| Victim | |
| Director: | Michal Blaško |
| Producer: | Pavla Kubeckova Jakub Viktorin Saar Yogev |
| Starring: | Vita Smachelyuk Gleb Kuchuk Igor Chmela |
| Cinematography: | Adam Mach |
| Editing: | Petr Hasalík |
| Distributor: | Bontonfilm |
| Runtime: | 91 minutes |
| Country: | Slovakia Czech Republic Germany |
| Language: | Czech Ukrainian Russian |
| Gross: | 4 689[1] |
Victim (Czech: Oběť) is a 2022 Slovak-Czech-German thriller drama film directed by Michal Blaško and written by Jakub Medvecký. The film premiered at the Horizons section of the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival. It was selected as the Slovak entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards. It won two Sun in a Net Awards including Best Film and Best Director. It is a co-production between Slovakia, Czech Republic and Germany.
Ukrainian Irina lives with her son Igor in a small Czech border town. One night she discovers that Igor has been assaulted by three Romas. Her whole world comes crashing down when she learns that his gymnastic career is over because of the injury. Irina tries to find justice in the society and raises media attention to find the attackers. The whole city stands up in solidarity with her family and condemns their Roma neighbors, who allegedly committed the crime.
Igor wakes up from the surgery and is shocked and surprised by the public attention his mother gets. The investigations continues and Igor starts to talk about what really happened during the attack, but Irina begins to spot inconsistencies in his story.
The film had its world premiere at the Horizons section of the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival.[2] [3] It was later screened at various festivals, including the 47th Toronto Film Festival, the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival and the 27th Busan International Film Festival.
The film was nominated to four Czech Lion Awards, for best film, best director, best screenplay and best actress.[4] It was selected as the Slovak entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.[5] Victim won two Czech Film Critics' Awards including Best Actress and Best Debut.