Vino Vérité: BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD

Name: Vino Vérité: BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD
Start: 2025-12-14T19:00:00-06:00
Location: FilmScene (at The Chauncey)

Schedule

Sun, 14 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

FilmScene (at The Chauncey) | Iowa City, IA

Presented by Bread Garden Market, Little Village, and FilmScene
DIALOGUE: Filmmaker Miro Remo in person
Sunday, December 14, 7pm
Vino Vérité welcomes Slovak filmmaker Miro Remo for a magical hybrid documentary fairy tale about a Czech poet and his twin brother, adapted from the book "Better to Go Mad in the Wilderness" by Aleš Palán.
The Vino Vérité series features talented new voices and established filmmakers influenced by the vérité tradition in person to present their thought-provoking, chance-taking, and visually-arresting films. Each selection is paired with hand-selected wines from Bread Garden Market.
Tickets: $25 public / $20 members / $12 students.
Includes wine tasting, film, hors d'oeuvres and filmmaker reception.
6:30 Hors d'oeuvres & wine tasting
7:00 Screening
8:30 Q&A + Reception with filmmaker, wine and dessert
"A pungent and poignant folktale, conjuring little moments of magic by slowing down for long enough to notice all the details of two born outsiders who turned nature into their own private sanctuary." — RogerEbert.com

"Built around the irresistible presence of bickering sixtysomething siblings Ondrej and František Klišík, Miro Remo's funny, earthily poetic hybrid documentary is a Karlovy Vary discovery." — Variety

"A remarkable documentary that proves to be the best recent film about twins...and, most potently, a mirthful musing about what it is that gives life value." — The Wrap

ABOUT BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD
Impossible to categorize, much to filmmaker Miro Remo's delight, Better Go Mad in the Wild is filled with poetry, magical realism, and the rambunctious and eccentric twins František Klišík, the Czech poet and his brother Ondrej. Oh yes, and a talking cow.

Filmed with verite intimacy over a period of five years, the film is an endearing portrait of these brothers in the Bohemian Forest who have chosen seclusion over society. To heighten the twins' connection to their animals and the forested hills they call home, Remo imbues the film with the fantastic, blurring the lines between their primitive lives and their sublime philosophical musings about life, death and everything else.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Miro Remo, an acclaimed filmmaker from Ladce and Bratislava Film Academy graduate, has won over 60 international awards. His latest, “Lebo medved,” explores man and nature in Slovakia. His fourth KVIFF film, “Radeji zešielet v divocine,” about two inseparable brothers, continues Remo’s impactful, emotional storytelling. His short film Arsy -Versy won festivals in Ji-hlava, Taipei, Popoli, Sheffield and Krakow.
Karlovy Vary Film Festival (2025) - World Premiere

Karlovy Vary Film Festival (2025) - Winner Crystal Globe Grand Prize

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (2025) - Official Selection