29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
Log inČeštinaEnglish
Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After

Jana Počtová / Czech Republic / 2022 / World Premiere / 98 min.


synopsis

The film is an inquiry into contemporary forms of alternative models of partnerships. For many protagonists, polyamory, open marriage or long-term lover-to-lover relationships present a fulfilling life style, but also a struggle with misunderstanding of the society or conflicts within their own relationships. The director follows the development of relations of her protagonists over several years, while in intimate talks, she searches for the joy, striving and insecurities brought along by such unusual faces of love, revealing a need for redefining partnership in our times.

“Partnerships strongly influence our lives. As a filmmaker, I am interested in how our personal lives reflect the times, and also how our personal lives change the times,” says Jana Počtová.

biography

The director and screenwriter Jana Počtová (b. 1980) graduated in documentary filmmaking at FAMU. She has been involved in making TV series (Na cestě, Příběhy slavných, Vyprávěj) and documentaries (Oči tygra, 2011; Tornádo – rok poté, 2022). MFDF Ji.hlava has screened two of her films on parenting and relationships, Generation Singles (2011) a Non-Parent (2017).

more about film

director: Jana Počtová
producer: Martin Hůlovec, Jakub Pinkava
photography: Jakub Halousek
editing: Petra Berkovičová Raušová
music: Ondřej Anděra
sound: Ivan Horák
co-producer: Helena Uldrichová

contact

PUNK FILM s. r. o. / Jakub Pinkava
Veslařský ostrov 62, Praha 4
jakubpinkava@punkfilm.cz

dok.revue.

read more about the film in dok.revue

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2022
section:Czech Joy
awards:Student Jury Award
Audience Award
language:English, Czech
subtitles:English
colour:Colour

Info

director:Jana Počtová
original title:Šťastně až na věky
country:Czech Republic
year:2022
running time:98 min.

Section


Festival partners

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

Newsletter

I confirm that I agree with Principles Relating to Personal Data Processing for Ji.hlava IDFF. More info here.

Days until the festival

0