How to Listen to Fountains
experimental documentary film
2025
color / Slovakia / 16 mm – 4K / Digital 5.1 / 10’ 07”
prod. Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava

This film is about public space. This film is about the destruction of culture. This film is about fountains that have had enough. What would happen if fountains could speak?

awards
San Sebastián International Film Festival - Premio Nest
Sun in a Net (Slovak Film and Television Academy Awards) - Best Short Film
Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival - Best Film, Fireworks Competition
Lago Film Fest - Ritmi Visivi Award (Principi International)
Beyond Borders - Bronze Phoenix
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival - Best Sound Design
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival - Best Student Film
Student Academy Awards - Semifinalist in Alternative / Experimental

festivals
San Sebastián International Film Festival, world premiere
27th BAFICI
79th Edinburgh International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Ann Arbor
31st It’s All True / É Tudo Verdade
FICCI 65 – Animación Porosa
Vienna Shorts
Beyond Borders | Kastellorizo IDF
Experiments in Cinema v21.5
Kassel Dokfest
Beldocs
Lago Film Fest
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival
IN THE PALACE
Habitar El Cine
Mientras Tanto Cine
Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival
FUSE – Film Under Severe Experiment
22nd Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival
Marienbad Film Festival
Kyiv International Short Film Festival
22nd FEST — New Directors | New Films Festival
goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film
Febiofest IFF
On art - Poland
66th Zlín International Film Festival
Visegrad Film Forum

credits
written and directed by: Eva Sajanová
cast: Silvia Sviteková, fountains of Bratislava
cinematography: Hugo Činčala
edit: Rastislav M. Fabian
sound recording and design: Olesia Stepura, Eva Sajanová
sound mix: Štefan Tomko
music: God and Eve
color: Bruno Dužek
production: Anna Mária Zimová, Eva Sajanová
festival Strategy: Festival department, Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava
poster and typography: Žofia Fodorová