Experiencing Interruptions?

Trust Game

Two lovers share unique chemistry, they are meant to be together. This is a metaphorical film that Sofia is making.
In order to reach the “realness" of her film, the director, Sofie, puts all her efforts at any cost, ​even making her husband actor and the actress fall in love with each other.

  • CHIH-YU LIN
    Director
  • CHIH-YU LIN
    Writer
  • Linda Barnett
    Writer
  • Marie Anna Krušinová
    Key Cast
    "SOFIE HÁJKOVÁ"
  • Viktor Zavadil
    Key Cast
    "ADAM/DMITRI"
  • Adéla Koutná
    Key Cast
    "RADKA/ANNA"
  • Asmi Chandola
    DoP
  • Zhih-Lin Chen
    Scoring
  • Yu-Ying Chen
    Editor
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Balíme
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 3, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Czech Republic
  • Country of Filming:
    Czech Republic
  • Language:
    Czech
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - FAMU
  • EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2022
    Toruń
    Poland
    European premiere
    Film and Art School Etudes Competition
Director Biography - CHIH-YU LIN

Chihyu Lin is a film director, animator, and scriptwriter. She studies film directing at FAMU in Prague. Her topic revolves around females, gender, and class. The stories focus on females' emotions, showing vulnerability, tenderness, toughness, and authenticity that humans share.

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Director Statement

Balíme (Trust Game) is a story inspired by my personal experience of directing a stage drama. My key theme is “trust”. Directors and actors need to share trust, so do the lovers. That’s the connection I found, and it made me decide to do a film within a film.

My aim is to show the complicated emotions when the director needs to make a decision for the sake of a better film, although it will be a sacrifice to her personal life.

This is a 16mm project from FAMU directing program.