Lost Holiday
Ztracená dovolená, Czech Republic, 2007, 84 min, 35 mm, Arts and Culture, Creative, History, IDF Video Library
A documentary detective story. Lada, a Czech traveller, finds by chance a dirty suitcase in a Swedish waste bin. It contains only a very carefully packed plastic bag full of film rolls. Lada takes all of the 22 film rolls home to Prague and has them developed. There are 756 fascinating photos from a trip of seven Asian men, probably from China. Lost Holiday tells the story of the search for these unknown tourists, based only on the lost photographs. We would like to give the photos back to them. And so the unknown men from Asia become guides on our exciting journey as we search through the lost photos and also for the nature of contemporary man.
Director:
Lucie Králová
Original idea:
Lucie Králová
Producer:
Martin Řezníček, Jana Ulbrychová
Screenplay:
Lucie Králová
Executive producer:
Zuzana Richterová-Chadimová
Dramaturgy:
Jan Gogola ml.
Director of photography:
Tomáš Stanek, Braňo Pažitka
Editor:
Jakub Hejna
Sound:
Richard Miller
Languages:
Chinese, Czech, Danish, English, German, Swedish
Subtitles:
Czech, English, Polish
DOCUfilm Praha
N. A. Někrasova 2/649
160 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic
FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Smetanovo nábřeží 2
116 65 Prague 1, Czech Republic
Czech TV
Kavčí hory
140 70 Prague 4, Czech Republic
Association of Czech Film Clubs
Nám. Míru - Stonky 860
686 01 Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic
DOCUfilm Praha
N. A. Někrasova 2/649
160 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic
2007: Best Documentary -
The 42nd International Film Festival Karlovy Vary, 2007
2008: Best Documentary -
Banja Luka International Filmfestival
One World
Film Festival Litoměřice, Czech Republic 2008
Film Fest Finále, Czech Republic 2008
Special Mention -
Milano Film Festival 2008
Audience Award -
Bliff 2008
- refundable support: State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography (2005)
- specific grant: State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography (2007 distibution)