original title: Problémy úplně celého světa / 2024 / 4K / 25 min / Slovakia
director, screenwriter: Radek Ševčík
dop: Ema Diehelová, Petr Chromčák
editor: Petr Chromčák
music composer: Michal Vasilenko
producer: FTF VŠMU
synopsis:
When his girlfriend Yolka unexpectedly becomes pregnant, hopeless activist Matyáš must face an overwhelming question – is it even right to bring a child into this fucking world?
‘Problems of the Entire World’ is a hybrid documentary film ambivalently reflecting on the challenges faced by individuals in today’s information-satured era amidst an accelerating climate crisis. Focused on the archetypal uncertainty of a young person’s future, the film raises intellectually complex questions within the framework of a simple emotional narrative, using compelling aesthetic combination of digital footage, MiniDV aesthetics and news ticker. Matyáš, already in state of disillusion regarding activism, is confronted with Yolka’s pregnancy. Young couple resolutely declines the idea to have the baby at first, but the doubts still grow in their minds, how they think about it and discuss it with their parents. And not only that – Matyáš is also increasingly haunted by the memories of his own childhood. And among that all, there is a mysteriously calm meteorologist who accurately predicts the weather, although she can never be 100 % certain about it.
The film aims to provide a genuine generational account of human helplessness, maintaining a perceptive without excessive pessimism. It captures endless contradictory fight between taking a stances and responsible decisions, political slogans and cruel realities, complex ideologies and deep emotions or even often misunderstandings between generations. It offers important empathetic yet a bit ironic insight into the emotional world of today’s twentysomethings who feels the world is crumbling before their eyes
The film is in the stage of late post-production.
The film was selected to participate in the FILM INN workshops within the Elbe Dock film festival, to develop a distribution and festival strategies.
