The Story Of Michaela Pavlatava Becomes Director Of My Sunny Maad, His First Feature Film

JAKARTA - My Sunny Maad is one of the films that received a Golden Globes nomination for the Best Motion Picture - Animated Category category. This film is the result of production of three countries at once.

Director Michaela Pavlátová revealed many special things that he experienced during the production of this film. Moreover, My Sunny Maad is his first feature-length film.

The film is adapted from a novel titled Frista written by Petra Procházková. Then the script was written by Ivan Arsenyev and Yaël Giovanna Lévy.

"I've made a lot of short animated films and then I found novels related to my feelings," Michaela said in the My Sunny Maad premiere session at Klikfilm today, Saturday, August 27.

On the other hand, Michaela experienced several challenges when making this film. The reason is that he has been used to writing short stories for animated films.

Initially I wanted to write my own script but it was difficult. My mind seemed to have been made up for a short film. When I read the novel I felt close to the character," explained Michaela.

"I decide when adapting books to films, forget the original book because sometimes there are things that need to be mobilized in film format," he said.

Proses produksinya dibuat selama enam tahun dan secara daring. Ia melakukan casting dengan online bersamaan para aktor dari Afghanistan.

"All the material is on the internet so I have a lot of material and I consulted Petra and it finally happened," he said.

In addition, Michaela was touched when he heard the actors asking for permission to arrive late because they knew there was a bomb attached to the car and others.

The reason was like me when I asked for permission was late because of traffic jams and so on. But I realized that Afghanistan was much heavier than I imagined," Michaela said.

The film My Sunny Maad tells the story of Hera, a Czech woman who falls in love with Nazir, a man from Afghanistan. He has no idea what happened in Afghanistan after the Taliban and the family he joins later.

The film My Sunny Maad can be watched exclusively by subscription.