The opening ceremony of the Karlovy Vary IFF will include the gala world premiere of Anthropoid attended by a large filmmakers delegation. The film will be presented by actors Jamie Dornan and Toby Jones, Aňa Geislerová, Alena Mihulová, Václav Neužil and Marcin Dorocinski and screenwriter and director Sean Ellis.
British director and screenwriter Sean Ellis made his name with Cashback (2004), a comedic short set during the night shift at a supermarket. Two years later the Oscar-nominated short became the basis for a feature-length film of the same name. Ellis’ next films were the horror drama The Broken (2008) and the sophisticated social drama Metro Manila (2013).
Northern Irish actor Jamie Dornan most recently starred as the lead, Christian Grey, in the much anticipated feature film Fifty Shades of Grey. In television, Dornan received critical acclaim for his portrayal of a chilling serial killer in Netflix/BBC's The Fall, the third series of which will air in 2016. In the film Anthropoid, which deals with the dramatic events around the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Dornan played the role of one of the paratroopers, Jan Kubiš.
Toby Jones playes in Anthropoid the role of Jan Zelenka-Hajský, the leader of a radical resistance group who worked with the parachutists and helped them find hiding places. Toby Jones began his film career in 1992 with a part in Sally Potter’s Orlando. Since then, he has become one of the most distinguished actors of his generation. He was nominated for a Golden Globe, an Emmy and a BAFTA when he starred as Alfred Hitchcock in The Girl for HBO and the BBC in 2013. Toby’s further film credits include Frost/Nixon, The Hunger Games, Captain America: The First Avenger or Berberian Sound Studio.
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