Světýlka

The light of screenwriter and director Beata Parkanová takes place during one hot summer day. During it, six-year-old Amálka begins to feel that everything is not right in the world of adults around her. A previously unknown disturbance creeps into her carefree life. He is starting to settle in there and doesn't want to play. "Those two should have tried to have an animal first, then a child," Veronika Žilková as the film's grandmother gives one of her well-intentioned but unsolicited pieces of advice. The film Světýlka was included in the official competition of this year's International Festival in Karlovy Vary. Every childhood ends once, but for some, the idea of a carefree existence dissolves unexpectedly soon. One summer day in the life of little Amálka is just like that. Although she apparently woke up in the same world, there is mom, dad, grandpa and grandma in it, and a cat came to pet her, but there is still a strange tension in the air. She doesn't understand it and no one understands her. Feeling left out, she decides to steal some attention for herself. The representative of the child role, Mia Bankó, was seven years old at the time of filming, and she gives a unique performance that earned her a standing ovation for several minutes after the premiere at the festival in Karlovy Vary. Critic Mirka Spáčilová described her performance as worthy of a children's Oscar. The Hollywood Reporter writes about The Lights as a little gem, and Screen Daily calls it a finely crafted cinematic gem. "Working with Mia was completely professional, we did not lie or manipulate an unconscious child. She learned the script and rehearsed it with the other actors before filming. She was another professional actress in the party, although she had no film experience. And I had the best time working with her. Absolutely open, connected. I think a small miracle happened in the case of her acting performance - she guides you through the film world and your own world without a single false note," Beata Parkanová describes how the youngest actress directed her. The words of appreciation come from a professional in her field and from the director and screenwriter herself. "Beata Parkanová is a great person and a huge talent. I really appreciate our meeting and the trust to entrust me with the role of her grandmother. Film poetics and film speech make her, in my opinion, a successor to the film poet František Vláčil. I filmed with both of them, so I can dare to compare," says actress Veronika Žilková.