Ungrateful Beings
Nevděčné bytosti
Nehvaležna bitja
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The new feature by Slovenian-born, Czechia-based director Olmo Omerzu is an intimate exploration of parental dilemmas and adolescent alienation. A father's holiday turns dark when his daughter's summer romance becomes entangled with a local murder.

David takes his two children on holiday to the Adriatic Sea, hoping to hold their fractured bilingual family together. His 17-year-old daughter, Klára, struggling with an eating disorder, falls in love with a local boy, Denis. When he is accused of murder, David rushes the children back home to Czechia. Klára's condition spirals, landing her in hospital. The only thing uniting her estranged parents is their need to save her. And desperate times call for desperate measures.

"Ungrateful Beings is a story of a family in crisis, torn apart by guilt and self-denial. At its core, the film asks: how far are parents willing to go to save their daughter from an eating disorder, even if it means crossing the boundaries between truth and lies, care and manipulation? Through this intimate drama, the film explores how adults unconsciously project their own dysfunctions and unresolved wounds onto their children, unable to face their own failures." (Olmo Omerzu)


Talk after Screening
14 Nov at 20:45, Kinodvor, guest: Nebojša Pop Tasić (screenwriter), moderator: Varja Močnik
20 Nov at 20:50, AGRFT Hall, guest: Nebojša Pop Tasić (screenwriter), moderator: Vanja Gajić
Section: AVANTPREMIERES
Directed by: Olmo Omerzu
Country, year: Czech Rep., Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Croatia, 2025
Length: 110 minutes
Subtitles: Slovenian
Language: Czech, English

Screening in cinema:

Fri, 14.11.2025 20:45 Kinodvor Cinema
Sat, 15.11.2025 17:00 Kosovel Hall
Sat, 15.11.2025 20:00 APT Novo mesto
Tue, 18.11.2025 16:00 AGRFT Hall
Wed, 19.11.2025 17:45 Maribox
Thu, 20.11.2025 20:50 AGRFT Hall

VOD service:

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Please note that this film is not available as VOD service.
Screenplay:
Olmo Omerzu, Nebojša Pop Tasić, Kasha Jandáčková
Cinematography:
Kryštof Melka
Cast:
Barry Ward (David), Dexter Franc (Klára), Timon Šturbej (Denis), Barbora Bobulova (Lara), Antonín Chmela (Teo)
Producent:
Endorfilm & Cvinger film
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Distribution:
Demiurg
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Sales:
Cercamon
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About director
Born in 1984 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He graduated from Prague Film School FAMU and debuted with the drama A Night Too Young, which premiered in the 2012 Berlinale's Forum section, subsequently winning the Czech Film Critics' Award for Discovery of the Year. The Slovenian-born, Czechia-based director won the Best Director Award at the 2018 Karlovy Vary Film Festival for his third feature film, Winter Flies.
Filmography
2012 Příliš mladá noc (A Night Too Young/Mlada noč)
2015 Rodinný film (Family Film/Družinski film)
2018 Všechno bude (Winter Flies/Zimske muhe)
2021 Atlas ptáků (Bird Atlas/Atlas ptic)
2025 Ungrateful Beings (Nehvaležna bitja)