29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Return to the Golden Steppe
Return to the Golden Steppe
Return to the Golden Steppe
Return to the Golden Steppe

Return to the Golden Steppe

Prokop Pithart / Czech Republic / 2025 / The film already had its Czech Premiere / 25 min.


synopsis

After hundreds of years, thanks to Prague Zoo, the last species of wild horse, Przewalski's horse, is returning home to Kazakhstan. In June 2024, two military aircraft took off with a special cargo on board. Seven Przewalski's horses are heading via Istanbul and Baku to the old abandoned airport of Arkalyk in central Kazakhstan. Thus begins the return of wild horses to the Golden Steppe, which was originally their home.

biography

Prokop Pithart is a photographer and documentary filmmaker who grew up in a small village in the Třeboň region. After graduating from the Secondary School of Ecology and Food Processing in Veselí nad Lužnicí, he went abroad, where he gained his first professional experience. In addition to photographing wild animals, he gradually began to devote himself to filming...

film details

director: Prokop Pithart
producer: Alena Müllerová
script: Prokop Pithart
photography: David Broda, Prokop Pithart
editing: David Broda
sound: Václav David
script dramaturgy: Zuzana Trávníčková

contact

Tomáš Karmazín / Česká televize
tomas.karmazin@ceskatelevize.cz

Screening time

Monday 27. 10. 2025, 12:00

Horácké divadlo – Malá scéna

Film at festival

premiere type:The film already had its Czech Premiere
festival edition:2025
section:Czech Television Documentaries
language:Czech
subtitles:No Subtitles
colour:Colour

Info

director:Prokop Pithart
original title:Návrat do Zlaté stepi
country:Czech Republic
year:2025
running time:25 min.
warning:Zero matches above

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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