Apricot Island

Apricot Island
Apricot Island
Slovak	Marhuľový ostrov
Directed by	Peter Bebjak
Written by	Peter Lipovský
Produced by	Peter Bebjak ; Rastislav Šesták
Starring	Szidi Tobias ; Attila Mokos; Peter Nádasdy ; György Cserhalmi
Cinematography	Martin Žiaran
Edited by	Ondrej Azor
Music by	Juraj Dobrakov ; Tamás Szarka
Production; company	DNA Production
Distributed by	Film Europe
Release date	April 14, 2011 (Slovakia);
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Slovakia
Languages	Slovak, Hungarian
Budget	€1,200,000 (estimated)

Apricot Island (Slovak: Marhuľový ostrov) is a 2011 Slovak drama-romance, starring Szidi Tobias.

The movie distributed by Film Europe, was directed by Peter Bebjak, while produced in common with Rastislav Šesták for their DNA Production company.

At the 19th Třinecké filmové babí léto, the work won Audience Award as the Best Debut Feature Film in September 2011.^[1]^[2] The same year, the film was shortlisted for the Slovak submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but the nomination went to Gypsy.^[3]

Apart from the leading role, Tobias recorded the main theme of the movie entitled "Brehy". The song composed Slavo Solovic for lyrics by Peter Lipovský.^[4]

Cast[]

Szidi Tobias as Bábika
Attila Mokos as Lajcsi
Peter Nádasdy as Jancsi
György Cserhalmi as

Additional credits[]

Rastislav Gore - gaffer
Tomáš Zednikovič - cinematographer (second unit)
Oto Häusler - architect
Juraj Petráň - make-up artist
Ján Kocman - costume designer
Peter Gajdoš - director of audiography

Awards[]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result
2011	Marhuľový ostrov	Třinecké filmové babí léto	Audience Award - Best Debut	Won^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Vítězové 1995-2009 → Cena publika". Třinecké filmové babí léto (in Czech). TFL. tfl.cz. Retrieved 2012-01-14.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "Stalo sa za 30 dní". Slovenský filmový ústav (in Slovak). SFÚ. November 2011. filmsk.sk. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
^ "Na Oscaroch bude Slovensko zastupovať CigánZobraz článok" (in Slovak). kino.server.sk. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
^ Benedikovič, Tomáš (2011-04-04). "Pieseň k filmu Marhuľový ostrov naspievala Szidi Tobias". Tlačová agentúra Slovenskej republiky (in Slovak). SITA. fuu.sk. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2012-01-14.

External links[]

Marhuľový ostrov (official website)
Apricot Island at IMDb

[tfl-1] "Vítězové 1995-2009 → Cena publika". Třinecké filmové babí léto (in Czech). TFL. tfl.cz. Retrieved 2012-01-14.^{[permanent dead link]}

[filmsk-2] "Stalo sa za 30 dní". Slovenský filmový ústav (in Slovak). SFÚ. November 2011. filmsk.sk. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2012-01-14.

[3] "Na Oscaroch bude Slovensko zastupovať CigánZobraz článok" (in Slovak). kino.server.sk. Retrieved 2011-01-14.

[4] Benedikovič, Tomáš (2011-04-04). "Pieseň k filmu Marhuľový ostrov naspievala Szidi Tobias". Tlačová agentúra Slovenskej republiky (in Slovak). SITA. fuu.sk. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2012-01-14.

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