The film from the Brno villa Stiassni will premiere in London

Brno - The film Tonight the World (Svět dnešní noci), which was created in Brno, is finished and will premiere on January 30 at The Curve gallery in the London center Barbican. The author is British-American director and artist Daria Martin, and the short film is part of the upcoming exhibition of the same name.

"This film was shot in Brno, in four locations, which will thus make it to the screens of global metropolises like London and San Francisco," stated Zdeňka Kujová from the production company that collaborated with the foreign crew.

Martin is the granddaughter of Susi Stiassni, who lived in the Stiassni villa in Brno as a child. Although she left it at the age of sixteen and spent most of her life abroad, she often dreamed of the house of her childhood. She wrote down her dreams, which later became the basis for the film.

"The diaries contain a dream recorded every few months in which Susi returns to the Stiassni villa. The dreams are sometimes joyful, often filled with fear, and usually strange," Martin described. Her exhibition at The Curve gallery is meant to be a portrait of her ancestors as well as herself. It is also a study of intergenerational trauma, migration, and loss.

The exhibition will also feature a digital game that allows visitors to take a virtual tour of the Stiassni villa. This is where the filmmakers shot. The crew also visited the forest park on Kamenný vrch. A demanding set decoration was created in the film studio as well.

The Stiassni family was among the industrial elite of Brno. They left Brno due to the Nazi threat. The villa was designed for them by architect Ernst Wiesner, and it has stood on Hroznová Street in Pisárky since 1929. Today, it is managed by the National Heritage Institute.

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