Jan Daňhel
Jan DAŇHEL (1971, Czech Republic) is photographer and editor. He has edited several features and documentaries, including Jan Švankmajer’s Insect, which had its world premiere at IFFR in 2018. Daňhel was nominated for a Czech Lion Award for best editing four times. He co-directed Athanor – The Alchemical Furnace (2020) with Adam Olha.
Filmography
(selection) KKK – Kousek (2012), Raketa lásky/The Rocket of Love (2009, short doc, co-dir), Požární sport II/Fire Sport II (2013, short, co-dir), Mokrá svatba/The Wet Wedding (2017, short), Athanor – The Alchemical Furnace/Alchymická pec (2020, doc, co-dir)
Jan Daňhel at IFFR
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Something Like Happiness
Three friends, now grown up, wrestle with loneliness, desires and failures in an internationally award-winning and moving drama. Something like Hap
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A Country Teacher
The story of a young Czech teacher who leaves Prague and his ex-lover behind for work in the remote countryside. In search of peace and his own sex
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Athanor – The Alchemical Furnace
A journey through the life and work of Jan Švankmajer, last remaining hero of surrealism, who occupies a unique place in the history of cine
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Insect
An amateur theatre group rehearses unenthusiastically, though they almost all have winged costumes. The most perseverant surrealist presents a