- Occupation
Director - Country
Slovak Republic
Lehotský Juraj
Blind Loves
It is very often difficult for us, those who can see, to find our true fulfillment and happiness in the world. The more complicated, but maybe the more interesting this journey might be for the blind. Their perspective of the world is much more essential and sincere in many ways, and it often uncovers the invisible dimensions of the world. This film is about love amongst the blind and about the different forms it can take. The main protagonists are people who were born blind and they have been living in a world of their own since ever. This world is often filled with unusual visions, perceptions and dreams. It is through the lives of four different characters in the film, through which we are presented different kinds of love experience. Zuzka, a blind teenager, is in search of her first love. Blind young Roma, Miro, falls in love with a blind white girl. Blind Elena happily raises her 5-year-old sighted daughter. Peter, a blind music teacher, wants to fulfill his wife’s dream and takes her to ‚see‘ the sea for the first time in their life. The cinematography we intend to apply should be artistic and visiualy attractive in the surrealistic aesthetics but at the same time its content will consist of real and true moments from the lives of the characters. The screenplay was awarded the Tibor Vichta Award for the best documentary script in Slovakia.
Čačipen - Pravda
It is very often difficult for us, those who can see, to find our true fulfillment and happiness in the world. The more complicated, but maybe the more interesting this journey might be for the blind. Their perspective of the world is much more essential and sincere in many ways, and it often uncovers the invisible dimensions of the world. This film is about love amongst the blind and about the different forms it can take. The main protagonists are people who were born blind and they have been living in a world of their own since ever. This world is often filled with unusual visions, perceptions and dreams. It is through the lives of four different characters in the film, through which we are presented different kinds of love experience. Zuzka, a blind teenager, is in search of her first love. Blind young Roma, Miro, falls in love with a blind white girl. Blind Elena happily raises her 5-year-old sighted daughter. Peter, a blind music teacher, wants to fulfill his wife’s dream and takes her to ‚see‘ the sea for the first time in their life. The cinematography we intend to apply should be artistic and visiualy attractive in the surrealistic aesthetics but at the same time its content will consist of real and true moments from the lives of the characters. The screenplay was awarded the Tibor Vichta Award for the best documentary script in Slovakia.
Čačipen - Pravda
Juraj Lehotský was born September 19, 1975 in Bratislava. Between 1990 and 1994 studied at the Higher Art and Crafts School in Bratislava (SUPŠ), photography. Between 1995 and 2000 studied documentary film directing at the Academy of Music Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU). He works as a documentary film director, director of music videos and commercials. His documentary film Blind Loves (2008) received, among others, the CICAE Award at the 2008 Cannes IFF. Filmography: 1995: Tichý svet Jožka Baláža (The Silent World of Jožko Baláž); 1996: Budeme mať výkony, budeme mať diplomy (We Will Perform, We Will Get Diplomas); 1997: Pohreb je vlastne premiéra (Funeral is Really a Premiere); 1998: Nechcené deti (Unwanted Children); 1999: Dvojičky (Twins); 2000: Nevedel som že ťa budem mať tak rád (I Did Not Know I Would Love You So Much); 2001: Rozhovor (Interview); 1999-2001: Documentary Series TUCET (A Dozen) film portrait: Juraj Kukura, Martin Hollý, Milan Lasica. 1999-2004: music videos and commercials.