Jaroslav Kučera A Journal

Jakub Felcman / Czech Republic / 2019 / World Premiere / 67 min.

synopsis

Jaroslav Kučera was the husband of director Věra Chytilová and one of the most original cameramen of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Footage that he captured in his free time for private purposes served a few decades later as the basis for the creation of a fragile, intimate portrait which dispenses with words. In it, the master of the image freely sketches the innermost space of his family. Thanks to the director’s sensitive selection, we observe scenes of spontaneous posing before the lens and moments of repose, compellingly woven together with a soundtrack by producer Aid Kid.

“The most important information about Czech literature of the recent decades can be found in literary journals by Jan Zábrana, Ivan Diviš, and Pavel Juráček. With that in mind, we approached the processing of cameraman Jaroslav Kučera’s film diary.” J. Felcman

biography

Jakub Felcman (1980) graduated from the Faculty of Arts of Charles University and FAMU. He worked as a dramaturge at Czech Television and helped organize the Fresh Film Fest and Ostrava Kamera Oko. As a director, he contributed to the anthology film First World Problems (2019). In 2019 he premiered his documentary Jaroslav Kučera Close Up, which, unlike Diary, is composed primarily of the testimony of family members and friends.

more about film

director:	Jakub Felcman
producer:	Tomáš Michálek
editing:	Matěj Sláma
music:	Aid Kid
sound:	Jakub Jurásek
co-producer:	Alena Müllerová, Tereza Kučerová, Štěpán Kučera