Restore Point + Q&A with director Robert Hloz, actress Andrea Mohylová and producer Jan Kallista

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Have you backed up your biometric data today? This is a daily reminder that every citizen in 2041 receives to make sure that they can be revived and rebooted in the event of unnatural death.  Absolute murder becomes almost impossible, so when such a case presents itself, ambitious young detective Em Trochinowska jumps at the opportunity and teams up with David, witness to the crime and head researcher of the new technology. But nothing is as it seems and they are soon on the run pursued by a slippery Europol agent (Vaclav Neuzil) and a rebel group opposed to the unnatural resurrections. With its stunning retrofuturistic design this is an extremely stylish sci-fi crime thriller reminiscent of Blade Runner and Minority Report exploring mankind’s fascination with  mortality.

Czech Republic / Slovak Republic / Poland / Serbia 2023, 111 min
Cast: Andrea Mohylová, Matěj Hádek, Václav Neužil, Karel Dobrý

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Robert Hloz’s “Czech Blade Runner” marries retrofuturist cyberpunk aesthetics with an exploration of the nature of humankind that will captivate both mainstream and arthouse audiences Cineuropa

This is a phenomenal and inventive piece of world-building from Prague-based director Robert Hloz. Screen International

Elegant and reflective vision of an all-too-credible near future. Screen international

Followed by Q&A with director Robert Hloz, actress Andrea Mohylová and producer Jan Kallista

Robert Hloz studied film directing at the film schools in South Korea and in Zlín. His early short film The Mill won Kodak Student Gold Award 2011 as the best short film of a year. Numbers, a short film shot in Czech-Korean coproduction was premiered in Cannes, and was subsequently nominated for a Czech Academy Award. It received a prize for the Best Short Film of the Visegrad Group Film Festival, and a special jury prize at the Dresden film festival. In 2014 Robert Hloz was selected for the Berlinale Talents development programme. His short film Liars received a prize for the best Czech student film at iShorts 2015. His feature debut Restore Point got The Best Project Award at the 2016 Midpoint Feature Launch development programme and The Best Pitch Award at the Tallin Black Nights Film Festival.  

Andrea Mohylová is a Czech actress whoperforms both on stage and screen. She attended the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava first studying dance and later, drama. Immediately after graduation she joined the Moravian-Silesian National Theatre. She is currently based in Pilsen where she performs at the Josef Kajetán Tyl Theatre. Restore Point, released in 2023, is her film debut. 

Jan Kallista studied film production at FAMU where he also finished his master’s degree. While studying, he had already worked for film companies such as Stillking, Filmservice, and Dawson. He heads his production company Ad Wood and is also the co-founder of the Film Kolektiv production company. Jan focuses mainly on production of commercial spots and international projects. He has produced two feature films Vyšehrad: Fylm and Restore Point. He’s a member of the Czech Association of Producers in the Audiovision, is a representative of the Czech Republic for the Europan Association of Commercial Producers and a member of the Young Director Award Jury which is a part of the annual Cannes Lions awards.  

Part of the 27th Made In Prague Festival (3rd November - 10th December 2023) organised by the Czech Centre London.