PLAYTOPIA

Eight children from different countries enter an otherworldly white space and, through play and negotiation, reveal how they understand the world. What becomes visible when adults step back?

Playtopia brings together eight children who have never met before inside a white, undefined space. Through play, debate, self-recorded fragments, and hand-made collage sequences, the film moves between the real and the imagined. Rather than offering answers, Playtopia observes how a society forms when children are left alone with the world we have given them.

IN PRODUCTION

CZ/RO

Script, director: Bára Jíchová Tyson
Script advisor: David Barker
Producer: Alice Tabery, Kristina Husová
Coproducer: Bára Tyson Jichová (Incomplete Pictures), Radu Stancu and Cristina Hanes (deFilm), ), Ji.hlava IDFF (JB Fund)
Associate producer: Christian Popp (TAG Film)

Supported by: MEDIA – Creative Europe, Czech Film Fund, CNC, Avanpost
Participated at: DOK Co-Pro Market, East Doc Forum, Producers On The Move, IDFAcademy, Cannes Docs, Yadoo Residency, McDowell Residency

The development of PLAYTOPIA was supported by the European Union's National Recovery Plan program.

Thanks to the support of this program, the director, producer, dramaturgist, and art director were able to successfully finalise the new treatment, develop dramaturgical notes, and create accompanying visuals.