THE NETTLE BY PJU

SCREENING & ARTIST TALK

MODERATED BY SILVIA VANNACCI

2019/09/06

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born and raised in Southern China, Pju received her MFA in Directing at FAMU in 2018. Pju’s short film The Nettle (2017), a coming-of-age queer drama, premiered at BFI Flare and was selected by many other festivals, for instance Palm Springs Shortfest, and shortlisted for the prestigious Iris Prize.

Pju is preparing her feature debut The Ugly Mandarine with producer Veronika Kührová. The project was selected to Midpoint’s Project Lab and received the Coco award during the pitching at Karlovy Vary FF. Pju was artist in residency at Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai in 2019.

THE SCREENING

Nettle
Fiction
22 mins
Language: Czech
Shooting format: digital

From the moment when Nikola’s girlfriend Ana puts the lipstick on his lip, nothing is ever the same. No one wants to confront or to be justified, the secrets each of them is holding to themselves are growing recklessly just like the nettles in the backyard.

Cast:
Vojtech Hrabak
Josefina Duskova
Josef Pejchal

Director/Scriptwriter: Piaoyu Xie
Cinematographer: Marcel Benes
Editor: Veronika Hlinkova
Sound Design: Matej Chrudina
Set Design: Zuzana Boskova
Music: Catherine Backhouse