Dear People, Dear Citizens

synopsis

For five years, Andrea Culková tracked a unique political experiment: around 800 Europeans of different generations – students, workers and senior citizens – selected at random were given the chance to decide on the future of the continent within the European Parliament. The confrontation between determined citizens and cautious political elites lays bare the mechanisms of a system that may itself be the cause of many of today’s crises. The author interweaves her analytical observations with performative rituals, black humour and broader reflections on whether we will be able to bring about the necessary changes before the state of democracy and the environment reaches the point of no return.

“Let‘s make a Copernican shift from United Nations to united people.”

biography

Andrea Culková (1977) is a Czech documentary filmmaker and visual artist whose work repeatedly combines observation with performance. Her personal essays, such as Sugar Blues (2014) and Grief (2020), explore systemic flaws, climate anxiety and the boundaries of personal and political freedom.

film details

director:	Andrea Culková
producer:	Miroslav Novák, Andrea Culková
script:	Andrea Culková
photography:	Andrea Culková, Diviš Novák, Amálie Nováková, Velen Novák
editing:	Andrea Culková, Amálie Nováková, Alan Sýs
music:	Jakub Kudláč
Distributor:	Walter Nagy

contact

Miroslav Novák / Duracfilm
miroslav.novak.cz@gmail.com