Homies

synopsis

Two new flatmates are not even looking for an exit from the lockdown - which becomes more of a backdrop outside the windows of a one-bedroom Prague apartment. Shot on an ever present handheld camera, the reality of the (non)passing time of the pandemic slowly reveals itself. As the protagonists mutually confess and unmask each other over past unfulfilled relationships, we witness how they naturally complement one another in the household. The look inward, at ordinary events, gradually transforms the apartment into an autonomous world of imagination and song. The film thus serves as a manifesto of creation as an escape from an otherwise closed-up world. With giddy exaggeration, the emerging friendship opens up more general questions of the human need for social interaction and sharing life.

biography

Director and screenwriter Jan Foukal (* 1979) studied documentary filmmaking at FAMU. He is devoted to documentary filmmaking and television production and is a guest member of the Vosto5 Theatre and musician. In 2009, he founded the “Kino otevřeno” (Open Cinema) initiative, which deals with the revitalization of small movie theaters. He is noted for directing the film Two Ships (2021).

more about film

director:	Jan Foukal
producer:	Ondřej Zima, Silvie Michajlová, Jan Foukal
script:	Jan Foukal, Albert Romanutti
photography:	Jan Foukal
editing:	Josef Krajbich
music:	Jan Foukal, Albert Romanutti
sound:	Adam Levý
co-producer:	Kristina Charvátová

contact

FILM KOLEKTIV / Silvie Michajlová
silvie@filmkolektiv.cz