FREM

Viera Čákanyová / Czech Republic, Slovakia / 2019 / World Premiere / 73 min.

synopsis

The film is a reaction to the current wave of post-humanist thinking caused by the development of technology and artifi cial intelligence as well as the climate crisis. The human species is beginning to realize its insignifi cance and transience, and human identity has found itself in a crisis. The fi lm FREM attempts to refl ect this feeling and creates a dehumanized and alienated view of landscape and nature beyond human perception of reality. Incomplete thoughts and fragments of dialogue, diverse music interrupted by rushes and glitches, and the seemingly confused, unanchored camera, create a disturbing, philosophical refl ection on the limits of anthropocentric thinking.

"Making this film was an extreme experience, in every aspect, not only physical, since we shot in Antarctica. I had to think un-thinkable. Leave the prison of anthropomorphism behind. Stop being human." V. Čákanyová

biography

Slovak director Viera Čákanyová (1980) studied screenwriting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and studied documentary filmmaking at FAMU in Prague, where she received an award at the FAMUfest festival for her student films Piraňa (2007) and Alda (2009). Currently, apart from her own documentary filmmaking, she is involved in dramaturgy and often collaborates on film projects with television or non-profit organizations.

more about film

director:	Viera Čákanyová
cast:	Martin Kovačík
producer:	Nina Numankadić
photography:	Tomáš Klein, Viera Čákanyová
editing:	Marek Šulík, Viera Čákanyová
sound:	Dominik Dolejší, Miroslav Tóth, Stanislav Abrahám
co-producer:	Ivan Ostrochovský, Česká Televize
skladatel:	Miroslav Tóth
art director:	Michal Kindernay