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Fragile Home

Ondřej MORAVEC, Victoria LOPUKHINA|Czech Republic|2024|30min |English

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Synopsis

What would you do when your home appears to be in danger? Would you stay or leave? Each day, since the beginning of the war, millions of Ukrainians are asking themselves this question. Fragile Home is an immersive experience in mixed reality that poses this question to each of us. Through the medium of mixed reality, you can experience the gradual transformation of your familiar surroundings into the dwelling of a Ukrainian family, spanning from the peaceful beginning of the past to the tumultuous present. As you navigate through your space, the voices of Ukrainian people in traditional melodies accompany you, guiding you under the roof of your very own memories and feelings associated with your home.

Director

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Ondřej MORAVEC

Ondřej Moravec is a filmmaker, journalist and writer. He also works as a VR programmer at several film festivals in the Czech Republic and promotes virtual reality in the film world. The interactive film Darkening is his VR debut. He was a Program Director at One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival for seven years. He also worked for Czech Television at the Culture Newsroom department. Ondřej studied Screenwriting at FAMU and Journalism at Charles University.
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Victoria LOPUKHINA

Victoria founded the ZViT studio - an indie ukrainian studio in which with her son Tim Voronkin developed and created projects in virtual reality. When the war in 2022 started, they created their first VR CHAT experience Bloodbath which premiered at Raindance festival in 2022.
Victoria started her career as an architect. She worked for several studios in Ukraine. Then she started shifting toward the audiovisual industry. She worked in Dovzhenko Film Studios as a set up artist. Since 2020 she worked as VR architect and CEO in ZViT studio and lived in Prague, Czech Republic. She died in October 2024.

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Writer
Ondřej MORAVEC
Sound & Music
Sound: Martin HŮLA
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