Proxima Competition / Neplatené voľno / Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Germany 2025
A year after the premiere of her documentary debut Lapilli, Paula Ďurinová returns with an entirely different, yet equally sensitive film entitled Action Item. This activist anatomy of burnout, set in Berlin, interweaves the observation of community sharing with a more experimental montage. The work takes note of the myths associated with individualistic society yet, at the same time, it conveys sincere moments of solidarity between individuals who aren’t afraid to speak of their anxieties. This is both a personal and also very human film, which invites us to take a break in these hectic times, when burnout doesn’t necessarily mean the end; on the contrary, it might be a new beginning, where individual pain is gradually transformed into the power of collective sharing.
Vojtěch Kočárník
69 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Paula Ďurinová
/ Screenplay Paula Ďurinová
/ Dir. of Photography Clara Becking, Daria Chernyak, Radka Šišuláková, Paula Ďurinová
/ Music Lenka Adamcová
/ Sound Clara Becking, Paula Ďurinová
/ Editor Deniz Şimşek, Paula Ďurinová
/ Producer Matej Sotník
/ Production guča films
/ Coproduction CLAW, Slovak Television and Radio, Universität der Künste Berlin
/ Sales Kino Rebelde
Paula Ďurinová. Selected filmography: Passing (2018, short doc.), Constant – An Homage to the Apartment (Konštanta – rozlúčka s bytom, 2023, short doc.), Lapilli (2024, doc.), Action Item (Neplatené voľno, 2025, doc.).
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