Butterfly Girl
Six-year-old Viktorka tries to understand the complicated relationships in her family. Not only is she expecting the birth of a new sibling, but she must also prepare for her first day at school. In dealing with all these challenges, she is helped by her optimism, playfulness, and imagination. The camera sticks to a child’s perspective, from which every day is full of little miracles.
- Czech Republic
- 2024, 23 min
- Director: Ema Hůlková
- Director of photography: Ema Hůlková, Filip Kovář
- Editor: Vojtěch Kunc
- Screenplay: Ema Hůlková
- Sound: Matěj Lindner
- Art Director: Ema Hůlková
- Producer: Adéla Věříšová
- Production: FAMU
Ema Hůlková
Ema Hůlková is a film director and actress currently studying documentary directing at FAMU. Her films Beyond the Horizon (2022), Where It’s Green a Lot (2022), and In the Bathroom (2021) have been screened at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, FAMUFEST, and IFF ZOOM. Her experimental film Dodo Story (2023) was nominated for script, sound, and editing awards at FAMUFEST and was most recently shown at Skomrahi. Hůlková did an internship at KaDISS and has starred in films such as Love Bites, which was shown at the BFI IMAX in London as part of the Straight 8 festival.