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Spirit of Jaguar

Four friends are heading into the Amazonian jungle for a challenging journey. They paddle down the wild rivers and hike through deep forests to become a part of the Indian Hodi tribe. The mysterious Sierra Maigualida Mountains, which haven´t been crossed by any European human being ever before, hides them from the surrounding world. Living side by side with Indians in their natural way of life and spending many days in their village show them how to respect the nature and its balance. Indian tribe Hodi represents the opposite of our western culture. It is their pleasure from the simple things and happiness from life versus our never- ending urge and desire to buy and possess.

  • Pavol Barabas
    Director
    Freedom under Load, Addicted to Altitude
  • Pavol Barabas
    Writer
  • Alena Koscova
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Tieň jaguára
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    58 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 10, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    Slovakia
  • Country of Filming:
    Slovakia, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
  • Language:
    Slovak
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Dijon International Adventure Film Festival,
    Dijon
    France
    October 20, 2019
    Grand Prize for best adventure film
  • International festival of outdoor films
    Prague
    Czech Republic
    November 30, 2019
    Grand Prize
  • Nordic Adventure Film Festival,
    Copenhagen
    Denmark
    November 24, 2019
    Best adventure expedition film
  • International Festival of the Mountain Films
    Teplice nad Metují
    Slovakia
    October 13, 2018
    world premiere
    Special Mention Prize
  • International mountain and adventure film festival
    Bratislava
    Slovakia
    March 31, 2019
    Honorable Mention
  • International Mountain Film Festival
    Teplice nad Metují
    Czech Republic
    August 25, 2019
    Best documentary
  • National Award for Film Production
    Bratislava
    Slovakia
    September 29, 2019
    Special Mention
  • International Festival of Ethnological Film
    Belhrad
    Serbia
    October 9, 2019
    The special mention for cinematography
  • International Film Festival Ekofilm,
    Brno
    Czech Republic
    October 12, 2019
    Central European Films Award
Director Biography - Pavol Barabas

Pavol Barabáš (1959) is the author of a large-scale of mountain-oriented and adventure films about peoples' survival in extreme conditions. His films were shot in inaccessible wilderness, on wild rivers and glacial peaks, as well as in deep caves far away from civilization. He likes to look for stories the heroes of which go beyond their limits. He is fascinated by encounters with different cultures and he is mostly attracted by the territories of Tibetan Buddhism, as well as the lands of natural people hidden deep in the jungle. His films present the manner in which man should treat the Earth. They emit love and respect for nature, enormous mental power and moral conscience.

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Director Statement

Why have we decided to shoot this film?
"I was a member of many tough and extreme expeditions. However, if I have a feeling an important message is missing - I don´t make a film from it. But this journey got us into forgotten world with people living without need of property. For thousands of years people lived like this. To understand this relationship with nature means to understand our inner space. Indians from Hodi tribe are still a part of surrounding nature. They don´t find truths. They know them. We are tired from searching the best way of living, and losing the reverence to nature, water, air and living beings. We don´t want to be a part of the Earth, we want to conquer it.
Reverence to nature is a state of mind. Thanks to spirituality of Indians, they keep their inner balance and harmony needed for happiness.
Pavol Barabáš, the director