he Book of European Short Pitch. - Nisi Masa
he Book of European Short Pitch. - Nisi Masa
he Book of European Short Pitch. - Nisi Masa
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MARTIN REPKA SLOvAKIA<br />
TIGER FIGHT<br />
Tel: +43 699 199 499 80<br />
E-mail: mrepka@web.de<br />
Intention<br />
In t<strong>he</strong> Indian metropolis C<strong>he</strong>nnai I discovered a gem<br />
- t<strong>he</strong> short story Tiger Artist. Its author t<strong>he</strong> Tamil writer<br />
Ashoka Mitran gave me his blessing to adapt it. Now<br />
I am trying to create an audio-visual world that shows<br />
t<strong>he</strong> cycle <strong>of</strong> dependency between art and capital in an<br />
original way.<br />
On t<strong>he</strong> one side stays t<strong>he</strong> poor tiger dancer Kader,<br />
who is a metaphor for an artist struggling for recognition<br />
and a basic living. His antagonist, t<strong>he</strong> lousy<br />
filmmaker Sharma, got stuck in his past glory. T<strong>he</strong>se<br />
two characters clash toget<strong>he</strong>r in a typical up to date<br />
situation: in a humiliating casting with zero chance for<br />
Kader to get a job.<br />
Tiger Fight is a perfect experimental field for a 12–14<br />
min 3D live-action short. Stereoscopic shooting <strong>of</strong>fers<br />
me t<strong>he</strong> opportunity to capture t<strong>he</strong> space with a<br />
presents and dynamic that was not possible in 2D.<br />
T<strong>he</strong> Tiger Artist extends his hand to t<strong>he</strong> audience and<br />
takes him into anot<strong>he</strong>r reality. T<strong>he</strong> path <strong>of</strong> t<strong>he</strong> Tiger is<br />
more than reality and creates new images within t<strong>he</strong><br />
spectator. T<strong>he</strong> images invade you with t<strong>he</strong> permanent<br />
fear <strong>of</strong> t<strong>he</strong> possible death <strong>of</strong> Kader.<br />
Synopsis<br />
It was an ordinary working day up to t<strong>he</strong> moment w<strong>he</strong>n<br />
KADER (29), t<strong>he</strong> Tiger Artist appeared in SHARMA`s<br />
(50) <strong>of</strong>fice to introduce himself. This desperate Artist<br />
put everything on one card to get a small role as an<br />
actor, although t<strong>he</strong>re was no job for him.<br />
Sharma, who didn’t succeed for years to follow up<br />
on his earlier successes as a filmmaker, takes t<strong>he</strong><br />
unexpected role as a Casting Director with gratitude<br />
and enjoys it to degrade this poor fellow. But Kader is<br />
not stupid. He is a fighter. Stubbornly, <strong>he</strong> directs t<strong>he</strong><br />
casting exactly right w<strong>he</strong>re his strength lies: t<strong>he</strong> ‘tiger<br />
dance’.<br />
With a breathtaking dance performance in front <strong>of</strong> t<strong>he</strong><br />
astonis<strong>he</strong>d eyes <strong>of</strong> Sharma Kader wins his respect.<br />
Nevert<strong>he</strong>less t<strong>he</strong>re is no job. Kader collapses. He<br />
leaves t<strong>he</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice humbled. Meanwhile Sharma caught<br />
fire. He sees in Kader his long-awaited chance to get<br />
back into t<strong>he</strong> spotlight. W<strong>he</strong>n <strong>he</strong> finally has t<strong>he</strong> role for<br />
Kader, all attempts to find t<strong>he</strong> Tiger Artist fail.<br />
PRODUCTION FACTS<br />
Estimated Budget: 58.000 €<br />
Financing in place: 14.000 €<br />
Associated Producer:<br />
PubRes s.r.o. (Slovakia)<br />
Open for: crazy film artists & financiers,<br />
postproduction facilities<br />
Shooting location: India<br />
“Director Sharma,<br />
who lost t<strong>he</strong> ability to<br />
feel and doesn’t listen<br />
what life brings him,<br />
misses t<strong>he</strong> chance<br />
for a come back and<br />
destroys t<strong>he</strong> life <strong>of</strong> a<br />
true artist - Kader.”<br />
Director Biography<br />
Graduate <strong>of</strong> t<strong>he</strong> Film & Televison Academy<br />
VSMU in Bratislava. Author and Director<br />
<strong>of</strong> several internationally successful<br />
and award-winning short films such as<br />
Swimming, T<strong>he</strong> last Supper & Thieves.<br />
His full length feature film debut Return <strong>of</strong><br />
t<strong>he</strong> Storks was t<strong>he</strong> Slovak national entry<br />
for t<strong>he</strong> 80th Academy Awards. Besides<br />
his artistic work, <strong>he</strong> also works successfully<br />
as a contract director for TV and<br />
advertising and as producer, production<br />
manager, script editor and lecturer. Currently<br />
<strong>he</strong> writes on two feature film scripts<br />
and develops t<strong>he</strong> short film Tiger Fight.<br />
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