Край света. Запад
Caught in the Net (V síti) / Competition Program
2020
Czech Republic
documentary
63 mins.
colour
Three fearless adult actresses agreed to participate in a socio-psychological experiment – under the guise of 12-year-old girls, they chatted in the Net with unknown men who hardly managed to hide their sexual intentions, secretly and openly masturbated, sent images of their genitals, sometimes showed outright psychological violence and blackmailed the girls. During 10 days of filming, 2,458 people contacted the heroines, who later had 21 personal meetings with adult men. Those promised to treat the girls with chocolate and explained the details of the female anatomy. At the end of the shooting, the footage was handed over to the police, who initiated criminal proceedings.
12+
Directed by: Vít Klusák, Barbora Chalupová
Cinematographу by: Adam Kruliš
Edited by: Vít Klusák
Produced by: Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda
Production: Hypermarket Film, Czech Television, Peter Kerekes, Radio and Television of Slovakia, Helium Film
Directed by: Vít Klusák, Barbora Chalupová
Cinematographу by: Adam Kruliš
Edited by: Vít Klusák
Produced by: Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda
Production: Hypermarket Film, Czech Television, Peter Kerekes, Radio and Television of Slovakia, Helium Film
Barbora Chalupová
Vít Klusák
Vít Klusák
Directors
Barbora Chalupová
Born in 1993 in Prague. Her work began with the student film "Thank You, Melonik" (2014), which was shortlisted for a Magnesia Award for best student film. Her next work, "Arms Ready" (2016), was nominated for the Pavel Koutecký Prize and was in competition at the One World festival and Jihlava IDFF. That was followed by A "Theory of Equality" (2017), which was presented in the Czech Journal series. Her experimental picture "On the Edge" (2018) was shortlisted for best student film at the Magnesia Awards. Last year Chalupová brought out the authorial documentary "Real(e)state" (2019); it premiered at the One World Film Festival.
Vít Klusák
Born in 1980. Graduated from the Department of Documentary Film at FAMU, where he has been lecturing at the film school since 2006. Klusák and Filip Remunda set up Hypermarket Film. Their documentary comedy "Czech Dream" (2004) won prizes at a number of domestic and international festivals and was broadcast by 24 foreign TV stations. The pair's "Czech Peace" (2010) received its world premiere at Michael Moore's festival in Traverse City. Klusák's feature-length absurd documentary "All for the Good of the World and Nosovice" (2011) picked up the Film Critics' and Theoreticians' Prize for best documentary film (Czech Lion). His "The Good Driver Smetana" (2013) was a personal project.
Born in 1993 in Prague. Her work began with the student film "Thank You, Melonik" (2014), which was shortlisted for a Magnesia Award for best student film. Her next work, "Arms Ready" (2016), was nominated for the Pavel Koutecký Prize and was in competition at the One World festival and Jihlava IDFF. That was followed by A "Theory of Equality" (2017), which was presented in the Czech Journal series. Her experimental picture "On the Edge" (2018) was shortlisted for best student film at the Magnesia Awards. Last year Chalupová brought out the authorial documentary "Real(e)state" (2019); it premiered at the One World Film Festival.
Vít Klusák
Born in 1980. Graduated from the Department of Documentary Film at FAMU, where he has been lecturing at the film school since 2006. Klusák and Filip Remunda set up Hypermarket Film. Their documentary comedy "Czech Dream" (2004) won prizes at a number of domestic and international festivals and was broadcast by 24 foreign TV stations. The pair's "Czech Peace" (2010) received its world premiere at Michael Moore's festival in Traverse City. Klusák's feature-length absurd documentary "All for the Good of the World and Nosovice" (2011) picked up the Film Critics' and Theoreticians' Prize for best documentary film (Czech Lion). His "The Good Driver Smetana" (2013) was a personal project.