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Producer, Director - Country
Czech Republic
Čtveráček Karel
A Man Who Painted the Sea
Shortly before his death - in the seclusion of a small Prague flat - Jindřich Vik, a bank clerk and a naive painter, took his brush and water colours and started painting in an outburst of creative effort that lasted for a year and resulted in hundreds of drawings, mapping almost all his life. We embark on a journey back through time and in his drawings relive the most humble moments of a human life, seeing an old man bent over a yellow sheet of paper, struggling with his imagination and memory, turning back once again to look at his life and trying to grasp its meaning.
Die Bienen Flogen schon
The reconstruction of the photographic Atelier Seidel in Český Krumlov and the rediscovery of a unique collection of nearly 140,000 historical photographs becomes not only the basis for the narrative of a life-story of two photographers – father and son, but also leads to the revival of Czech-German dialogue, and to the reconstruction of the long-gone lives and culture. It brings us to a general meditation over photography, which serves here not only as historical testimony, but also as a means of experiencing and remembering.
Shortly before his death - in the seclusion of a small Prague flat - Jindřich Vik, a bank clerk and a naive painter, took his brush and water colours and started painting in an outburst of creative effort that lasted for a year and resulted in hundreds of drawings, mapping almost all his life. We embark on a journey back through time and in his drawings relive the most humble moments of a human life, seeing an old man bent over a yellow sheet of paper, struggling with his imagination and memory, turning back once again to look at his life and trying to grasp its meaning.
Die Bienen Flogen schon
The reconstruction of the photographic Atelier Seidel in Český Krumlov and the rediscovery of a unique collection of nearly 140,000 historical photographs becomes not only the basis for the narrative of a life-story of two photographers – father and son, but also leads to the revival of Czech-German dialogue, and to the reconstruction of the long-gone lives and culture. It brings us to a general meditation over photography, which serves here not only as historical testimony, but also as a means of experiencing and remembering.
Epopeja
EPOPEJA is a documentary exploring the world (especially the Slavic one); it is a testimony about the process of forming new opinions, new communities and even of new mythologies. It attempts to approach an extraordinary spiritual artefact that encloses the Slav Epic, the unique opus of Alphonse Mucha. Through thoughts, feelings and interpretations, the docume ntary asks how the work resonates with the feelings of contemporary society. To re-explore the canvases of the Slav Epic means to gradually establish the world of its author as well as the world of ancient and contemporary Slavs. We set out to explore our ancestors’ footprints to track the living and lived picture of the Slavic identity.
EPOPEJA is a documentary exploring the world (especially the Slavic one); it is a testimony about the process of forming new opinions, new communities and even of new mythologies. It attempts to approach an extraordinary spiritual artefact that encloses the Slav Epic, the unique opus of Alphonse Mucha. Through thoughts, feelings and interpretations, the docume ntary asks how the work resonates with the feelings of contemporary society. To re-explore the canvases of the Slav Epic means to gradually establish the world of its author as well as the world of ancient and contemporary Slavs. We set out to explore our ancestors’ footprints to track the living and lived picture of the Slavic identity.
Born August 28, 1970 in Frýdlant. Graduated in Zoology from the Charles University. 1993-1999, studied Documentary Film at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) and made several short films for Czech Television and the FEBIO production company. Worked briefly at the humanitarian organization People in Need. Currently works on a number of documentary projects. Having successfully finished his studies he worked in the Člověk v tísni company as part of his civil service duty, which ended in the summer of 2001. He is currently working on documentary projects focusing on painting and nature in Central Europe - Memory of Light (2001), The Man Who Painted the Sea (2005), Prints (2006), The Beautiful Flight of the Bees (2009).
Die Bienen Flogen schön (2009) – 70 min. The reconstruction of the photographic Atelier Seidel in Český Krumlov and the rediscovery of a unique collection of nearly 140,000 historical photographs becomes not only the basis for the narrative of a life-story of two photographers – father and son, but also leads to the revival of Czech-German dialogue, and to the reconstruction of the long-gone lives and culture. Producer: Jarmila Poláková - Film & Sociologie, Coproducer: Czech Television A Man Who Painted The Sea (2005) – 29 min. Shortly before his death - in the seclusion of a small Prague flat - Jindřich Vik, a bank clerk and a naive painter, took his brush and water colours and started painting in an outburst of creative effort that lasted for a year and resulted in hundreds of drawings, mapping almost all his life.We embark on a journey back through time and in his drawings relive the most humble moments of a human life, seeing an old man bent over a yellow sheet of paper, struggling with his imagination and memory, turning back once again to look at his life and trying to grasp its meaning. Producer: Antonín Chundela, Daniel Tuček - Golden Dawn, Coproducer : Czech Television Memory of the light (2000) – 26 min. A documentary portrait of the Czech photographer Bohdan Holomíček. Producer: Antonín Chundela, AG Vision, Coproducer: Czech Television