WRITING HOME

27.11.2025

Children's Film Selection/ Czech Republic, 2024, Color, 12'

 
Details
  • Director: Eva Matejovičová
  • Screenplay: Eva Matejovičová
  • Editing: Savva Dolomanov
  • Music: Juras Karaka
  • Producer: Jiří Sádek, Kristýna Žďárská
  • Production: CoFilm s.r.o.
  • 2024 New Directors/New Films Festival FESTinha sub10
  • International Film Festival for Children and Youth Hermína Týrlová Award
Recap

Tiny bark beetle enjoys simple life in the forest. However, after a fire breaks out, the forest burns down, she gets separated from her family and also loses her arm during the escape. She finds refuge in a children's school. Now lost and alone, she has to face the world of giants on her own.

Director

Eva Matejovičová

She graduated from the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). She is currently pursuing her Master's degree in the Animation Department at the same school. Her first film, Sanctuary (2021), was screened at many festivals and received several awards. Writing Home is her second film.

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The Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye organises the annual EU Human Rights Film Days on the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Click here for the list of films.