Imagina / Sleep Dreams / Czech Republic 2025
We live in a world which is bombarding us with images, stimuli, sensations and demands – what are the possibilities of escape, and which of them are the right ones? Director and artist Anastázie Rainischová responds to the situation with another form of saturation – her short film is surprising for its mutual communication of seemingly contradictory animation techniques. The vibrant playfulness and mischief, and also the palpable unease beneath a veil of melancholy, shift the film’s aesthetics somewhere closer to David O’Reilly. Might the path to Zen take us past absolute overload?
Viktor Palák
8 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Anastázie Rainischová
/ Screenplay Anastázie Rainischová
/ Dir. of Photography Filip Zikmund
/ Music Kryštof Záveský
/ Sound Kryštof Záveský
/ Editor Anastázie Rainischová
/ Art Director Anastázie Rainischová
/ Producer Michaela Režová
/ Production UMPRUM - Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
/ Coproduction FILMTALENT ZLÍN Endowment Fund
/ Contact UMPRUM - Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
Anastázie Rainischová. Filmography: Sleep Dreams (2025, short).
UMPRUM - Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
Náměstí Jana Palacha 80, 116 93, Praha 1
Czech Republic
E-mail: [email protected]
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