Up Again, Documentary on Teen Figure Skater, Premieres at Ji.hlava
Eliska Cilkova Andrsova directed, edited and scored the film, which follows Czech skater Barbora Vrankova from age 15 to 18.
The Czech documentary Up Again had its world premiere at the Ji.hlava documentary festival, according to Variety. The film is directed, edited and scored by Eliska Cilkova Andrsova.
Up Again follows Czech figure skater Barbora Vrankova over three years, from age 15 to 18. It is screening at the festival as part of the Czech Joy section.
Filming took place partly at an international training center in Egna, Italy, and later in the United States.
Cilkova Andrsova previously made the documentary Pripyat Piano, which was set in the exclusion zone created after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster.
Quick answers
What is Up Again about?
It is a Czech documentary following figure skater Barbora Vrankova over three years, from age 15 to 18.
Who directed Up Again?
Eliska Cilkova Andrsova, who also edited and scored the film.
Where did Up Again premiere?
It had its world premiere at the Ji.hlava documentary festival, in the Czech Joy section.