29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Stingl - Little Big Okima
Stingl - Little Big Okima
Stingl - Little Big Okima
Stingl - Little Big Okima
Stingl - Little Big Okima

Stingl - Little Big Okima

Steve Lichtag / Czech Republic / 2021 / World Premiere / 89 min.


synopsis

The documentary portrait of the world-famous traveler, the most translated Czech writer and the only Czech chief of an Indian tribe, Miloslav Stingl, is an adventurous journey presenting the life of an extraordinary personality. It is also a journey of Stingl’s biographer and monograph author Adam Chroust into the unexplored corners of Stingl’s extraordinary, obsessive and lonely life. 286 unpacked suitcases, archival films and photographs are a monument to his romantic exploration of unknown cultures and corners in an age of global oversaturation with images.


"The phenomenal Stingl has always been a completely impractical man at his core. He was only interested in scientific discoveries, travel stories and plans for further expeditions of discovery." (Steve Lichtag)

 

Interview with Steve Lichtag:

 

biography

Steve Lichtag (1954) graduated from the Literary Conservatory in Brno, and he worked as an actor in film and television in his early years. In 1979 he emigrated to the USA and then he started making internationally acclaimed nature documentaries. He has been behind many projects and activities for the protection of flora and fauna.

more about film

director: Steve Lichtag
producer: Steve Lichtag, Adam Chroust
script: Adam Chroust, Steve Lichtag
editing: Radim Kotěšovec
music: Robert Jíša
sound: Jiří Klenka

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2021
section:Testimonies
language:Czech
subtitles:No Subtitle
colour:Colour

Info

director:Steve Lichtag
original title:Stingl – Malý velký Okima
country:Czech Republic
year:2021
running time:89 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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