Single parenthood and independent filmmaking have a lot in common: trials and tribulations, growing pains, and the joys of seeing your creation develop a life of its own, to name a few. It takes sincerity of the highest order to film yourself and your family daily, in an attempt to figure out how messy and […]
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Cineuropa: Our People is based on a real event which shook Slovakian society in 2018. When and how did you get the idea to make a series about this?Miro Šifra: The initial idea came from a Czech producer. We were still in the thick of the situation and we didn’t really grasp how important it might be
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Cineuropa: How would you describe the concept of Garden Alchemy, and what are the main themes tackled in the project?Michelle Kranot: The project’s main theme is exploring human encounters as an ecological act. Garden Alchemy is a large-scale, interactive, audiovisual, tactile multi-user XR playground, where we can train, grow and hope for new capacities and ways of being. How
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Why do you produce documentaries? Do you see documentary cinema as an instrument of social and political change?Rita Balogh: Documentaries have been my passion since I can remember, for me, this is the most authentic language for expression. I don’t really have a logical explanation, except maybe that if in the near future, AI makes animation
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The episodic production landscape in the Czech Republic is currently witnessing a renaissance, propelled by some intense competition among local streaming platforms. A hallmark of this flourishing era is the notable involvement of the younger generations, who are behind a number of buzzy domestic titles. Among the standouts is the web series Five Years, created by
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The episodic production landscape in the Czech Republic is currently witnessing a renaissance, propelled by some intense competition among local streaming platforms. A hallmark of this flourishing era is the notable involvement of the younger generations, who are behind a number of buzzy domestic titles. Among the standouts is the web series Five Years, created by
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The episodic production landscape in the Czech Republic is currently witnessing a renaissance, propelled by some intense competition among local streaming platforms. A hallmark of this flourishing era is the notable involvement of the younger generations, who are behind a number of buzzy domestic titles. Among the standouts is the web series Five Years, created by
