Jaro Vojtek

Slovakia

Jaro Vojtek

director, director of photography

The Shift

The Shift

A babysitter, a bunch of laborers, and a long-haul truck driver. All were born in Slovakia, but after the country joined the EU, they took the opportunity to work elsewhere in the Schengen zone. During week-long work…
Paradise on Earth

Paradise on Earth

Andrej Bán is a journalist and photographer who reports from areas in crises around the world, the likes of which include Kosovo, Georgia, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Haiti, where he constantly travels back and forth. A…
So Far, So Near

So Far, So Near

The documentary So Far, So Near deals with ordinary life situations in families with autistic children, revealing the everyday difficulties of life with them. It’s not, however, based on testimony or dialogues, but on…
The Gypsy Vote

The Gypsy Vote

A documentary featuring a Gypsy leader Vlado Sendrei and his team in an attempt to win elections in “white” Slovakia. What are the odds that the Roma activist Vlado Sendrei and his election team succeeds in a society of…
We Shall Talk In Heaven

We Shall Talk In Heaven

Despite Nikolka’s worsening health problems, her family has never considered that she would leave them.
Out of Round: What Is Behind?

Out of Round: What Is Behind?

After the festival success of his films "Here We Are" and "The Border", documentary filmmaker Jaro Vojtek returns with the short social documentary "Out of Round". The main protagonist is a Roma man called Jožo/Fero…
The Border

The Border

During the night of August 30, 1946, the village of Slemence on the eastern European border, was divided by the Red Army into two parts. One part, Veľké Slemence, remained in Slovakia [former Czechoslovakia]; the other…
Journey to our Dreams

Journey to our Dreams

What our dreams are? Is it possible for a man in the world of medial delusions and endless infirming of each claim to identify with any idea? So, what our biggest dream is? By claiming this simple question to different…
Here We Are

Here We Are

After WW2, the Krnáč family moved from Central Slovakia to Sub-Carpathian Russia. Later, under the Khrushchev decrees, it was forcibly transferred to a village in the middle of the Kazakhstan steps. Following the…
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