Wild Prague

synopsis

Amidst today’s urban jungle of concrete, glass and metal, it is easy to forget that we actually live in the territory formerly dominated by wildlife. Many of its members have been exterminated by humans, while others have fled the sprawling urbanization to the surrounding countryside. It is their survival strategies that get revealed in exciting detail in the documentary series, Planet Czechia. For two years, a team of camera operators headed by Jan Hošek were recording a life cycle of Prague’s wild animal world across all seasons of the year. The film, accompanied by the commentary read by the actor Jiří Macháček, registers everyday struggles of the fat dormouse, the mouflon, blackbirds or the water hen, teaching the viewers in a casual manner a higher degree of tolerance toward the city’s overlooked inhabitants.

“The aim of Planet Prague is to inspire its viewers to discover the stories of our close animal neighbours that are mostly overlooked. At the same time, we would like to motivate people to embrace a larger responsibility toward nature not only in Prague, but in all cities, and to keep up its diversity.” — Jan Hošek

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Source: https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/film-rezisera-planeta-praha-doprovazi-stejnojmenna-kniha/2235708

biography

After graduating in systematic biology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Prague’s Charles University and documentary filmmaking at FAMU, Jan Hošek (b. 1961) went on to work as a film director and screenwriter for the Short Film (Krátký film) studio in Prague. He has been involved in dozens of scientific documentary and educational programmes made by Czech Television. Apart from filmmaking, his other field of work is scientific illustration.

more about film

director:	Jan Hošek
producer:	Radim Procházka, Jordi Niubo, Věra Krincvajová, Robert Krichhoff
photography:	Jiří Petr
editing:	Ilona Malá, Tomáš Doruška
music:	Ivan Acher
sound:	Václav Flégl