No Home Land

synopsis

Access to adequate housing is an internationally recognised human right. Why has it become an unaffordable investment commodity? The new six-part documentary series Země bez domova follows the lives of people for whom stable housing has become an unattainable goal. Through their personal stories and the work of social workers, it reveals how the lack of a home affects employment, health, and family relationships. Is housing insecurity the result of personal failures, or primarily a systemic problem — a failure to ensure access to affordable housing?

biography

Tomáš Hlaváček is a Czech documentary filmmaker whose work focuses on socially critical, predominantly longitudinal, auteur documentaries. He studied philosophy and media studies at Masaryk University and documentary filmmaking at FAMU. His films include Dům bez východu (2024), which won the Czech Joy competition at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, the Czech Film Critics’ Award for Best Documentary, and both the main and student awards at Finále Plzeň; and Bydlet proti všem (2021), which received a special jury mention in the Czech competition at the One World festival. His work explores contemporary social and political issues, the housing crisis, ethnic minorities, and social subcultures, including in films such as Stadion (2019), Jsme epicentra zemětřesení (2020), and Když máš práci, máš všechno (2016).

film details

director:	Tomáš Hlaváček
producer:	Barbora Podškubková
script:	Tomáš Hlaváček
photography:	Tomáš Hlaváček
editing:	Tomáš Hlaváček, Varvara Šatunová
sound:	Matěj Linder, Tomáš Hlaváček, Tomáš Merta