Private Project

Roselyne

Audiovisual poem based on a true story of Roselyne - a woman who forgot to live her life. She could be a reflection of our doubts, the decisions we did not take, the possibilities we did not enjoy. How do we become our true selves?
Original concept and choreography by French performer Cécile Da Costa.

  • Tereza Vejvodová
    Director
  • Cécile Da Costa
    Performer
  • Dušan Husár
    Director of Photography
  • Annet Furdecká
    Executive producer
  • Šimon Herrman
    Sound Design
  • Tereza Kopecká
    Costumes
  • Lucia Kovalova
    Color
  • David Hinton
    Supervision
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Czech
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 1, 2021
  • Country of Origin:
    Czech Republic
  • Country of Filming:
    Czech Republic
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Tereza Vejvodová

Tereza Vejvodová studied Film Directing at Film Academy Of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). She directs her films and also is a scriptwriter most of the time. Her short film A Part (2017) was nominated for the Magnesia Award by the Czech Film and Television Academy and was featured in the National Competition at Prague Short Film Festival. Besides commercials and promo online videos for clients like Nivea, Pepsi or ADC, her focus contains also music videos and documentary forms. She appreciates giving a wider social and ethic context to her work also with an imaginative visual quality. Tereza is also interested in experimental cinema, melting classical narrative with video poetry, expressive dance and contemporary art. She is fascinated by visual physicality oscillating with abstraction.

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Director Statement

Film is based on performance of Cécile Da Costa who created main character inspired by real woman. Roselyne was adaptive for the whole life, but one day she radically left everything behind (even her family). Unfortunately right after she has died from cancer, but even on the death bead she was scared to call for help. She didn’t win, but there was an attempt and Cécile decided to give this character her personal strength that might help others. It’s honor for me to use the film medium to articulate hardly expressible things.

At first sight, Roselyne seems like a fragile being, nevertheless she is gifted by enormous essential power. That kind of power appears in every human, who decide to really change something.
Character of Roselyne represents a challenging process of aiming for a strong shift in the life, inner or outer. The film captures feelings of being totally lost in the life and when these moments become unbearable, there is no other way than start to be truly honest. Look at yourself in the mirror, dare to find who you are, wash away identity constructs built in you, just to suit other’s expectations… It’s not easy, but Roselyne dares to do this uneasy task and for me as an artist it’s very personal and inspiring.