Lots of great visuals in this video for Slovak singer-songwriter Katarzia by Prague-based director Jay Walker (previously featured here). While set in a dystopian world, “Hoří i voda” offers a timely reflection on the concerns women in Eastern Europe are currently facing:
“As assaults are waged by political and religious institutions to limit female bodily autonomy, women find themselves in a social limbo: constantly displaced, powerless in front of institutions, and at the short end of rage-fuelled rhetoric. A call to arms for women everywhere to hold on to each other, lift each other up and help each other heal our collective, generational pain.”
Cast:
Katarzia Kubošiová
Tereza Hofová
Anežka Pithartová
Melika Yildiz
Tereza Ondrová
Kristína Martanovićová
Verica Nedeska
Angela Nwagbo
Nhung Dang
Annamária D’Almeida
Šima Mullerová
Radka Fidlérová
Valérie Váchová
Markéta Tanner
Mia Strangmullerová
Tereza Švejdová
Martina Sĺuková
Jan Hájek
Robert Mikluš
Cyril Dobrý
Bob Boudreaux
David Bowles
Brenden Douglas
Josef Vrána
Director: Jay Walker
Cinematographer: Anna Smoroňová
Producer: Klara Plechsson
Production Designer: Nina Feriancová
Casting: Simon Says Casting
Photographer: Hana Knížová
Production: Creative Embassy
Executive Producers: Petr Oplatka, Vaclav Sládek, Matouš Heger
Production Manager: Jakub Koula
Production Coordinator: Daniela Pechmannová
First Asst. Director: Kristýna Roušková
Third Asst. Director: Tomáš Stehlík
Production Assistant: Poojitha Pillamari, Lukáš Jindra
Steadicam: David Růžička
Focus Puller: Patrik Rams
Second Asst. Camera: Radka Filipská
Data Wrangler: Radim Tomek
VTR: Igor Vodráška
Editor: Jakub Jelinek
Colorist: Marina Starke
Costume Supervisor: Martin Polák
Wardrobe Assistant: Nik Dvořáková
Make-Up Artist: Phil La Noiraude
Make-up Assistant: Nikola Wimmerová
Photograph Assistant: Erik Johannson
Movement Choreographer: Kristina Tukán
Sound Engineer: Jonatán Pastirčák, Pavel Jan
Key Grip: Michal Ráliš
Gaffer: Jirka Vrana
Best Boy: Tomáš Rudčenko
Electrician: Max Denkr
Electrician Trainee: Jirka Oliva, Jakub Kasala
Prop Master: Farid Beyzai
Prop Assistants: Vojta Loskot, Filip Peroutka
Ester Grohová, Lucie Vraná
Post-Production: PFX
Post-Production Supervisor: Tomáš Brož
Senior Casting: Elpida Pro Seniory
Storyboard Artist: Nona Catusanu
BTS Photographer: Michal Budinský, Lena Knapková
BTS Video: Filip Smil
Title+Poster Design: Oleksandra Derkach
Lyric Translation: Miroslav Rusnák
PR: Zdeněk Neusar, Alexander Čerevka
Shadows: Gala Kebakoska, Karolína Beránová, Lizaveta Hrydziushka
Supporters: Peter Petrič
Ivan Ostrochovský
Adela Banášová
Daniel Rabina
Redbull Music CZ/SK
Sennheiser by Panther s.r.o.
Girls in Film Prague
Andrea Dobošová
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