28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

25. 10.–3. 11. 2024
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59th second

Kateryna Ruzhyna / Czech Republic / 2024 / World Premiere / 5 min.


synopsis

This experimental film takes a closer look through the entomologist's lens at the cyclical behavioural patterns linking humans to the insect world. Just as the fig wasp inevitably finds death in the pollination of the fig tree flower, we too are thrown into the dance of passion and death. Drawn by the seductive scent of allurement and the inevitability of the final end.

“I believe that documentaries, and especially art in general, can process reality in an alchemical way so that it has the right representation.”

Source quote: Dok.revue

biography

Kateryna Ruzhyna (1995) is a Ukrainian filmmaker living in the Czech Republic. She studied Art History at Charles University and Art Theory at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. She is currently studying documentary directing at FAMU. Her debut Avitaminosis (2023) won several awards at film festivals.

more about film

director: Kateryna Ruzhyna
producer: Lenka Medová

contact

Marek Koutesh / FAMU
marek.koutesh@famu.cz

Screening time

Saturday 26. 10. 2024, 12:00

Kino Dukla – Reform

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2024
section:Students Present
language:No Dialogue
subtitles:English, Czech
colour:Colour

Info

director:Kateryna Ruzhyna
original title:59th second
country:Czech Republic
year:2024
running time:5 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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