29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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The Neighbours
The Neighbours
The Neighbours
The Neighbours

The Neighbours

Martin Búřil / Czech Republic / 2019 / World Premiere / 9 min.


synopsis

This animated documentary revives the story of Rudolf Bělohoubek in the form of moving “comic” drawings with commentary. After the Second World War, the son of a Czech father and German mother witnessed the execution of his parents by the Revolutionary Guards, who even had some of the family’s neighbors amongst their ranks. 

biography

The artist and animator Martin Búřil (1980) joined the Department of Animation at FAMU in Prague after graduating from FaVU in Brno. He creates multimedia projects, collaborates with Prague's alternative theatre scene, and creates artistic installations.

more about film

director: Martin Búřil
producer: Viktor Portel
music: Matěj Kroupa
sound: Adam Levý

contact

POST BELLUM O.P.S.
Viktor PortelNa Petřinách 220/18
16000 / Prague 6 / Czech Republic
+420 605858396 / viktor.portel@postbellum.cz

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2019
section:Short Joy
language:Czech
subtitles:English
colour:Colour

Info

director:Martin Búřil
original title:Sousedi - příběh Rudolfa Bělohoubka
country:Czech Republic
year:2019
running time:9 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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