While we were sleeping

In Prague, two sixteen-year-old girls — the exuberant DÁŠA and the reserved KLÁRA — find themselves having to deal with the toxic masculinity of two boys their age, Robert and Pavel, whom they had approached earlier that evening in the hope of losing their virginity.

Genre l Fiction
Duration l 19 minutes

Director l Olmo Omerzu
Writters l Olmo Omerzu & Marie Stara
Starring Dexter Franc, Veronika Divisova, Vojtech Podany, Fratisek Prachat

Coproducer l Endorfilm (Czech Republic)
Producers l Hélène Mitjavile, Jiri Konecny
Image l Krystof Melka
Editor l Jaroslaw Kaminski
Music l Monika Omerzu Midriáková

Broadcaster : Arte France
With the support of the Czech Republic’s audiovisual support fund, the CNC and Slovenian Film Centre

Festivals

2025

47th CINEMED, International Mediterranean Film Festival (France) – Official competition