THE BOUNDARIES OF FIDELITY
Director: Diana Fabiánová
Producer: Silvia Panakova
Editor: Phil Jandaly
Production company: DAYHEY Ltd.
Slovakia, Czech Republic I 80 min
A married couple’s search for a way to preserve a long-term, honest relationship, in an environment where infidelity is normal practice.
The documentary THE BOUNDARIES OF FIDELITY is an intimate probe into society, partnerships, their dark places and our innermost selves. It follows the decision to leave behind the generally accepted norms of couple cohabitation, and to take a walk through the minefield of our emotions, fears, insecurities, and inner freedom. It is an author's documentary based on the story of a couple that is determined to find their own way. More demanding than it originally appeared, this journey will change both of them forever.
DIANA FABIÁNOVÁ / IMDB
DIANA FABIÁNOVÁ's debut The Moon Inside You premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival and has since been shown in over 150 festivals all over the world. Co-produced by ARTE, the film was pre-bought by a number of European television networks as well as by the US educational program for colleges &Universities MED.
An educational version for children called Monthlies was created by crowdfunding, with the financial support of people from 33 countries. At that time, it was the most successful Slovak and Czech film project on domestic and international crowdfunding platforms. The global premiere of the movie was held in one day in more than 200 locations, in 22 countries around the world.
Director’s statement
Infidelity and the effort to preserve one’s family is a vital topic for me at this time in my life. My motivation is personal and deep. I went through periods in which I sought my own ways to have honest and functional relationships for fear they would be disrupted by infidelity. I have filmed a part of this journey, and I feel now the moment has come to share it with the audience. Indeed, it is a topic that affects them too. Almost everyone carries the heavy emotional burden of generations of our ancestors who struggled with infidelity in one form or another. We all struggle with a combination of personal traumas, social stigma and condemnation from the church or local communities. Feelings of shame, betrayal and injustice, to name a few, are experienced by all of us, even if we may not always be aware of it. Gender inequality, as well as human egoism, meant that for millennia couples have been accustomed to living in pretense, hiding the truth from each other.
SILVIA PANÁKOVÁ / IMDB
Silvia Panáková graduated in production and Management at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava in 2003. She co-founded ARINA, Ltd in 2004 and DAYHEY, Ltd in 2008. She produced or co-produced around 20 feature and documentary films. She is a member of the Slovak Film and Television Academy, Producer on the Move, European Film Academy and ACE Producers. Silvia made co-production movies with Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, The Netherland, Macedonia, Iran, Germany etc.
Where are we at?
Production budget: 200,000,00 EUR
Needed for completion: 150.000,00 EUR
Territories available: Worldwide
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Production company profile
MML STUDIO is a production house established in Poland in 2008. Their documentary films and video installations are shown in art spaces and international film festivals, such as FID Marseille, FNC Montreal, Oberhausen IFF, IDFA or institutions like Anthology Film Archives, or MoMA in New York.