synopsis
This portrait of the filmmaker’s grandfather, stage manager of the Laterna Magika and slightly eccentric intellectual, is stylised into a surreal performance. In a small space, the film builds an original formal structure that freely oscillates between playfulness and illustration, childishness and seriousness, the Buddhistic here and now and sharp patterns of thoughtful post-production.
biography
Jan Strejcovský is studying in the Department of Documentary Film at FAMU. In addition to the creation of documentaries, he also acts and participates in collectively directed projects. His films Igor’s Big Emotion (2012) and The Powerlessness of the Powerful (2014) have both been screened at the Jihlava IDFF.
more about film
| director: | Jan Strejcovský |
| producer: | Tomáš Smrček |
| photography: | Filip Marek |
| editing: | Michal Böhm |
| music: | Jan Strejcovský |
| sound: | Radim Lapčík |
Film at festival
| premiere type: | World Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2015 |
| section: | FAMU Presents |
| language: | Czech |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Jan Strejcovský |
| original title: | Dědova magika |
| country: | Czech Republic |
| year: | 2015 |
| running time: | 20 min. |
