SPEAKING DEAD – CELL BLOCK B

Director Lee Junghyo
Cast Han Suk-kyu, Jung Yumi
Distribution SLL

Speaking Dead is an intense thriller built across multiple timelines, starring Han Suk-kyu, one of South Korea’s most acclaimed actors and the winner of last year’s Maximo Award at Italian Global Series in the Drama section for Doubt.

A forensic scientist resorts to extreme measures to force the reinvestigation of a prosecutor’s suspicious death. As a profiler retraces the case, hidden motives and buried evidence emerge, revealing a tense investigation that uncovers a deeper network of power and corruption.

Director Jan Prušinovský
Written by Petr Kolečko, Jan Prušinovský 
Cast Tadeáš Moravec, Zdeněk Godla, Julius Oračko, Martin Gorol, Marsell Bendig, Nick Ferenc, František Balog, Matěj Hádek, Zuzana Stivínová, Táňa Malíková, Jan Jankovský, Kristýna Jedličková, Adam Ernest, Viktor Tauš, Václav Marhoul, Martin Wox Musil
Distribution Nova TV

Prison comedy and the first Czech series competing at the festival, Cell Block B portrays prison life without sugarcoating and with just the right rough edge. Sometimes the irony turns bitter and, with a typically Eastern European sensibility, highlights the paradoxes of institutions, as well as the madness and meanness born from the pursuit and preservation of power.

In ten episodes of this comedy series, viewers will learn how to make a vibrator out of a toothbrush and a crossbow out of a coat hanger alongside young first-time convict David Broulík. They will also learn how to survive an intestinal epidemic, celebrate Easter, and make effective use of a visit without visual and auditory checks.