the walls that bind them. He longs to leave the “nest,” while Ondra remains grounded, content, rooted, confined to what he knows. Can anything still separate them? Is escape even possible when your whole world wears your face? Will love prevail—or will death be the only thing that finally divides them?

KVIFF 2025 Screenings:
July 10 | 8:30 AM | Congress Hall (Press & Industry)
July 10 | 5:00 PM | Grand Hall
July 11 | 10:00 AM | Pupp
July 12 | 8:30 AM | Congress Hall
July 12 | 5:15 PM | Lázně III

Directed by: Miro Remo
Starring: Franta Klišík, Ondřej Klišík
Cinematography: Dušan Husár, Miro Remo
Additional Camera: Kryštof Hlůže
Screenplay: Aleš Palán, Miro Remo
Editing: Máté Csuport, Šimon Hájek
Music: Adam Matej
Sound: Lukáš Kasprzyk
Dramaturgy: Martyn Horyna, Juro Šlauka
Production: Kristýna Milaberská, Veronika Mareková
Producers: Tomáš Hrubý, Pavla Janoušková Kubečková, Miro Remo
Distribution: Aerofilms, Film Expanded
Special Effects: Marek Ježo, Tomáš Lomnický, Miro Remo
Sound Recording: Adam Matej, Boris Vereš, Adam Levý

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	"The important thing is not to lie” - interview with Miro Remo 30.6.2025 Better Go Mad in the Wild in the Main Competition of the Karlovy Vary Festival Slovak director Miro Remo, known for his documentary style and authentic perspective on human lives, returns with a new film. His latest work, Better Go Mad in the Wild, will have its world premiere at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. After four years, Slovak documentarian Miro Remo returns to the main competition of KVIFF with his documentary Better Go Mad in the Wild. The 83-minute film, a Czech-Slovak co-production, will have its world premiere in the Crystal Globe Competition at the 59th edition of the festival (July 4–12, 2025), once again affirming Remo’s position as a leading figure in contemporary Central European documentary cinema. The film follows the lives of people who have consciously chosen to abandon civilization and live in complete solitude or harmony with nature. Remo once again explores life on the margins of society—this time offering a more poetic and philosophical reflection on freedom, isolation, and their impact on human existence through the film's main characters: twin brothers Franta and Ondra. In the poetic atmosphere of misty Šumava mornings and dark nights, the film raises a universal question: How much freedom can a person endure? And how much loneliness can one bear? Although they appear inseparable, the brothers are increasingly divided by their differing desires. Franta and Ondra, eternal children, indistinguishable twins living in a magical world with their domestic animals, share every day, every routine, every thought. Outwardly mirrors of each other, they are internally two utterly different souls. Years of inseparable cohabitation have begun to overwhelm them. Franta yearns for freedom, dreams of flying, of a world beyond the walls that bind them. He longs to leave the “nest,” while Ondra remains grounded, content, rooted, confined to what he knows. Can anything still separate them? Is escape even possible when your whole world wears your face? Will love prevail—or will death be the only thing that finally divides them? KVIFF 2025 Screenings: July 10 \| 8:30 AM \| Congress Hall (Press & Industry) July 10 \| 5:00 PM \| Grand Hall July 11 \| 10:00 AM \| Pupp July 12 \| 8:30 AM \| Congress Hall July 12 \| 5:15 PM \| Lázně III Directed by: Miro Remo Starring: Franta Klišík, Ondřej Klišík Cinematography: Dušan Husár, Miro Remo Additional Camera: Kryštof Hlůže Screenplay: Aleš Palán, Miro Remo Editing: Máté Csuport, Šimon Hájek Music: Adam Matej Sound: Lukáš Kasprzyk Dramaturgy: Martyn Horyna, Juro Šlauka Production: Kristýna Milaberská, Veronika Mareková Producers: Tomáš Hrubý, Pavla Janoušková Kubečková, Miro Remo Distribution: Aerofilms, Film Expanded Special Effects: Marek Ježo, Tomáš Lomnický, Miro Remo Sound Recording: Adam Matej, Boris Vereš, Adam Levý Back to: NEWS
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