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GIRLS IN FILM 2024

11. and 17.9. 2024

Wednesday 11. 9. 2024 | 20 : 30 | BIO OKO, Františka Křížka 460/15, Prague (map)
Tuesday 17. 9. 2024 | 20 : 00 | ANDĚL CAFÉ, Bezručova 151/5, Plzeň (map)

Girls in Film are back with their yearly presentation of the most interesting recent short films from local filmmakers. A mixture of genres, approaches and formal aspects showcased during one night, which combines the screening with a great opportunity to meet fellow girls in film!

SEPARATION SEASON (Taiwan, Czech Republic)

Director: I-Ju Lin | Producer: Content Digital Film Co. Ltd., FAMU |
Star: Yu-Xuan Wang, Chi-Ling Huang, Honduras, Winnie Chang, Tsai-Yi Huang, Yan-Bo Huang, Yu Lee |
Year: 2024 | Length: 28 min | Live Action |

In June, a graduation month, a college graduate Ting experiences a sudden separation from her close cousin Jane. During a series of rituals, Ting tries to defend Jane’s choice against their family and seeks an answer to Jane’s suicide and their life.

THIS PECULIAR DAY (SLOVAKIA)

Director: Emília Ondriašová | Producer: VŠMU |
Star: Ľuboš Kostelný, Táňa Pauhofová, Eva Pavlíková, Sára Polyáková |
Year: 2023 | Length: 18 min | Live Action |

Martin is an art curator who has it all – a niche gallery, a flat in a hip neighborhood, and a beautiful, successful wife. However, the monotony of everyday life bores him. So, he fills the hole dug by the lack of understanding and passion in his marriage with yogurts and erotic fantasies. And once he is faced with a midlife crisis, he approaches it as a man – he runs away.

BODY (Czech Republic, Ukraine)

Director: Kyra Trypulská | Producer: Nastya Pashchenko |
Star: Berenika Vesela, Jakub Kostka |
Year: 2024 | Length: 14 min | Live Action |

A coming-of-age comedy-drama about desire for perfection and acceptance of its unattainability. It tells a story of a 16-year old Ema, who goes on a ballet audition and plans a pitch-perfect first time sex, but needs to overcome her insecurities first.

AMYGDALA (CZECH REPUBLIC)

Director: Viktorie Novotná | Producer: FAMU |
Star: Kateřina Měchurová, Josefína Prachařová, Aleš Bílík |
Year: 2023 | Length: 11 min | Live Action |

Nora, a teenage girl, is living in the shadow of her best friend, Mája, and would like to change that. However, her attempt at gaining an older man’s interest goes wrong. Crossing the line of an infantile game changes the girls’ friendship forever.

A GOOD MIND GROWS IN THORNY PLACES (SLOVAKIA)

Director: Katarína Gramatová | Producer: VŠMU |
Star: Michal Zachenský, Dominik Vetrák, Julo Olha |
Year: 2023 | Length: 20 min | Documentary film |

12-year-old Adam, a determined self-proclaimed local lumberjack in the so called Slovakian “hungry valley”, strives to break stereotypes and reveal his true identity in a community marked by differences and expectations.

Total length of the screening XX min. In original language with Czech and English subtitles.

 

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