About the Filmmakers

• Mgr. Matej Mináč (1961)
  Screenwriter, director, producer, graduated from University of Fine Arts, Department of Film Direction

Most important projects:
„Nicholas Winton – The Power of Good“
Full-length documentary – 35 mm, Dolby Digital sound
Film guide: Joe Schlesinger, CBC Station reporter
 

Awards:
2002 International EMMY AWARD for Best Documentary
FITES Award - TRILOBIT
IGRIC Award
Slovak Film Critics` Award
Jury Award at Intl. Film Festival Troia, Portugal
The film won more than 40 prestigious international awards.
 

Most Important Film Festivals:
Closing gala screening at 2002 Palm Springs Film Festival
Vancouver Intl. Film Festival, Cleveland Intl. Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, Haifa Film Festival, Leipzig Film Festival of Documentary, San Diego Jewish Film Festival, Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival, St.Louis Jewish Film Festival, Phoenix Jewish Film Festival, Barbican Film Season
 

„All Home Folks“
Full-length co-production film (Czech.Rep.-Slovakia-Poland-Germany) starring Rupert Graves, Jiří Bartoška, Josef Abrhám, Libuše Šafránková, Krzystof Kolberger, Jiří Menzel, Ondřej Vetchý, Jiří Lábus, Tereza Brodská, Ladislav Chudík, Agneszka Wagner, Marián Labuda.
Nominations for Slovak Republic: Academy Award Motion Pictures Arts&Sciences for Foreign Film - OSCAR, Troia Intl.Film Festival, Portugal – Jury Prize, Grand Prix – Intl.Film Festival Sedona, USA, Czech Lion for Jiří Bartoška for Best Supporting Actor, 2000 IGRIC Award from Slovak Film Union
Audience Awards:
Intl. Palm Springs Festival
Finale Plzeň
Washington Jewish Film Festival
Sao Paolo Jewish Film Festival
Festivals of Festivals – Palm Springs, 2001
Würzburg Film Festival, Germany, 2002
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
The movie was acquisited by Kirch Media Münich and distributed in European televisions like ZDF and others, it was also released in American theatres and DVD/video distribution.

„Four Angry Men“
Medium-length feature film – Critics` Award at Film Festival of Comedy Trutnov

„I`m Shooting on a Branch and I`m Fine“
Full-length documentary about Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko – 35 mm
Film Guides: Federico Fellini and Giulietta Massina
The movie was screened at the Festival of Czech Film in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and broadcast in Italian and French television.
Mináč also shot several profiles of significant personalities, like Tomáš Baťa, Adolf Born, Emil Zátopek, Jan Svoboda, Břetislav Pojar, Miroslav Holub.
 

Art, documentary and musical films:
Musical films: Hebrew meditation, Musica Yudaica, A Day of A Slovak in Paris – medium-length comedy in French, Documentaries: Reconstruction of Family Album (with Jiří Menzl), Casanova, Ambiguous Journey to the End of the World, I Was Born a Jew in Prague (acted reconstruction, commentary by Miroslav Holub).
Theatre and others:
Riddles – direction of film part of Laterna Magica performance,
4 big screen artistic audio-visual programs
Trails – audio-visual programme awarded at Varna Festival
5-part TV series The Magic of Photography about most important Czech photographers (made for KODAK Company) 
 

• Prof. Patrik Pašš (1948)
  Editor, film producer
  Professor at Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava
  Owner of Film and Production company TRIGON Production Co.Ltd.
   

Most Important projects:
„Nicholas Winton – The Power of Good“
Full-length documentary – 35 mm, Dolby Digital sound
Film guide – Joe Schlesinger, CBC Station reporter
Awards:
www.wintonfilm.com (see above)
All Home Folks (see above) 

„Millennial Bee“
Catholic Centre Award at Intl.Film Festival Venice 1983, Golden Fenix at Intl.Film Festival Venice 1983, Federation of Film Critics Award, Best Film at Intl.Film Festival Sevilla, Beograd UNICEF Award, Czecho-Slovak Journalists Prize, Plzeň Festival Award, Paľo Bielik Award 1983, Czecho-Slovak Film Critics` Award 1983, 1984 Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Film.

„Perinbaba“
Intl.Film Festival Venice Film Centre Award, Audience Awards at Venice and Jeune Public Laon, Grand Prix Unicef, FEST 86 Beograd Audience Award, Jury Prize at Cine de GION Festival, Special Jury Prize at Zlín Festival of Films for Children, Grand Prix at Rimousky Festival, Canada, Paľo Bielik Award 1986.

 „I`m Sitting on a Branch and I`m Fine”
Jury Prize and Alsace Media de Strasbourg Prize, France, RAI II. Special Acknowledgment at Intl.Film Festival Venice, Award at Intl.Film Festival in Moscow, Martin Frič Award

„Children of the Wind“
Grand Prix Academia Film in Olomouc

„Angel of Mercy“
Slovak Film Fund IGRIC Award, Slovak Film Critics` Award Prix Europa 1994 for Best Dramatic Program, MAGNOLIA Award at Intl.Film Festival Shanghai, Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.

„Paper Heads“
FEBIOFEST Award for Best Documentary, Grand Prix at Film Clubs Festival in Banská Bystrica, Special Jury Prize at Intl.Film Festival Karlovy Vary, TRILOBIT 96 – FITES, GOLDEN SPIRE 1997 Grand Prix for Best Documentary at Golden Gate San Francisco, USA, IGRIC Award for Editing.

• Martina Štolbová (1965)
  Executive producer
  Producer at Universita per gli Stranieri di Siena, Italy History of Arts Barrandov Studios – AFM Lighting Ltd., Office Manager in Education and Culture Centre of Jewish Museum in Prague, Culture Director Beit Simcha, Culture Coordinator W.I.P. Co.Ltd. - executive producer.

Most Important Projects:
„Nicholas Winton – The Power of Good“ 
Awards: (see above)
„The Power of Good“
This film tells a story of a rescue mission that Nicholas Winton remained silent about for a long time, but thanks to the film`s international success its humanistic message spreads around the world. The film was executive produced by Martina Štolbová, music was written by Janusz Stoklasa, Patrik Pašš edited and co-worked with the film`s director. It won 2002 EMMY AWARD for Best Foreign Documentary as the first film of Czech and Slovak cinematographies at Gala Night on November 25, 2002. Also nineteen „Winton`s children“ attended the film`s New York premiere including famous reporter Joe Schlesinger. European premiere took place at Intl. Film Festival Karlovy Vary. 

„All Home Folks“
This film is a Czech-Slovak-Polish-German co-production. Screenplay was written by Jiří Hubač, it was produced by Jiří Bartoška and Rudolf Biermann, cinematographed by Dodo Šimončič, music was written by Janusz Stoklasa.
Film cast: Josef Abrhám, Libuše Šafránková, Jiří Bartoška, Jiří Lábus, Ondřej Vetchý, Tereza Brodská, Květa Fialová, Marián Labuda. Main children role was played by Braňo Holička who played 10-year old David, doctor Jakub Silberstein`s only son who`s role model was director`s mother.
Silberstein family believes in justice and humanity but is afraid of uncertain future. David`s world are mainly his friend Soša and his merry unkles. Father`s brother Samuel is a world-famous violin player, a bon vivant who likes to enjoy life to the full. Besides music he also likes gambling, good alcohol, smell of cigars, and women. Now, tired by his amorous adventures, he decides to settle down, he finds love of his life and wants to marry her, but his bride-to-be is of different religion, so they must struggle against the defiance of both their families.  

„Nicky`s Family“
This document is a loose sequel to successful „The Power of Good“ awarded by 2002 EMMY AWARD. It depicts the phenomenal response of the film about Winton`s rescue mission, reactions of students from all over the world, but also the course of Winton`s life and the search for more „Nicky`s children“ still not found.
Directed by: Matej Mináč / Screenplay: Matej Mináč, Patrik Pašš / Produced by: TRIGON PRODUCTION Co.Ltd. & W.I.P. Co.Ltd., / Acquisition talks with Slovak Television and Czech Television / Length: 78 min. / Production: 2006, 2007 / Post-production: 2007, 2008 / Distribution: 2009