The New Life

Country

the Slovak Republic, Czech Republic

Copyright

2012

Production year

2012

Premiere

19 September 2013

Runtime

77 min

Director

Adam Oľha

Category

film

Genre

social

Typology

documentarytheatrical distributionstudent filmlong

Original title

Nový život

Czech title

Nový život

English title

The New Life

Co-production title

Nový život

Working title

Nový život rodinného alba / Nový život rodinného albumu

Summary

An adapted version of a school film from 2011. The film is set in Slovakia, where the traditional family model is still relatively strong. It is about a large Catholic family, The Oľhas, whose father Matúš left. Mother Jana, five daughters and one son were left alone in the course of a day. Son Adam decided to document this change and make a film from the position of the "last man" in the family. The film illustrates that one man can’t handle seven women and that seven women can fight for one man. In the film, family photos and films created in 1976 - 2005 by Matúš Oľha were used.

Crew and creators

Director

Adam Oľha

Screenstory

Adam Oľha

Screenplay

Adam Oľha

Dramaturg

Jan Gogola ml. (dramaturgická spolupráce)

Director of Photography

Adam Oľha, Jakub Halousek

Film Editor

Jan Daňhel

Sound Designer

Tobiáš Potočný

Producer

Pavel Berčík (Evolution Films), Alice Taberyová (Evolution Films), Marko Škop (Artileria), Ján Meliš (Artileria), Ondřej Šejnoha (FAMU)

Production

Barbora Dlabajová (Evolution Films)

Production Manager

Helena Machová (FAMU), Marek Jindra (FAMU), Zuzana Janáková (FAMU)

Pedagogical management

Miroslav Janek, Karel Vachek

Music

Music Composed by

Ľubo Burgr, Daniel Hurtuk

Music Performed by

Ľubo Burgr /klávesy, housle, kytara/, Daniel Hurtuk /kytara/, Dalibor Kocian /vibrafon/, Boris Lenko /akordeon/

Production info

Original Title

Nový život

Czech Title

Nový život

English Title

The New Life

Co-production Title

Nový život

Working Title

Nový život rodinného alba / Nový život rodinného albumu

Category

film

Typology

documentarytheatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

social

Student film

5. ročníkDepartment of Documentary Film, FAMUgraduate film

Origin country

the Slovak Republic, Czech Republic

Copyright

2012

Production Year

2012

Premiere

premiere 19 September 2013 /suitable for all ages without limit/

Distribution

Artcam

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

77 min

Distribution carrier

DCP 2-D, DVD

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

5.1, digital sound

Dialogue languages

Slovak

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Awards

Vítěz

Festival: 27. festival českých filmů – FINÁLE PLZEŇ 2014

2014
Plzeň / Czech Republic
Adam Oľha

Vítěz

Festival: 8. mezinárodní filmový festival Cinematik Piešťany

2013
Piešťany / the Slovak Republic
Adam Oľha

Vítěz

Festival: 16. mezinárodní festival dokumentárních filmů Ji.hlava 2012

2012
Jihlava / Czech Republic
Adam Oľha