29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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The Apple and the Tree
The Apple and the Tree
The Apple and the Tree

The Apple and the Tree

Anastassya Angelova / Czech Republic / 2020 / 13 min.


synopsis

The exploration of the topic of womanhood starts of by the inquiry into the notion of the position of women in the familial structure in Bulgaria. The filmmaker delves into her mother’s upbringing, as well as her later professional career to seek out answers about their own mutual relationship informed by socio-cultural conventions.

biography

Anastassya Angelova (1998) was born and raised in Warsaw, Poland, to Bulgarian expatriates. After finishing high school, she went on to study film at King’s Colleage in London. After graduating, she moved to Prague to study at FAMU.

more about film

director: Anastassya Angelova
photography: Grainne Galvin
editing: Rodrigo Pedro
sound: Nicolas Atcheson

contact

FAMU 
Prague / Czech Republic
Alexandra Hroncová
alexandra.hroncova@famu.cz

Film at festival

festival edition:2020
section:FAMU Presents
language:Bulgarian
subtitles:English
colour:Colour

Info

director:Anastassya Angelova
original title:The Apple and the Tree
country:Czech Republic
year:2020
running time:13 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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