The Czech-French-Slovak film directed by Michaela Pavlátová My Sunny Maad will be presented in the Czech premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2021. It will be presented in the Great Hall in the Special Presentation section.

My Sunny Maad is the story of Helena alias Herra, a young Czech woman, falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan, and decides to move along with him to post-Taliban Afghanistan. Yet she he has no idea what kind of life awaits her in post-Taliban Afghanistan, nor of the family she is about to integrate into. A liberal grandfather, an adopted child who is highly intelligent and Freshta, who would do anything to escape her husband’s violent grip.

The film will be presented to Slovak audience in its premiere in September 2021, and will then be distributed to the cinemas by the distribution company ASFK.

The film My Sunny Maad is co-production by the Czech Republic, France and Slovakia. The production of the film was financially supported by the Audiovisual Fund, the Czech Film Fund and the grant program of the Council of Europe Eurimages.

The film trailer can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbbTDWDR4j8