Lapilli

LOGLINE:

A soft film about hard matter.

SYNOPSIS: 

From sea flows through dark caverns to volcanic deserts. LAPILLI is a personal reckoning that dives deep into the hard matter. Traversing through diverse rocky landscapes, director Paula Ďurinová deals with the sudden loss of her grandparents. An unexpected disappearance uncovers a new horizon. Strings of old autoharps now resonate in the gorge. Phases of grief unfold in this emerging ecosystem, offering a perspective full of empathy for minerals and life that is no more.

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

>> 58th Karlovy Vary IFF / Proxima Competition (CZ)
>> 26th 4 živly film festival (SK)
>> 19th Cinematik IFF / Cinematik.doc: Mayor of Piešťany Award (SK)
>> 7th BEAST IFF / VISEGRAD FILM HUB (PT)
>> 67th DOK Leipzig / Camera Lucida (DE)
>> 27th RIDM – Montreal International Documentary Festival Festival / International Feature Competition (CA)
>> 36th Trieste Film Festival / Documentary Competition (IT)
>> 60th Academia Film Olomouc / Czech & Slovak Competition: Honourable Mention (CZ)
>> 18th Beldocs IDFF / Meteors (RS)

PRESENTED AT:

>> 30th Febiofest Bratislava IFF / Bratislava Industry Days

PRESS:

>> Cineuropa.org / Review: Lapilli
>> Cineuropa.org / Paula Ďurinová • Director of Lapilli

DIRECTOR’S BIO:

Paula Ďurinová (1987) is a filmmaker, visual artist, and writer based in Berlin. She is interested in creating (utopian) landscapes and exploring forms of resistance. In recent years, she worked on film and art projects in Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia and Germany. Her short films were presented at Sarajevo IFF, Ji.hlava IDFF, One World Prague or CinéDOC Tbilisi. She studied narrative and experimental film at the Universität der Künste Berlin and worked as artistic director and curator of ACUD Galerie in Berlin. Her feature debut “Lapilli” will make its world premiere at the 58th Karlovy Vary IFF in the Proxima Competition. Paula Ďurinová is currently working on her second feature film about collective anxiety with the working title “It’s Not Your Fault”.