29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Can Animals Think?
Can Animals Think?

Can Animals Think?

Feliks Sobolev / Ukraine / 1970 / International Premiere / 61 min.


synopsis

The search for the roots of human intelligence prompted the director to initiate a series of remarkable psychological experiments. In animals’ responses to changing circumstances he noted the pivotal evolutionary steps of our civilization. One of Sobolev’s most famous documentary films, it required months of preparation and castings for the most suitable candidates, from primitive one-celled organisms to primates. This philosophical commentary is accompanied by transcendent images and shots from zoos and laboratories, crowned by an urgent ecological appeal.

more about film

director: Feliks Sobolev

contact

OLEKSANDR DOVZHENKO NATIONAL CENTRE Vasylkivska str. 1
03040 / Kiev / Ukraine
+380 442016574
info.dc@dovzhenkocentre.org 

Film at festival

premiere type:International Premiere
festival edition:2019
section:Translucent Being: Feliks Sobolev
format:Video File
language:Russian
colour:Colour

Info

director:Feliks Sobolev
original title:Chy dumajut' tvaryny
country:Ukraine
year:1970
running time:61 min.

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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