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Birdhill

director: Eva Križková

original title: Vtáčnik

country: Slovakia, Czech Republic

year: 2024

running time: 70 min.

synopsis

Vtáčnik is a small hill on the outskirts of Bratislava, which a few decades ago was decorated with vineyards and forests. For the director, like the other locals living there, it once represented a picturesque oasis of peace where birds took refuge. Today, however, it is being transformed beyond recognition by the cranes and excavators of property developers. Told from a detailed human and bird's eye perspective, this personal documentary composes an impartial mosaic of diverse, often conflicting accounts and ideas of what life in such a place should be like. Questions about economic concerns and the pursuit of a quality life in harmony with nature collide with the author's memories of her childhood.

“My intention was not to divide people into good and bad, but to point out the system that leads people to elevate their individual interests above the common good and to enrich themselves at the expense of others.” — Eva Križková

Source: Pravda Magazine

biography

Eva Križková studied film studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. She is the co-founder of the film magazine KINEČKO and the distribution company Filmtopia. She is currently the director of the festival One World Slovakia. In 2018, she made the short film Fight as part of the Fest Film Lab workshop in Lisbon.

more about film

director:	Eva Križková
producer:	Jarmila Poláková, Silvia Panáková
script:	Eva Križková
photography:	Martin Jurči
editing:	Hana Dvořáčková
music:	Martin Ožvold
sound:	Tobiáš Potočný
co-producer:	Tomáš Kaminský
Distributor:	Adam Straka

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