Those Who Dance in the Dark

Blindness has a thousand shades, we the sighted see only one….

The ways of human will to overcome the limitations of varying degrees of blindness.
Relationship breakdowns. The desire to live with another. Desire for love and touch.
Dancing in place and in the dark. Dreams and reality.
Behind the simple statements are hidden complicated destinies and dramas.
The energy and spontaneity of the characters is captivating and charges with optimism.
Empathy without sentimentality.
The basic paradox – to show blindness through images.
The black and white camera is focused on light and shadow, composition, dynamic movement with orientation in space.
The music, enhanced by the expressive movement stylization, allows an immersion into the inner world of the six characters.
What won’t kill you will make you stronger at least for a while fear nothing – the motto of one of the songs – turns into the film’s message.

DIRECTED AND STORY BY Jana Ševčíková

D.O.P. Jaromír Kačer

EDITOR Lucie Haladová

SOUND Pavel Dvořák, Michal Míček, Jaroslav Jehlička, Ivan Horák

MUSIC Monika Načeva, Alan Vitouš

PRODUCER Jana Ševčíková

COPRODUCERS Jordi Niubó, Pavel Dvořák

i/o post  co-production, grading, online, VFX, DCP mastering

AWARDS

38th Warsaw Film Fest  best documentary feature