Šípek!
Over four years, this film documented the life of Bořek Šípek, a Czech architect, glassmaker, Buddhist, avid cook and traveller. At the beginning of the shoot, Šípek lived with his partner Leona, owned a Thai restaurant in Prague and spent his weekends at Ajeto glass factory. Every week he travelled thousands of kilometres to supervise jobs in various parts of Europe, Africa and Asia. After celebrating his sixtieth birthday, he split up with his long-time girlfriend, quit the restaurant business and left Ajeto. Then he opened a couple of new glass shops and moved to another neighbourhood in Prague. After that he started working with glassmakers in Nový Bor, moved again, opened another glass shop and left the Nový Bor glass works. In January 2012, as Czech glass business struggles to survive in the global economic crisis, he opened his own glass factory in Nový Bor.