29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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*Make a Wish as the City Falls
*Make a Wish as the City Falls
*Make a Wish as the City Falls

*Make a Wish as the City Falls

Eliška Dobnerová / Czech Republic / 2025 / World Premiere / 8 min.


synopsis

The layering of memories of four witnesses takes shape as a self-ironic fossil of a town disappearing under the weight of coal mining. When home falls, what is it that we wish to preserve?

biography

Eliška Dobnerová is a director and photographer, studying Documentary Film at FAMU and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. She is involved in the production of the Litoměřice Film Festival and was among the founders of the site-specific immersive project Kino Utajeno.

film details

director: Eliška Dobnerová
producer: Tomáš Berka
photography: Ondřej Heinz
editing: Jakub Semrád
sound: Albert Štifter
production manager: Tomáš Berka

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:Eliška Dobnerová
original title:*Padá město, něco si přej
country:Czech Republic
year:2025
running time:8 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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