3MWh

Storyline

A nuclear power plant worker obsessed with counting has set a maximum limit on how much electricity he wants to consume. But the energy that should have lasted him for the rest of his life is slowly running out, forcing him to decide on its final use. 3 MWh is a film poem about degrowth and shows what it would look like if man stopped putting themselves at the center of nature. A 16mm analogue footage damaged by digitally recorded electrical discharges based on protagonist's voice demonstrates the relationship between man and material reality.

About the film/director

Marie-Magdalena Kochová is a Czech director based in Prague. She graduated from New Media in Pilsen and Documentary Film at FAMU in Prague. Her short film Apparatgeist (2019) was granted the Special Mention of the student jury at the Ji.hlava IDFF 2019. Her next short film Shells (2022) premiered at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2022, competed at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2023, was selected to The Hottest Shorts of Hot Docs 2023 and won The Best International Student Film Award at Cinedans Film Festival Amsterdam 2023. Her work focuses on personal and social themes through documentary and fictional forms, and she is currently working on her first documentary feature film The Other One.

Filmography

3 MWh, 2024, fiction short film
Shells, 2022, hybrid short film
Apparatgeist, 2019, experimental short film
OK2PAY, 2019, documentary short film
Will The World Remember Your Name?, 2017, documentary short film
A Stack 1., 2017, documentary short film

Credits

Director:

Marie-Magdalena Kochová

Script:

Josef Kokta

Camera:

Kristina Kulová

Editor:

Veronika Kašparová

Cast:

Jaroslav Pížl

Sound:

Martin Michálek

Music:

Haštal Hapka

Producer:

Helium Film, Agáta Kolárová

Contact:

Agáta Kolárová

E-Mail:

agata.kolarova@gmail.com

Contact:

Marie-Magdalena Kochová

E-Mail:

mmkochova@gmail.com

• Czech Republic

• Czech / subtitles English
• 2024
• 12 min