Return to Life

synopsis

Otrokovice is one of the few Czech towns that have put the “housing first” concept into practice. Under this concept, homeless people are provided with social housing and support to facilitate their integration into society. The time-lapse documentary follows the lives of five people who joined the project between 2020 and 2023.

“We approached the lives of our film's protagonists with empathy in order to create a greater interest in understanding the situation of people whom we as a society often treat with prejudiced contempt.”

biography

Jaroslav Beran studied film and television production at the Panská Secondary School of Communication Technology in Prague and the theory and practice of audiovisual production at the Tomas Bata University in Zlín. He started making the film Return to Life during his studies.

more about film

director:	Jaroslav Beran
producer:	František eF. Horvát
script:	Jaroslav Beran
photography:	Adam Černich
editing:	Daniel Trögler
sound:	Tomáš Kocourek
co-producer:	Markéta Pášmová, Martin Gazda, Petr Kubala, Jaroslav Beran
Consultant:	Irena Kocí, Michael Nollet, Erik Winker
PR:	Jana Bébarová
production manager:	Markéta Plšková