Duration (in minutes): 83 minutes
Country(ies) of filming: Norway (Svalbard), Czech Republic
Country of production: Czech Republic
Year of Production: 2022
Directors: Veronika Lišková
Time of Showing: 8th of June 2023,16:45-18:30
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Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Arna Novaka 1, Room C34

The screening will be followed by a discussion with Zdenka Sokolíčková

A young anthropologist, Zdenka, moves with her husband and three sons to Svalbard, Norway, to study how life is changing in polar regions. She has received a prestigious two-year grant to carry out extensive research on the impact of globalization on the inhabitants of the world's northernmost town, Longyearbyen. After falling in love with her new home, Zdenka discovers that more than icebergs and permafrost are vanishing in the Arctic. Through conducting interviews with residents, she begins to perceive how heterogeneous the small local community actually is, while also revealing tensions that lie beneath the surface. Zdenka then has to work out the extent to which she can get involved in the local community that she only originally intended to observe.

About the filmaker

Veronika Lišková has been working as a film director, documentary script editor, and curator. Her feature-length debut Daniel’s World premiered at Berlinale in 2015. In 2022, she completed her second feature documentary The Visitors (CZ-NR-SK) which had its world premiere at the Semaine de la critique in Locarno.