Slavic Cowboy
Iyanah Firdaus Bativala Czech Republic, Fiction, Czech, 00:17:46
A socially stunted young man dreams of becoming a cowboy in the heart of Central Europe.
A socially stunted young man dreams of becoming a cowboy in the heart of Central Europe.
Is it possible for our crazy world to be cured of its own madness?
A drawn body of a woman, based on photographed and imagined images, stands alone in a room. Through everyday gestures and basic needs, it embodies an isolated existence, where routine is tinged with crisis, while interaction with the outside world remains digital, immaterial, mediated by a screen. Revealed by a scrolling movement, physical space dissolves into dreamlike dimensions, transforming into a surreal, cosmic environment. In its organic fragility, the body is placed between realistic and imaginary dimensions, questioning its very being through a two-dimensional image, emptied, doubled and distorted.
A young woman is stuck in the hold queue of a telephone hotline.
In the 2000's, an aging boxer in the shabby suburbs of Budapest fights one last illegal match to provide for his sons.
A woman trapped in an abusive relationship begins to reclaim her freedom and sense of self by training a defiant, untamable horse, learning to set boundaries with the animal, and ultimately, in her own life.