Doctor on a Trip / Doktor na tripu
In the Nets of 2024-25 (Selection of feature films)
2025 Czech Republic 84 min. Language: Czech, English, Spanish Subtitle: Czech, without English subtitles
SCREENINGS
How do you cope with depression and anxiety in a world where one in four people suffers from a mental disorder? Three social actors, Tibor, Richard, and Lucie, undergo a special psychedelic therapy as part of a medical study. Under the supervision of a scientific team, they are then sent on a healing retreat to the Amazon rainforest. Will they manage to overcome their despair? Doctor on a Trip was screened at the human rights festival, One World, and the popular science AFO festival. The film was directed by seasoned documentarian, David Čálek, whose documentary War Correspondent is also featured at the festival.
DIRECTED BY David Čálek
CAST MUDr. Tomáš Páleníček, PhD., prof. MUDr. Jiří Horáček, Ph.D., FCMA, MUDr. Filip Tylš, Ph.D., MUDr. Martin Brunovský, Ph.D., Ing. Martin Kuchař, Ph.D., Frank Zanow, PhD, Eduardo Schenberg, PhD., Eva Césarová, Tania Re, PhD., Jeremy Narby, PhD, Tibor Abel, Richard Partyka, Lucie Ingrová, David Čálek, Ninawa Inu Huni Kui, Aldenira de Souza Cunha, Nashima Duâ Ba Kê Huni Kui
CINEMATOGRAPHY David Čálek
SOUND Miroslav Chaloupka, Ludvík K. Bohadlo, Václav Flegl
PRODUCERS Jan Macola (Mimesis Film)
SCREENPLAY David Čálek
EDITING Ema Adamove, Jakub Voves
MUSIC Stroon
CO-PRODUCER Karel Janeček, Lucie Ingrová
