česká vlajka

Petr Sís

Dreams
About
Stray
Cats

passionate duel about fantasy

Synopsis

Documentary film Dreams About Stray Cats maps life story of world- famous artist Peter Sis. Peter is a crucial figure of the contemporary art and cultural scene. He is an author of children's books, illustrator, graphic artist and winning author of animated films. He has been awarded tens of the most prestigious awards. Director David Sis sensitively and extensively maps his older brother's inner world and uses his close relationship with him. He uses high-quality documentary material filmed in New York, Lisbon, Paris, Aubusson, and also in Prague and Brno which combines with the extensive family archives and unique animations to describe the inner world and principles of creation of world famous artist. Peter's restored animated films are another element of the film (he was awarded the Golden Bear for his film titled “Heads". Testimonies by people who supported Peter Sis on his journey through life (M. Forman, M.Allbright, M. Hausman, Steven Heller and many others). Peter Sis and his fantastic books are a true phenomenon in the world of children's stories.

Feature-length documentary

Producers FRMOL s.r.o.
Česká televize
The film was supported by The Czech Film Fund
Original title Sny o toulavých kočkách
English title Dreams About Stray Cats
Production stage In production
Running time 83 min.
Country of production Czech Republic
Original languages Czech / English
Trailer https://vimeo.com/300323855/8639e64bfb
Author's presentation https://vimeo.com/300317486/0f67f017bc
Planned premiere January 2020

Producers

FRMOL - coproducent Česká televize - koproducent

With financial support of

STÁTNÍ FOND KINEMATOGRAFIE

Partners

VL Media AD13 Group

Treatment

Production company - Frmol s. r. o.

Frmol production was established in 2005 and very shortly achieved widespread respect on the Czech film and TV market. Frmol realizes TV and film projects of different kinds from the initial idea to their completion. Frmol has been member of APA (Audiovisual Producers' Association) and partner of Czech Unicef. Company participates on many diverse project, and it’s activity is very widespread. Since 2005 Frmol has produced tens of successful projects such documentaries, documentary series and films, educational projects, charity projects, reality show, talk show etc.