- Occupation
Director, Producer - Country
Czech Republic
Benešová Ivanna
Memories of Childhood
The film Memories of Childhood is an observational reality documentary filmed in the time span of six months. As a small child, the film protagonist Filip Zahradil was sexually abused and mistreated by his mother. Therefore he brought a sexual trauma and a lack of feeling to his adulthood. "I'm not able to express my love for women. I'm not sensitive enough", says Zahradil. As soon as his relationship problems appeared, he started realizing that his troublesome childhood experience is to blame. He realized that it was his mother who ruined his life and that it is because of her that he will never be a normal loving man. So one day, seized by an alcoholic fit, he decided to settle the score. He shot her. He was sentenced for twenty years for murder, however, due to good behaviour and a number of mitigating circumstances he was released in the middle of his sentence. The film crew meets him the moment he is leaving the prison. He is telling his childhood memories to be later reconstructed with the help of actors. Besides, we also follow his current life and his attempts to become part of the society.
Abused
A documentary film about a man who has been sexually abused by his own mother as a child. When he was eighteen, he killed her. After almost ten years spent in prison, he starts narrating his story, including his current struggles with life and his futile efforts to find true love.
The film Memories of Childhood is an observational reality documentary filmed in the time span of six months. As a small child, the film protagonist Filip Zahradil was sexually abused and mistreated by his mother. Therefore he brought a sexual trauma and a lack of feeling to his adulthood. "I'm not able to express my love for women. I'm not sensitive enough", says Zahradil. As soon as his relationship problems appeared, he started realizing that his troublesome childhood experience is to blame. He realized that it was his mother who ruined his life and that it is because of her that he will never be a normal loving man. So one day, seized by an alcoholic fit, he decided to settle the score. He shot her. He was sentenced for twenty years for murder, however, due to good behaviour and a number of mitigating circumstances he was released in the middle of his sentence. The film crew meets him the moment he is leaving the prison. He is telling his childhood memories to be later reconstructed with the help of actors. Besides, we also follow his current life and his attempts to become part of the society.
Abused
A documentary film about a man who has been sexually abused by his own mother as a child. When he was eighteen, he killed her. After almost ten years spent in prison, he starts narrating his story, including his current struggles with life and his futile efforts to find true love.
Graduate of Economy studies at Mendel University Brno. Graduete of Movie Academy Pisek. Worked like a journalist: idnes.cz, Hospodarske noviny, Blesk etc., former moderator of radio Cas. Today works as a director for TV Nova and as a journalist of zeny.cz.
Výrobky z drůbežího masa dokument pro školní účely, scénář a režie, 20min, 2006K-on-FLIKT krátký hraný film, scénář, režie, 10min, 2007Štěstí malé Elizabety krátký hraný film, scénář, režie, 10min, 2007Creamfields 2008 dokument o hudebním festivalu, scénář a režie, 27min, 2008Jak prodat ženu? krátký školní film, pracovní postup, scénář a režie, 4 min, 2009Návštěva v životě krátký školní film, scénář a režie, 5 min, 2009Houby televizní inscenace, 30 min, scénář a režie, 2009Jak se dělá porno? dokumentární film, 26 min, scénář a režie, 2010Okno krátký televizní film, 3min, scénář a režie, 2010Zneužívaný celovečerní dokument, 80 min, fáze postprodukce, scénář, režie