Pumpkinville (Club of Opportunities, Ep. 9)
Contains AI-assisted elements
Pumpkinville (Club of Opportunities, Ep. 9) Author: Jakub Jansa 4K, 15 min, 2024 (sound in English; English, German and Czech subtitles) Commissioned by Horror Patriae, Steirischer Herbst, Neue Galerie Graz Pumpkinville, Latest Episode as Short Film and Installation, Unveiling the Truman Show of the Global North. A short film follows Celerist, a noir detective trapped in a surreal world akin to The Truman Show, where a Styrian pumpkin, symbolizing Austria’s “green gold”, remains unaware of its artificial surroundings. Jakub Jansa crafts a satirical allegory of neoliberalism and nationalism, using human-vegetable beings to expose class hierarchies and ideological mechanisms of the Global North. Pumpkineville deconstructs the myths of tradition and identity as tools of political manipulation, revealing how false nostalgia and illusions of stability fuel contemporary nationalist ideologies. Author: Jakub Jansa DOP: Kryštof Hlůže Producer: Kristýna Kapounová Production Company: Closer Performance: Jan Kostiha, Jamilya Andreyeva, Soňa Beaumont Patrik Petr, Peter Hosking, Olesia Adamovich Editor: Sebastian Kučkovský Costume Designer: Karolína Juříková Costume Assistants: Adéla Holušková, Valerie Jurčíková, Alex Pýchová Make-up Artist: Tereza Tartusa Make-up Assistant: Markéta Němcová Dramaturgy: Alice Krajčířová Music & Sound: Oliver Torr Production Assistant: Julie Sroková 1st AD: Max Horn B Cam: Filip Smil 1st AC: Jakub Volena 2nd AC: Tony Šmaus Sound Recordist: Tom Richman Lights: Ondřej Puritscher Lights Trainee: Lukáš Masák Propmaster: Henry Trung Prop Guy: Patrick-Djouno Djakoualno BTS: Shot by Us Colorist: Kryštof Melka Graphic Design: Martin Groch SFX: Eliška Pitráková Location: Autoklub České Republiky, FZG Studio Walkies: Jakub Koula – Kluci Base Extras: Emel Ameti, Barbora Gábová, Daniel Batrla, Sergey Akentyev Timur Mirzakulov, Julia Chumakova, Tatiana Rozenberg
