Pavel

director: Mikoláš Arsenjev

original title: Pavel

country: Czech Republic

year: 2021

running time: 15 min.

synopsis

Pavel’s childhood was strongly influenced by restitution of a huge homestead. Currently he’s thirty six years old and remained the only member of the family with will and vision to bring new life to the decaying farm. Yet due to property disputes he has no right to do so. The fatal bond with the place makes Pavel question his true identity.

(FAMU/ director's text)

biography

Mikoláš Arsenjev was born in 1994 in Prague. He gratuated at the Film Studies department at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University. Currently he studies at the Documentary film department at FAMU. In 2021, his film Czechia Deforested won the Pavel Koutecký Award for short films at the IFF Elbe Dock.

more about film

director:	Mikoláš Arsenjev
cast:	Pavel Štorch
producer:	FAMU
script:	Mikoláš Arsenjev
editing:	Mikuláš Svoboda
sound:	Jáchym Vanc

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