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Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj

Out of the Past 2023 / Inža – zvukový mistr Ivo Špalj / Czech Republic 2023

Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj

Synopsis

A look at the legendary Czech sound designer and his profession. Editor and documentary filmmaker Adéla Špaljová has her father Ivo Špalj talk about his life, career, and working methods. Over the course of his long life, sound designer Ivo Špalj (*1940) has collaborated on hundreds of films and become a mentor for at least one generation of men and women behind the mixing board. This gentle documentary also shows “Engi” (as he is known to his colleagues) again working with Jan Švankmajer, whose films he has lent their typical, dense, and sophisticated sound mix.

Vít Kořínek

About the film

70 min / Color, DCP
World premiere

Director Adéla Špaljová / Screenplay Adéla Špaljová / Dir. of Photography David Čálek / Sound Richard Müller, Jan Čeněk, Ivan Horák, Petr Šoupa, Jaroslav Fryš / Editor Adéla Špaljová / Art Director Lukáš Fišárek / Producer Alena Müllerová / Production Česká televize / Contact Czech Television - Telexport

About the director

Adéla Špaljová

Adéla Špaljová (1976, Prague). Filmography: Heaven (2021, doc.), Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj (2023, doc.).

Contacts

Czech Television - Telexport
Kavčí hory, 140 70, Praha 4
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 261 137 047
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Adéla Špaljová
Film Director

Ivo Špalj
Protagonist

David Čálek
Director of Photography

Alena Müllerová
Producer

Richard Müller
Sound Designer

Ivan Horák
Sound Designer

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