Magical Movements

Jaroslav Kořán / Czech Republic / 2025 / World Premiere / 24 min.

synopsis

For several decades, Jaroslav Kořán has been associated with his own percussive instrument, the dreamers' astronomical clock, and other projects between experimentation and ambient music. The film Magical Movements is 100% cinematic-ambient, but it also represents the purity and courage of a personal perspective. The viewer's feeling of being surrounded is enhanced by multi-channel sound. “Each fragment is a micro-story that composes our life perceptions and together forms the essence of the observer's memory. The film acts as a painting with living photography and evokes wonder at the everyday magical side of reality,” says the author.

Magical Movements are presented together with Jan Šípek's film Solstice in the block Czech Ambient Film. Both films, which we are premiering, are the surprising results of acoustic experimentation on the Czech music scene. At the same time, they significantly transfer the specific features of ambient music to the film medium: hypnotism, a different speed of time, contemplation of the details of the world and its perceived unity.

biography

Since the 1980s, Jaroslav Kořán (born 1962) has been involved in countless projects and collaborations as a musician, composer, and percussionist. He accompanies his original musical instrument, the “dreamers’ astronomical clock,” with striking conceptual commentary. His album Zahrada (Garden) was released on the British label Infinite Expanse. He is also a photographer and visual artist. Magical Movements is his film debut – a dream come true for the author, who enhanced it with a wide-angle image format and surround sound.