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Island of Freedom

Pragueshorts at KVIFF 2023 / Ostrov svobody / Czech Republic 2022

Island of Freedom Island of Freedom

Synopsis

A short film about love and freedom. It’s 1981 in communist Czechoslovakia and a young man named Jindřich is surprised to encounter his childhood sweetheart Eva on board a charter flight to Cuba. They immediately strike up a conversation, and with every answer, with every glimpse and inadvertent touch, the old bond is rekindled. Little do they know that they will soon be facing what might be the most difficult decision of their lives.

About the film

26 min / Color, DCP

Director Petr Januschka / Screenplay Petr Januschka / Dir. of Photography Filip Blažek / Music dné / Sound Ielyzaveta Nazarenko / Editor Josef Erla / Producer František eF. Horvát / Production FMK UTB ve Zlíně / Coproduction Česká televize, Nadační fond FILMTALENT Zlín, IS Produkce, Analog Vision, zeroin / Cast Jiří Mádl, Judit Pecháček (Bárdos) / Contact Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně

About the director

Petr Januschka

Petr Januschka (1994, Ostrava, Czech Republic). Filmography: Eli, Eli (2016, short), Shapes of Things Passed (2016, short doc.), How I Found America (2018, short doc.), Island of Freedom (2022, short).

Contacts

Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně
Univerzitní 2431, 760 01, Zlín
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 777 440 901
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Petr Januschka
Film Director

František Horvát
Producer

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