Czechia, Slovakia, Austria
Klára Tasovská, Alexander Kashcheev
After the Soviet invasion of Prague, a young female photographer strives to break free from the constraints of Czechoslovak normalization and embarks on a wild journey towards freedom, capturing her experiences in thousands of subjective photographs.
Klára Tasovská graduated from the New Media Department at the Academy of Fine Arts and the Documentary Film Department at FAMU in Prague. Her mid-length documentary essay, MIDNIGHT (2010), was screened at several international film festivals (Ji.hlava IDFF – Special Jury Mention, Visions du Reél Nyon, EMAF Osnabrück – Newcomer Award, etc.). Her feature-length debut, FORTRESS (2012), directed together with Lukáš Kokeš, was awarded Best Czech Documentary at Ji.hlava IDFF 2012. It also competed at CPH:DOX 2012 among other European festivals and was nominated for the LUX Prize 2013.
Filmography
Nothing Like Before (2017); Gottland (2014); Fortress (2012)
