Laura is a budding photographer. She approaches her work, and particularly her life, with a great deal of self-destruction and anti-establishment rebellion. As a young female artist with an unconventional vision, she’s unable to succeed in an environment where the rules are dictated exclusively by powerful men. Using the philosophical problem of capturing the objective truth and the backdrop of a mysterious crime thriller set in the semi-legal queer milieu of socialist Czechoslovakia, we unravel a universal story of personal dilemma and the courage to stand up for one’s own version of reality. The story of a young female photographer, unfolding over 24 hours in Prague during the 1980s era of “normalisation”, forms the basis for a cinematic essay on the elusiveness of objective truth.
Klára Tasovská is a director and film editor. Her documentary essay Midnight (2010) garnered awards at the Visions du Réel and Ji.hlava IDFF festivals. Her feature debut Fortress (2012) was nominated for the 2013 LUX Prize, and her documentary Nothing Like Before competed at IDFA 2017. Her latest film, I’m Not Everything I Want to Be (2024), premiered at the Berlinale 2024 and was submitted as the Czech entry for the Oscars.
Lukáš Kokeš is a director and producer. Together with Klára Tasovská, he has directed the films Fortress and Nothing Like Before. As a producer, he has helped create the projects Brutal Heat (KVIFF Proxima 2023), I’m Not Everything I Want to Be (Berlinale Panorama 2024) and Summer School, 2001 (KVIFF Special Screenings 2025).