18th Annual Pavel Koutecký Award and 7th ELBE DOCK IFF | September 4–8, 2024

In the Dark

8. 9. 2024
16:00
GEH8
Pavel Koutecký Award, short documentary
original title
Ve tmě
directed by
Aneta J.
produced by
My Street Films
year
2023
duration
11 minutes
country
Czechia
language
Czech with English subtitles

Synopsis

"Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud." - Hermann Hesse

I've been piecing my life back together for a few years now. Why am I doing this? Because I've discovered that I can no longer pretend it didn't happen. I want to take everything that's left and make it into something I'm happy in. I often wonder why I went through all of this and this answer comes to mind - to tell the story and maybe help someone in the process. So, "I've actually had a strange relationship with sex my whole life..."

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Aneta J. (1981). Creating is for me a way to go beyond words and reveal my vulnerabilities. I believe that only by sharing authentic experiences can we truly get to know each other. For me, creative work helps me understand myself and give myself the opportunity to stop. When a fleeting image comes, it's just a glimpse, but I cling to it anyway. I don't have a map, but I move forward, believing in something that is yet to happen. I try, I search, and I ask: Does it make sense? Will I ever finish it? And how will I know if I'm at the finish line? It often happens that I reach the end and the result does not meet my expectations. I doubt myself, I want to give up, but then I start working again. I am learning to persevere, to start again from scratch and finish what I started. I am not the best, nor the worst. I'm somewhere in between and it's all just for a while anyway.