28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Two Roads
Two Roads
Two Roads
Two Roads

Two Roads

Radovan Síbrt / Czech Republic / 2019 / World Premiere / 80 min.


synopsis

The Jedlička Institute music class currently known as The Tap Tap band was founded 21 years ago by Šimon Ornest to give people with handicaps an opportunity to succeed outside of their daily institutional care. An observing and attentive camera captured the evolution of the personalities of several of the musicians over the course of several years. The attractive energy of the film which is exceptional in its approach to its theme as it avoids the usual compassionate sentiment stems from the relationships among the musicians and between them and their band leader, the motor of the action, whose work improves the public image of people with handicaps in an unorthodox way.

“Even if it was hard for me at first, I was trying to make a film in a similar way that the band members are putting up with their destinies: with no sentiment, pointless pity or political correctness involved, yet with a touch of pitch black humour.” R. Síbrt

biography

Radovan Síbrt (1975) graduated as a documentary director at FAMU. He co-founded the Pink company which produces films, commercials and charity campaigns. As a director, he is known as the author of Domestic Violence (Domácí násilí, 2007) or The Marriage of Robert and Gábina (Manželství Roberta a Gábiny, 2005). He has been cooperating with The Tap Tap on the making of their music videos.

more about film

director: Radovan Síbrt
cast: Šimon Ornest, Ladislav Angelovič, Jana Augustinová, Petr Tomek, Jiří Holzmann
producer: Karel Poupě, Alžběta Karásková, Hana Kastelicová
script: Radovan Síbrt
photography: Šimon Dvořáček, Radovan Síbrt, Lukáš Milota
editing: Tomáš Elšík, Jorge Sánchez Calderón
music: The Tap Tap
sound: Dominik Dolejší

contact

PINK PRODUCTIONS
Alžběta Karásková
Veverkova 765/23
Prague 7 / Czech Republic
+420 776 061 060 / alzbeta@bypink.cz

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2019
section:Czech Joy
awards:Audience Award
format:DCP
language:Czech
subtitles:English
colour:Colour

Info

director:Radovan Síbrt
original title:Postiženi muzikou
country:Czech Republic
year:2019
running time:80 min.

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Festival partners

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

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