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Talents from FAMU
The visionary universe
of Viktoria Rampal Dzurenko
U
JO
V IKTOR
IS AN EXTRAORDINARY PORTRAYAL OF
THE TIES THAT BIND US .
T HE
FILM ’ S DELICATE
BALANCE OF HUMANISM AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
INTROSPECTION UNDERSCORES ITS POWERFUL SOCIAL
MESSAGE .
V IKTORIA R AMPAL D ZURENKO ' S
REMARKABLE
DIRECTORIAL DEBUT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES HER STRONG
COMMAND OF FLEET CINEMATIC STORYTELLING .
DIALOGUE TO
EXPLORES THE
A
K EEPING
MINIMUM , V IKTORIA
WONDERFUL
EMOTIONAL
DEPTH
CHARACTERS ’ HARD - ROCK EXTERIORS .
inspiration and I love to observe it as well as I am trying
to understand it too. And as now I am also mother I can
see things again from more different perspective.
Parenthood and married life brought new colorful
flavours to my life and I am very much thankful for that.
BENEATH
F ILMED
THE
WITH AN
Ujo Viktor is your final master directing project at
FAMU, one of the most prestigious film school in
Europe. How has your experience at FAMU
contributed to your artistic and professional
growth?
EXQUISITE DETACHMENT ,
U JO V IKTOR STUNNING WORK
Viktoria: The experience was simply amazing. I studied
W E ARE PLEASED TO
and shot my films
PRESENT V IKTORIA R AMPAL D ZURENKO
“For me to shoot film means to dedicate
under very inspirative
FOR THIS YEAR ' S C INÉ W OMEN E DITION .
part of life time. Same like when you are
guindance of such
V IKTORIA , HOW DID YOU GET INTO carrying a baby. You give him
directors  like  Věra
FILMMAKING ?
everything. Your own blood, your own
Chytilová, Jan Němec,
ABOUT SOCIAL ESTRANGEMENT .
energy, your own time, your own love. ”
Viktoria: It was a destiny. I always loved to paint and I
admired any kind of art. Before I started my studies of
film direction at FAMU, Prague, Czech republic, I
completed my master degree studies in painting and
teaching of painting in Slovakia. After that I felt desire to
start storytelling with moving images. My inspiration is
simple - life around me. And my family which is
completely multicultural - my father is from Slovakia,
mother from Lithuania and Ukraine, my husband Ranjan
Rampal and his family are from India and we live mainly
in Prague. So thanks to all that I can see many
approaches towards life and I believe I became more
tolerant. World around me is simply my strong
Drahomíra Vihanová,
Lubor Dohnal - who
are world famous as "czech new wave" directors and
filmmakers. I ll forever remember unique attitude of
Věra Chytilova and her provoking question: Why? She
was always searching for exact meanings and reasons
for each scene our student films. She was teaching us
as upcoming directors to always know what we want to
express by each scene and why. Till now when I am
making film, her face with this question "WHY?" appears
in my head. Why I want to shoot this kind of film and
what is it really all about for me? Why this and this scene
is there? Why this subtext of the scene and what it will
bring  to  the  whole  film.  Constant  questioning  of  Věra
Chytilova tought me not to waste too many creative, but