AsexuaLOVE

Documentary film by director Eva Lammelova

Synopsis:

Jana lived in social isolation. Ondřej suffered from depression. After discovering their sexual identity, they accepted themselves. They are like us, they just don't have sex. Two aromantic asexuals. Jana loves romantic stories, likes reading them and in the beginning of her career as a literary translator, romance novels were her daily bread. Ondřej hangs out with his friend Martina, who'd like to marry him. He lives with a gay couple and his cat, and sees it as an appropriate way of being himself.

Some believe that sexual energy is within and everywhere around us. Few people realize there are those among us who don't feel sexual attraction. This film is a documentary portrait of two people, Jana and Ondřej, who belong to the asexual community. In the beginning, both protagonists and their (a)sexual identity is introduced. You'll find out about their process of self-identification and their journey towards coming-out, and examine the difficulties they experienced because of being different. Then you'll follow the protagonists to various places and people, revealing step by step the meaning of asexuality for Jana and Ondřej, and for the majority. The message is: Sexual identities are full of labels, but they don't need to be taken too dogmatically. Let's be tolerant and open towards all sexual identities. It will make everyone's life easier.

AsexuaLOVE is the only Czech documentary focusing on this specific minority inside the LGBTQ community. It's probably also the only film about asexuality made in Europe. It was first shown in the Czech section of One World Festival 2018, with great acclaim. One of the reasons people are interested in this topic is that our everyday life is full of sexual connotations. We live in a heteronormative society where sex is ever-present, viewed as an inherent part of being human, and that's why many people find the existence of asexuality surprising. The reason behind the making of this film has been to spread awareness about asexuality.



eva lammelova

film-maker and producer

+420 739 656 430

eva.lammelova@gmail.com

CV:

Eva Lammelova studied Master of Sociology and Education of Adults on Philosophical Faculty on University of Palacký in Olomouc, Czech Republic, where also studied Bachelor of Film and Theather Studies. Between 2010 - 2011 Eva studied Sociology and Gender studies on Utrech University in Holland.

  • In 2011 - internship in Impakt, NGO focused on audiovisual art, Utrech, Holland
  • In 2012 - work for production studio Družina, creative film studio for beneficial campaigns
  • In 2013 - internship in Group for documentary creation, Czech television
  • 2013 - 2014 - assistent of director in programme for children I will be an Einstein, Czech
  • television
  • From 2014 - director of ecological programme called Do not give up, Czech television
  • 2015 - 2016 - cooperation with NGO for people with handicap called Inventura focused on
  • creation of art and documentary films
  • From 2015 - shooting independent and television docummentaries
  • From 2016 - reporter for cultural programme about film creation called Průvan, Czech television
  • From 2016 - shooting radio docummentaries and podcastes, Czech radio

Filmography

  • Free food for all people, documentary, Czech television, 2015 (IDFF Jihlava 2015)
  • Struggle for survival, investigative documentary Czech television, 2015
  • Green cure, investigative documentary Czech television, 2015
  • Landscape in the landscape, documentary, Czech television, 2016 (IDFF Jihlava 2016)
  • Mary, documentary portrait, NGO Inventura, 2016
  • Writer from Chmelík, documentary, Czech television, 2016
  • On the balcony, independent documentary, 2016 (IDFF Jihlava 2016)
  • Atelier, independent documentary portrait, 2016
  • Eternal force of seeds, documentary, Czech television, 2017
  • AsexuaLOVE, independent documentary, 2018 (International festival One World 2018, Prague - Czech competition, Lubuskie Film Summer Lagow 2018, Poland, DOQUMENTA International Film Festival 2018, Mexico, East Silver MFDF Jihlava 2018, Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer 2019)
  • Butterflies above gulf, documentary, Czech television, 2018
  • Anomaly, independent experimental documentary, 2018 (IDFF Jihlava 2018 - Exprmtnl.CZ competition, Academia Film Olomouc 2019 - czech-slovakian competition)

Please watch our trailer with English subtitles.

Contact:

Elfilm

mail: eva.lammelova@gmail.com

Phone: +420 739 656 430

© 2018 Elfilm
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