- Occupation
Producer, Director - Country
Czech Republic
Sacher Jan V.
Allegro
A cinematic accompaniment to the reminiscences of the student's grandfather, as he talks about the personal and historical events that shaped his life. Historical events are staged behind him in a space that, with the aid of candles on the ground, suggests a labyrinth. This is a symbol of human existence - here, mostly of history, which is created by people, but which the individual cannot influence; existential destruction touches us all. A textual counterpoint is provided by the texts of Lawrence Durrell.
Machine
A documentary film as an unsuccessful attempt to portray death. The film is a portrait of a subway train driver in Prague. His unfulfilled dreams (about romantic work as a train driver on the railway) and his hobbies (building railway models and playing with choo-choo) versus experience that could have changed his life, but did not.
He Who Sees Only with Eyes, Can See but a Half
A syncopated reportage about a reportage, a test of courage using a black screen. Department of documentary film, FAMU - 1st year.
A Play
The film was commissioned by a Germany-based multinational corporation - the METRO Group network, which is, after Wall Mart and Carrefour, the third laarges chain in the world. The camera observes the happenings in the store during one day, and after the closing time, a fairy-tale-like talk of the machines takes place. FAMU, Department of Documentary Film (4. ročník, special excercise)
Parallel Worlds
A film about Munich circus family. It features their civil life, and reflects n the tricks of fate and family solidarity. FAMU, Department of documentary film (4th year - auteur videofilm)
Love's Time
A film on time´s relativity, on love and on the eternal longing of youth. - Department of documentary film, FAMU - 3rd year (bachelor degree film).
CERN or the Factory for the Absolute
This film is about the Largest Hadron Collider in the world (LHC) which is located near the French - Swiss border. By means of the accelerator, the scientists want to simulate the situation shortly after the Big Bang. As a result, they hope to acquire basic information about the structure of mass and reveal the last secrets of the universe. Our observational documentary deals with several serious questions, such as the introduction of the CERN institution, explanation of the experiments and their expected results as well as the introduction of the technological complexity of the project. Last but not least, the possible risks of the human hybris are discussed.
A cinematic accompaniment to the reminiscences of the student's grandfather, as he talks about the personal and historical events that shaped his life. Historical events are staged behind him in a space that, with the aid of candles on the ground, suggests a labyrinth. This is a symbol of human existence - here, mostly of history, which is created by people, but which the individual cannot influence; existential destruction touches us all. A textual counterpoint is provided by the texts of Lawrence Durrell.
Machine
A documentary film as an unsuccessful attempt to portray death. The film is a portrait of a subway train driver in Prague. His unfulfilled dreams (about romantic work as a train driver on the railway) and his hobbies (building railway models and playing with choo-choo) versus experience that could have changed his life, but did not.
He Who Sees Only with Eyes, Can See but a Half
A syncopated reportage about a reportage, a test of courage using a black screen. Department of documentary film, FAMU - 1st year.
A Play
The film was commissioned by a Germany-based multinational corporation - the METRO Group network, which is, after Wall Mart and Carrefour, the third laarges chain in the world. The camera observes the happenings in the store during one day, and after the closing time, a fairy-tale-like talk of the machines takes place. FAMU, Department of Documentary Film (4. ročník, special excercise)
Parallel Worlds
A film about Munich circus family. It features their civil life, and reflects n the tricks of fate and family solidarity. FAMU, Department of documentary film (4th year - auteur videofilm)
Love's Time
A film on time´s relativity, on love and on the eternal longing of youth. - Department of documentary film, FAMU - 3rd year (bachelor degree film).
CERN or the Factory for the Absolute
This film is about the Largest Hadron Collider in the world (LHC) which is located near the French - Swiss border. By means of the accelerator, the scientists want to simulate the situation shortly after the Big Bang. As a result, they hope to acquire basic information about the structure of mass and reveal the last secrets of the universe. Our observational documentary deals with several serious questions, such as the introduction of the CERN institution, explanation of the experiments and their expected results as well as the introduction of the technological complexity of the project. Last but not least, the possible risks of the human hybris are discussed.
Jan Sacher was born 1980 in Munich, Germany. In 2000, he went to Denmark to study film at the European Film College in Ebeltoft. Two years later he began his studies at the documentary department at FAMU. Languages: German, English, French Excerpt from his filmography: Shit happens (2001), Who watches with eyes, sees just the half (2002), Speculators (2003 - Special award of the jury for best feature film at the 21st FamuFest), Machina (2004 - Competitor at different european festivals, e.g. 51st ISFF Oberh