Archive of films Vorga - A Path of Two Banks / Vorga - Cesta mezi břehy

Czech Republic
2006, 69 min

Section: Documentary Films - Out of Competition
Year: 2007

Director Zdeněk Bričkovský sets off to the northernmost part of European Russia to make a “documentary about dreams, the tundra and the nomadic nation of European Nenets”. Even though the majority of Nenets lives in settlements, with the aid of a helicopter, he finally manages to find one of the last itinerant families still cultivating the traditional way of life.

Synopsis

Director Zdeněk N. Bričkovský sets off to the northernmost part of European Russia to make a “documentary about dreams, the tundra and the nomadic nation of European Nenets”. Even though the majority of Nenets lives in settlements, with the aid of a helicopter, he finally manages to find one of the last itinerant families still cultivating the traditional way of life.

About the director

Zdeněk Bričkovský (1968) studied film direction at FAMU in Prague and graduated in 1996. In 1999 he established DÓMfilm, a company which produces documentary films. His work chiefly focuses on the small, little known nations of Europe and Asia, their traditions, religions and ordinary way of life. Through his documentaries he seeks to hand over this disappearing ancient legacy to the present. To date he has made around 26 documentary films. Selection: Legend of the Bird’s Egg (Legenda o ptačím vejci, 2005), Descent from the Mountain of Dreams (Sestup z hory snů, 2004), Story of the Mythical Land of Bumba (Příběh o bájné zemi Bumba, 2002), Svetlojar – Sacred Lake (Svetlojar – posvátné jezero, 2001), Patrick’s Irish Pilgrimage (Irská pouť Patrikova, 1996).

Contacts

DÓMfilm
Odranec 34, 592 44, Věcov
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 321 697 107
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.domfilm.cz

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About the film

Color, DIGIBETA

Section:	Documentary Films - Out of Competition

Director:	Zdeněk N. Bričkovský
Screenplay:	Zdeněk N. Bričkovský, Taťána Černá
Dir. of Photography:	Zdeněk N. Bričkovský
Music:	Vladimír Franz s použitím hudby Igora Angelova a Varhana Bauera z CD „Conversation” / using clips by Igor Angelov and Varhan Bauer (CD “Conversation”)
Editor:	Taťána Černá
Producer:	Zdeněk N. Bričkovský
Production:	DÓMfilm
Contact:	DÓMfilm

www:	www.domfilm.cz

Guests

Zdeněk N. Bričkovský

Film Director / Producer, Film Director / Producer

Tatiana Novotná

Film Editor