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Touching Darkness

Young & Short: Hidden World (12 -14 years)

 

original title: Dotknout se tmy

directed by: Jamaica Kindlová

year: 2024

duration: 4 minutes

country: Czechia

language: Czech with English subtitles

Ten-year-old Vítek has extraordinary abilities - he can feel and hear what others cannot. The documentary uses an experiment technique of sand animation to bring the world of a blind boy closer to the audience, raising the question of whether the absence of one of the senses must necessarily be an obstacle.

The film won the award for Best Director of an Animated Film at FAMUfest 2025, was shortlisted for the Magnesia Award 2024 and was also successful at Anifilm, as well as at the IFF Olympia, KUKI Festival and doxs! festivals focused on the children's film.

 

The film is part of the Hidden World and can be individually combined with films from The Abyss, What If? and Carousel of Emotions.