29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Small Farmer

Small Farmer

Pavol Sýkora / Czechoslovakia / 1969 / 16 min.


synopsis

A portrait of a boy sent to work in a farmer’s household, where he attends the local school. It captures not only the hard work he performs, but also those times when he plays with a dog and his frequent cigarette breaks. The documentary uses observational scenes of activities that at some points present even idyllic images of a human connected with nature.

“ … the small farmer Jano longs for only one thing – to return from a society he does not understand, one which is foreign to him, to his solitude, back to nature…’ Rudolf Urc

biography



more about film

director: Pavol Sýkora
producer: Vojtěch Mladý
script: Pavol Sýkora
photography: Mikuláš Fodor
editing: Stanislava Jendraššáková
music: Ján Szelepcsényi
sound: Eduard Palček

contact

SLOVENSKÝ FILMOVÝ ÚSTAV / Peter Dubecký / Grösslingová 32 / 811 09 / Bratislava / Slovakia / +421 257 101 503 / sfu@sfu.sk / www.sfu.sk

Film at festival

festival edition:2016
section:Workshops
format:35 mm
language:Slovak
colour:Black and white

Info

director:Pavol Sýkora
original title:Malý gazda
country:Czechoslovakia
year:1969
running time:16 min.

Section


Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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