Proxima Competition 2024 / Lapilli / Slovak Republic, Germany 2024
In her feature-length debut director Paula Ďurinová sets out to wander among varied rock formations in order to try and come to terms with the loss of her grandparents. Different stages of grief unfold among the sea currents, the dark caves and the volcanic wasteland, while the strings of an autoharp resonate in the ravines. Lapilli finds a unique balance between the personal and the environmental in a modernistic requiem full of perceptive observations on natural phenomena and on man himself. This is a work that excels in its inner strength and rare film language, where sea waves reflect shifting thoughts, and where the erosion of arid soil is reminiscent of a broken heart filled with memories of people who are lost to us forever.
Vojtěch Kočárník
65 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Paula Ďurinová
/ Screenplay Paula Ďurinová, Dane Komljen, Tamara Antonijević
/ Dir. of Photography Paula Ďurinová
/ Music Petra Hermanová
/ Sound Agnese Menguzzato, Paula Ďurinová
/ Editor Paula Ďurinová, Deniz Şimşek
/ Producer Matej Sotník
/ Production guča films
/ Coproduction Paula Ďurinová
/ Contact guča films
Paula Ďurinová (1987, Žilina, Slovakia). Selected filmography: Interviews (Rozhovory, 2016, short doc.), Passing (2018, short doc.), Constant – An Homage to the Apartment (Konštanta – rozúčka s bytom, 2023, short doc.), Lapilli (2024, doc.).
guča films
Šancova 15, 811 05, Bratislava
Slovakia
E-mail: [email protected]
Paula Ďurinová
Film Director
Matej Sotník
Producer
Agnese Menguzzato
Sound Designer
Petra Hermanova
Music Composer
Dominik Jursa
Film Crew
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