29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Dancing in the Light

Julie Petríková / Czech Republic / 2023 / World Premiere / 28 min.


synopsis

Nelson Sullivan was a prominent figure in New York's queer community in the 1980s. With a video camera that he rarely let go of, he was also a chronicler of the club scene of the time. The archival documentary draws on the rich video archive Sullivan left behind. It looks at a marginalised subculture and the life of the man sometimes described as the first vlogger.

“Should I talk to the camera like it's a person?”

biography

Julie Petríková is a student of editing at FAMU. As part of her studies, she made the short experimental film Public HARASSport (2022).

more about film

director: Julie Petríková
producer: Alexandra Hroncová

contact

Julie Petríková / juliska.petrikova@seznam.cz

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2023
section:Ji.hlava Online, First Lights
language:English
subtitles:Czech
colour:Colour

Info

director:Julie Petríková
original title:Dancing in the Light
country:Czech Republic
year:2023
running time:28 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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