29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Dare Nativitatis
Dare Nativitatis

Dare Nativitatis

Eliška Cílková / Czech Republic / 2017 / World Premiere / 14 min.


synopsis

This intimate essay presents the inner experiences of pregnant woman before and during childbirth. As she tries to come to terms with physical pain and as she mentally processes the situation, more complex questions arise as well. A documentary record mixed with questions and visions that reflect the mind and brain of a birthing woman.

biography

Composer Eliška Cílková (1987) also creates musical documentaries and short experimental films such as Jánošík (2017), Four Generations (2016) and From Detail To the Whole (2016).

more about film

director: Eliška Cílková
producer: Noemi Krausová, Ondřej Šejnoha
script: Eliška Cílková
photography: Yvona Teysslerová
editing: Tereza Kozáková
sound: Ondřej Swaczyna

contact

FAMU STUDIO / Ondřej Šejnoha / Klimentská 4 / 11000 / Prague / Czech Republic / +420 234 244 402 / ondrej.sejnoha@studiofamu.cz / www.famu.cz

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2017
section:Fascinations: Exprmntl.cz
format:Video File
language:Czech
subtitles:English
colour:Colour

Info

director:Eliška Cílková
original title:Dare nativitatis
country:Czech Republic
year:2017
running time:14 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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