Jiří Žák

Czech Republic

Jiří Žák

producer, director

Hopeful Visitors and Grieving Guides: Notes from the Travel Notebook of a Dark Tourist

Hopeful Visitors and Grieving Guides: Notes from the Travel Notebook of a Dark Tourist

The tourist appeal of ethically problematic destinations is a phenomenon known as dark tourism. The filmmakers' itinerary for their tour of Norway included sites such as the robust sculptures of Gustav Vigeland,…
Prázdná místa / A co ty, Mirečku?

Prázdná místa / A co ty, Mirečku?

How do locations of iconic scenes in Czechoslovak classic cinema look like today? This film makes use of soundtracks to transfer viewers into the classic works of cinema of the past millennium, while, by way of…