29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Simona Donovalova / Slovakia / 2017 / World Premiere / 8 min.


synopsis

A portrait of sunlight, created on 35mm film negative using a camera obscura built by the filmmaker. The camera records a plant from morning to evening at several-minute intervals. The sequence of images compiled from these photographs create a cinematic sundial.

biography

Simona Donovalová (1993), who is currently studying editing at FAMU, has worked on several student films. This year’s Ji.hlava IDFF is also showing her short film Trace I Leave (Behind).

more about film

director: Simona Donovalova
producer: Simona Donovalova
editing: Simona Donovalova

contact

SIMONA DONOVALOVÁ / Prague / Czech Republic / +420 725 970 399 / sdonovalova@gmail.com

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2017
section:Fascinations: Exprmntl.cz
format:35 mm
colour:Black and white

Info

director:Simona Donovalova
original title:Dnes
country:Slovakia
year:2017
running time:8 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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