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Kateryna Ruzhyna / Czech Republic / 2024 / World Premiere / 5 min.

synopsis

This experimental film takes a closer look through the entomologist's lens at the cyclical behavioural patterns linking humans to the insect world. Just as the fig wasp inevitably finds death in the pollination of the fig tree flower, we too are thrown into the dance of passion and death. Drawn by the seductive scent of allurement and the inevitability of the final end.

“I believe that documentaries, and especially art in general, can process reality in an alchemical way so that it has the right representation.”

Source quote: Dok.revue

biography

Kateryna Ruzhyna (1995) is a Ukrainian filmmaker living in the Czech Republic. She studied Art History at Charles University and Art Theory at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. She is currently studying documentary directing at FAMU. Her debut Avitaminosis (2023) won several awards at film festivals.