Time, Space and Everything in Between
Date:
December 28, 2024
Time, Space and Everything in Between
Time, Space and Everything in Between
by Savva Dolomanov
8Heads Productions s.r.o | Czech Republic
Drama, Road movie
Logline
Two days before her wedding, Juliet joins her brother Alex and ex-boyfriend Leo on a spontaneous trip to revisit a childhood bowling alley. When a detour through a long-abandoned village tied to their past unearths forgotten memories and emotions.
Synopsis
Juliet (26) is on the brink of her wedding, but she’s far from ready. Restless and uncertain, she sets off on a road trip with her older brother Alex (28) to revisit a childhood bowling alley. She also invites Leo (27), her ex-boyfriend, who carries his own burdens beneath a carefree facade. Together, they are a mismatched trio, traveling through landscapes filled with memories, silences, and tension.
As they drive, places along the road stir Juliet’s faded memories of childhood—fleeting images that resurface like forgotten footage, blurring the boundaries between past and present. The trip, in its quiet unraveling, becomes a confrontation with time itself, forcing Juliet and Alex to face what they’ve lost and how far they’ve grown apart.
Moments of connection rise unexpectedly amid the unease, as long-buried emotions simmer beneath the surface. Each stop along the way brings them closer to a place they’ve been avoiding—the village where Juliet and Alex grew up. There, surrounded by the echoes of their shared past, Juliet stumbles upon a diary she wrote as a child. Its words awaken something she’s been missing: a connection to herself, to her brother, and to the time that has shaped them both.
Though the elusive bowling alley remains out of reach, the journey reveals what has been forgotten, what still lingers, and what must be let go.
Author’s Note
The feeling I wanted to capture in this film comes from my own experience at a close friend’s wedding. Surrounded by the joy of summer, I couldn’t help but feel an emptiness about the future, a sense that happiness and uncertainty often exist together. This feeling is connected to the vulnerability of youth, the awareness that time is always moving forward, and the bittersweet changes that come with it. It is this passing, unstoppable time that I want to explore through the characters’ journeys—how time shapes our relationships, our identities, and how we see the world.
Juliet’s anxiety comes from her struggle with time. Her past feels distant and fragile, while her future is unclear and overwhelming. She feels the present is the only thing she can hold onto, but even that feels uncertain. Her desire to escape adulthood comes from not knowing how to deal with this.
The relationship between Juliet and her brother Alex is at the heart of the story. Alex is stable, sure of what he wants, while Juliet is more unsure, trying to figure out what she truly needs. Leo, her ex-boyfriend, represents another side of her—free but also lost. The road trip is like a journey into their minds, where past and present meet. At the end, Juliet finds a diary she wrote as a child, reconnecting with who she was.
Company Profile
8Heads Productions, a film production company based in Prague, was founded in 2010 with the aim to produce primarily original projects, created in close collaboration between the screenwriter, director, and producer. It focuses on short and feature films, and now also series, with international potential and the possibility of global distribution, with a special emphasis on co-productions with former socialist countries. Founder of the company, producer, film theorist, and a former long-time Programme Director of the Karlovy Vary IFF, Julietta Sichel, draws on her experience in the film industry and her long-standing contacts with foreign film representatives and international festivals. Films produced or co-produced by 8HP have been screened at numerous film festivals around the world, including Busan, Montreal, Tallinn, Jeonju, Raindance, Sarajevo, Kyiv or Jihlava and many more. In recent years, 8HP has been focusing on high-quality children and youth content. Julietta Sichel, joined forces with Ellyn Černochová, a recent FAMU graduate, to produce Time, Space and Everything in Between, a project that reflects 8Heads Productions’ dedication to original and unique storytelling with international appeal.