The Most Beautiful Corner in the World

The documentary essay sets the mirror of contemporary Slovak society by pointing out the inability to reflect language and history, which has led to the threat of new authoritarianism. In the film, we watch a young Ukrainian woman who is selected in a fictitious competition for a TV journalist, who attends a variety of events, people, and public protests in order to understand Slovak social-political reality. Although the war in Ukraine is seemingly taking place in the background, it is also significantly affecting the current mood, societal tensions, language, and new forms of populism in the country.

SK, 2022, 25 min.; sk, ua / en sub