Getting the Most of It

Šimon Gogola / Czech Republic / 2023 / World Premiere / 15 min.

synopsis

The term found footage is given new meaning by a film where a random passer-by picks up the camera when asked to. We learn a lot about the city of Most in the most suitable place – a train station restaurant – where seemingly disconnected conversations take place about genius loci, unfulfilled loves and the price that always has to be paid.

“In situations where two people have nothing to say to each other, there is always something to talk about.” — Šimon Gogola

biography

Šimon Gogola is a student of the Department of Film Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. In 2023 and 2024 he participated in organising the Zlatý voči (Golden Eyes), international festival for audiovisual theory students. His short documentary debut, Jailed Memory (2020), has already been screened at Ji.hlava.