30th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

23. 10.–1. 11. 2026
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Varga

Varga

Sona Maletz / Slovakia, Czech Republic / 2017 / World Premiere / 52 min.


synopsis

A film portrait of a legend of the Czechoslovak music scene takes a look at rock keyboardist Marián Varga (1947–2017) near the end of his life when he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. She filmed this hugely introverted chain smoker during his last performances as he slowly began to lose his breath.

biography

Soňa Maletzová studies in the Department of Documentary Film at FAMU. She’s a passionate photographer. She completed a one-year photography internship at the Institute of Photography at Falmouth University in Great Britain.

film details

director: Sona Maletz
producer: Ivan Ostrochovský, Albert Malinovský, Ondřej Šejnoha
script: Sona Maletz, Vladimír Nosáľ
photography: Soňa Maletz, Maxim Kľujev
editing: Marek Šulík
sound: Michaela Patríková, Vladimír Nosáľ

contact

FAMU STUDIO / Ondřej Šejnoha / Klimentská 4 / 11000 / Prague / Czech Republic / +420 234 244 402 / ondrej.sejnoha@studiofamu.cz / www.famu.cz

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2017
section:FAMU Presents
format:Video File
language:Slovak
colour:Colour

Info

director:Sona Maletz
original title:Varga
country:Slovakia, Czech Republic
year:2017
running time:52 min.

Festival partners

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

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