Ivo Bystřičan

Czech Republic

Ivo Bystřičan

director, producer, journalist, sales agent

All Future Chernobyl

All Future Chernobyl

On April 26, 2011, a quarter of a century has passed since the explosion of the Soviet Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Memories of the disaster are still alive. The recovery of Fukushima is supposed to last nine months;…
Invisible Landscapes

Invisible Landscapes

This documentary film, which is based on the field-recording research method, gives space to the physical places where important energy, natural, and political processes take place. The director, musicians Václav…
Industrie - Factory for Capitalism

Industrie - Factory for Capitalism

November 1989 brought democracy and faith in economic prosperity. Like other state-run enterprises, Tatra Kopřivnice was to be transferred into private hands. However, the company’s privatization has become one example…
Industrie - Industry of Normalization

Industrie - Industry of Normalization

Sometimes, citizens of Czechoslovakia would have to spend several years waiting for their own car. Even so, the communist party hoped to use the newest model of the Škoda automobile to demonstrate the country’s…
Kovy Fixes History

Kovy Fixes History

After his education in the Czech Republic, popular Czech youtuber and influencer Kovy embarks on a documentary road trip to solve the problem of failed modern history teaching. With help from his fanbase of hundreds of…
The Mass

The Mass

Visual documentary essay observing the human mass moving and being moved in neutral space of institutionalized modern Europe and researching the position of individuals within liminal settings.
Byeway

Byeway

Story of a few meters long section of a highway resisting its completion is a parable of the barriers that the construction of the highway built between people. It points out the dysfunctions of the state and its…
My Last 150 Thousand Cigarettes

My Last 150 Thousand Cigarettes

This infotainment documentary tackles the politics and business behind the most widespread addiction. The filmmakers travel to Kutná Hora to explore the state-tolerated drug in terms of the business it generates. Kutná…
Copper Age

Copper Age

A documentary exploration set in Zambia which, despite being one of the largest exporters of copper in the world, is increasingly more dependent on international aid. Having privatized the copper mines, Zambia no longer…
Sikora. A Small Personal Marketing Epic.

Sikora. A Small Personal Marketing Epic.

According to the dominant liberal idea each is responsible for his own fate. In the post-industrial era man is a commodity and to shape his own fate means to move between the poles of sell yourself – don’t sell yourself…
Better Tomorrow

Better Tomorrow

This incisive documentary film looks inside the global organization of young and ambitious economics students who want to change the world and make it better. While working for companies, they try to encourage corporate…
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