Progress

by Lun Sevnik

Postopoma, orig. Postup Práce, 2021, fiction, digital file, 1,66:1 (5:3), c, 19 min
Finished

During her high school internship, 16-year-old Anna takes care of an older, physically disabled man, Michael, who is verbally abusing her. When she is interrupted by a visit from a friend, she has no idea that the afternoon will soon turn into the night, during which, being cornered, she will start to cause harm as well …

screenwriter
Lun Sevnik
director
Lun Sevnik
producer
Ondřej Šejnoha
co-producers
Linda Pilková, Mai Lan Nguyen
director of photography
Kryštof Melka
music composer
Adam Kratochvil
film editor
Maja Benc
production designer
Marek Špitálský
costume designer
Zuzana Formánková
sound designer
Anna Jesenská

featuring
Anna Glässnerová, Denisa Barešová, Ondřej Malý, Jakub Vaverka, Petr Uhlik

production
Studio FAMU
co-production
Czech Film Centre

Studio FAMU

Lun Sevnik is studying film directing at FAMU (Prague). As student he made Playing (2019, premiered at KVIFF and SSIFF), Progress (2021, nominated for the Czech Lion Magnesia Award for the Best Student Film), and The Sea in Between (2023, his graduation work).