29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Václav Táborský / Czechoslovakia / 1963 / The film already had its Czech Premiere / 8 min.


synopsis

Being somewhere else is the essence of Czech camping. Fleeting glances, the charms of passing women, queues for food, skirmishes between human males, the territoriality of tent stakes and the erotica of swing music personify the subversive summer illusion of a touchingly petty and collective escape into sameness.

biography

Václav Táborský (born 1928), a Czech pioneer of cinéma vérité, made over eighty short films and almost fifty educational programmes. After August 1968, he emigrated to Canada, where he worked as an educator. His work is divided into satirical documentary features and feature films for children, including Escape in the Wind and Miraculous Puzzle.

more about film

director: Václav Táborský

contact

Juraj Machálek
Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive
Malešická 14, 130 00 Praha 3
juraj.machalek@nfa.cz

Film at festival

premiere type:The film already had its Czech Premiere
festival edition:2023
section:Ji.hlava Online, Czechoslovak Film Feuilleton
language:Czech
subtitles:No Subtitle
colour:Black and white

Info

director:Václav Táborský
original title:Dovolená
country:Czechoslovakia
year:1963
running time:8 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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