original title: Otrávená studňa / 2023 / fullHD / 14 min / Slovakia
director: Radek Ševčík
cinematography: Kristián Katona, Michal Vasiľ, Petr Chromčák,
Paulína Hampachelová, Lenka Špániková, Radek Ševčík
editor: Petr Chromčák
producer: Film and TV Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
synopsis:
12. 10. 2022 – terrorist attack in Bratislava – death of 2 innocent LGBTI+ people – no response.
Film-requiem discusses the deteriorating state of society after the attack, as well as the intimate feelings of LGBTI+ people, including the author himself. Suppressed emotions cannot be filtered even on a
self-defense course, where the participants do not belong, where they are forced to be by their fear. A rotten well poisons society’s opinions, which do not improve even after the attack. Do people really need to live in fear?
press: Denník N – article about the film
Named as the most succesful Slovak student short film of 2024 by Creative Europe Desk Slovakia.
festivals and awards:
15th KASHISH Pride Film Festival, India – winner of: Best Student Short Film
24th International Film Schools Festival, Uruguay – winner of: Special Mention
42nd FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH, Germany
19th SHORTS MÉXICO, Mexico
19th ReFrame Film Festival, Canada
40th Wicked Queer: Boston LGBTQ+ Film Festival, USA
64th Zlín Film Festival, Czech Republic
39th Filmfest Osnabrück, Germany
22nd INDEPENDENT DAYS | International Film Festival Karlsruhe, Germany – winner of: Best Film of the screening block 3 “Investigating Society”
6th BEAST International Film Festival, Portugal
28th LesGaiCineMad, Spain
21st Beijing Queer Film Festival, PRC
18th Seoul International Pride Film Festival, ROK
32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival Sydney, Australia
34th Oslo/Fusion, Norway
24th Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Czech Republic
17th Slovak Queer Film Festival, Slovakia
39th LGBT Ljubljana Film Festival, Slovenia
23th International LGBT Film Festival CINHOMO, Spain
11st Pink Life QueerFest, Turkey
11st Visegrad Film Forum, Slovakia
23rd Encontros de Cinema, Portugal
Cinema Queer on Tour 2024, Sweden
9th Tag! Queer Shorts Festival, USA
50. Summer Film School, Czech Republic
10th Internacional Queer Film Festival Playa del Carmen Mexico
4th Queer Wave: the Cyprus LGBTQIA+ film festival Cyprus
20th The International Film and Television Festival SIMFEST, Romania – winner of: Special Prize for Best Picture
6th Duemila30, Italy
27th Áčko Student Film Festival, Slovakia
Festival Dark Room Brno, Czech Republic
Prague Open House, Czech Republic /screening at Goethe Institute/
SLOVAKPRESSPHOTO 2024, Slovakia – nominee in Short Video
“Cena inakosti” 2023 for Audiovision – nominee
