synopsis
Svídna is a former medieval village located just west of Slaný, Czech Republic and was first discovered in 1966. Periwinkle-covered walls in the middle of a forest and a chapel juxtaposed in a snowy wasteland portray the protagonist of a poetic experiment that delves into the history of a forgotten place in four chapters. The rustling of celluloid strips and the forces of the elements awaken magic rituals dating as far back as the beginning of mankind and leading up to the advent of motion pictures.
biography
Martin Klusák (1987) is an audiovisual artist and composer. He is currently working on his doctorate at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (AMU). His main focus is on the interaction of music with film, multimedia creation, and site-specific art. Films for which he composed the score frequently circulate major international festivals. One such film is
Happy End (2016), directed by Jana Saska and shown at Cannes under the independent section Quinzaine des Réalisateurs.
more about film
| director: | Martin Klusák |
| producer: | Jakub Wagner, Martin Kohout |
| executive producer: | Květa Chaloupková |
Film at festival
| premiere type: | European Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2021 |
| section: | Fascinations: Exprmntl.cz |
| language: | No Dialogue |
| subtitles: | No Subtitle |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Martin Klusák |
| original title: | Svídna |
| country: | Czech Republic |
| year: | 2021 |
| running time: | 20 min. |
