29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Hard Water
Hard Water
Hard Water
Hard Water

Hard Water

Lucie Zpěváková / Czech Republic, Ukraine / 2025 / World Premiere / 7 min.


synopsis

Rhythm, routine, and merging with the water… Swimmer David prepares every day for the upcoming competitions. This reportage immerses itself in his world – a space of focus where breath, touch, and rhythm take precedence, and where sight gives way to other senses.

biography

Lucie Zpěváková was born in 2001 in Uherské Hradiště. Through the Summer Film School, where she now also works, she discovered her love for cinema and filmmaking. After finishing high school, she lived in Berlin, Argentina, and England, where she studied Spanish and German. After completing her studies in linguistics, she became a student at the Department of Documentary Film at FAMU.

film details

director: Lucie Zpěváková
producer: Dominika Zikulova
photography: Nicola Šnajdrová
editing: Anastasia Pashchenko
sound: Matyáš Brož

Screening time

Sunday 02. 11. 2025, 10:00

DIOD

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2025
section:Students Present
language:Czech
subtitles:English
colour:Black and white

Info

director:Lucie Zpěváková
original title:Tvrdost vody
country:Czech Republic, Ukraine
year:2025
running time:7 min.

Festival partners

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

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