The KineDok online season continues with Better Go Mad in the Wild. From 12 to 18 November, you can watch this documentary directed by Miro Remo about twin brothers living with their animals in the Šumava wilderness for free on kinedok.net. On Thursday 12 November, we will also release an online discussion about the film.
You will be able to watch the film on kinedok.net in all partner KineDok countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Croatia), with subtitles in the languages of all five countries. To receive a free viewing voucher, please contact us at films@kinedok.net.
Better Go Mad in the Wild (Miro Remo, 2025, Slovakia, Czechia, 84 mins)
The film Better to Go Mad in the Wild follows the Klišík twins, eternal children living in the Šumava wilderness with their pets. Humor, daily routines, and the brothers’ contrasting souls create a magical portrait of life outside civilization.
DISCUSSION: 12 November, 7 PM (GMT+1)
On Thursday 12 November, a pre-recorded international discussion (in English) will premiere at 7 PM (GMT+1) on KineDok International's Facebook page and our YouTube channel (@InstituteOfDocumentaryFilm7825). Social anthropologist Juraj Buzalka joins moderator Irena Hůlová to talk about the life of the Klišík twins as a portrait of rural existence outside civilisation, the role of tradition and identity in the post-socialist countryside, and the tension between staying rooted and leaving for the wider world. The discussion will remain available to watch after the premiere.
Juraj Buzalka is a social anthropologist and lecturer at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences at Comenius University in Bratislava. His long-term research focuses on social and cultural transformations in Central and Eastern Europe, rural life, traditions, identity, nationalism, and populism. He is also the author of Post-Peasants: Slovak Folk Protest, in which he explores how rural and post-socialist legacies continue to shape contemporary society.
Irena Hůlová (moderator) is a Czech gender equality and human rights expert who previously worked for the Czech Government Commissioner for Human Rights, Lobbio and Amnesty International Czech Republic. With Konsent, she led the campaign for a consent-based definition of rape, which succeeded in 2024, and then a campaign to improve access to abortion care. She serves on the Czech Government’s Committee for Social Policy, Family and Care and the Foreign Ministry’s working group on Women, Peace and Security.
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