CERVINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
6th edition
Breuil-Cervinia/Valtournenche, July 23rd-27th, 2003

THE COMPETITION

GRAN PRIX COMPETITION

OMO-CESTA DO PRAVEKU (Omo - A Journey to the Primeval Age)
SLOVAKIA, 2001-2002, 52’, col., video
Director Pavol Barabás
Cameraman Pavol Barabás
Editing Pavol Barabás
Production K2 Film
Distribution K2 Film

It was somewhere there, on the banks of the Ethiopian River Omo, far from the civilized world, that the oldest bones of primitive men were found. For ages human civilisation has avoided this zones. Therefore, tribes living there can take us back into the past, so that we can better understand where we come from and, maybe, where we are going to. Six daring people set out for the unknown on a raft through the dangerous river Omo, famous for its wild rapids, hippopotami and crocodiles. They discover not only people and animals living there naturally, but themselves as well.

DIRECTOR
Pavol Barabás was born in 1959. He worked as a camera operator and director for Sportfilm, ERPO, Advertising Agency and K2 Studios. In addition to TV advertising and promotional films, he is the author of many mountain films about the life of people in extreme conditions. Amongst his awarded works we can remember Karakoam Highway (1995), Across the Wild Baltisan and Buddhist Ladakh (1996). His 118 Days in captivity of ice won the Grand Prix at the Poprad, Trento, Vancouver and Teplice Film Festivals. Instead his Mysterious Mamberamo won the Grand Prix at the Banff, Bratislava and Moscow Film festivals. Last year he also won the Grand Prix at the Cervino Film Festival with Mustang.

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