Title of film : Mirrors in the Dark
Director Name : Simon Holy
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Producer : Simon Holy
Editor : Sabina Mladenova
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Synopsis : Marie (Alena Doláková) and her boyfriend František are trying to save their relationship by answering 36 questions that will, according to scientists, make you fall in love with anyone. Marie, just after her 30th birthday, has a head full of many important questions of her own. Is it worth it to continue a career as a dancer if she will never reach the top? Will she be able to overcome her fears of mediocrity and be happy with herself? Will her mother stop questioning her choices in life? Most importantly – is her relationship significant enough to save? Šimon Holý is putting an extraordinarily authentic spotlight on relationships, dreams and concerns of present-day millennials in his formally distinct feature debut.
Director Bio : Director Šimon Holý was born in Prague in 1994. He graduated from the Department of Feature Film Directing at FAMU. During his studies, he directed five short films that premiered at several film festivals. He was a jury member at EIECINE section in San Sebastian Film Festival in 2017 as well as in Queer Film Festival Mezipatra or Prague Film Festival Febiofest. Holý also served as a film composer for many films of up and coming Czech filmmakers. The film score he composed with Monika Midriaková for Olmo Omerzuꞌs Winter Flies was nominated by the Czech Film and Television Academy for the Czech National Film Award. He is also a radio host of weekly pop-culture show Kompot and daily afternoon On-Air Show at the Czech National Radio channel Radio Wave. Currently, he is developing two feature films (”Thinking David” and “Chica Checa”) His debut feature film “Mirrors in the Dark” has a world premiere at Karlovy Vary's East of the West Competition.
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