Come and visit an unusual, faraway world with us. You will experience both pleasant as well as cruel moments that the rough life of Lamalera whale hunters on the Indonesian island Lembata brings them. They are one of the last hunters on our planet that hunt in a traditional way not only whales but also dolphins and mantas. For centuries now, they have been going out on old wooden boats to fight unmerciful battles for life and death with the gigantic sperm whales using bamboo harpoons. It is not always a victorious battle.

This dramatic document offers exciting moments as well as moments for contemplation about the uncertain future of this community whose survival depends not only on the courage but also on the luck of these “last hunters”.

IFF Envirofilm 2010 - Slovakia, Best documentary

IFF Ekofilm 2010 - Czech Republic, Audience award

IFDF Poprad 2010 - Slovakia, Grand Prix

TSTTT Uherske Hradiste 2008 - Czech Rep., Grand Prix

IFOF - Czech Republic, 1. place

CZ, 2010, 51 min.
Written and directed by Steve L. Lichtag

Music by Robert Jíša

PRISONERS OF A WHITE GOD

Lao People’s Democratic Republic exercises development programs which implement relocations of whole villages from mountain areas to the lowlands or along the roads.

These activities are supposed to lead to abatement of swidden agriculture and opium production and also to the concentration and integration of village inhabitants into the majority of Lao society. Akhas are among the most affected.

IFF Envirofilm 2008 - Slovakia, Special Award

RFAF 2008 - Russia, Grand Prix

IFF Ekofilm 2008 - Czech Republic, Grand Prix

IFMF Poprad 2008 - Slovakia, Grand Prix

EKOTOPFILM 2008 - Slovakia, Main Prize

TSTTT Uherske Hradiste 2008 - Czech Rep., Grand Prix

Berdyansk IFF 2009 – Ukraine, Best script

CZ, 2008, 52 min.

Inspired by Tomas Ryska
Written by Tomas Ryska and Steve L. Lichtag

Directed by Steve L. Lichtag

Music by Pavel Kotzian

 Bizzare World

The Carpathian Hills are interlaced with hundreds of small streams struggling their way down to the valley. The Wolf Stream is one of these brooks, creating dozens of pools on its way down. Although we, humans, consider them to be empty and forsaken, they have been full of life since prehistoric times.  Each of them hides countless everyday stories of its miraculous residents. Due to their inaccessibility their inhabitants have remained concealed from most people up to now. This may be the reason why we, human beings, have not been able to protect this fragile and vulnerable world against our destructive influence.

IFF EKOFILM 2006 – Czech Republic, Best Screenplay

IFDF Vysoké Tatry 2006 – Slovakia, Grand Prix

IFF TSTTT 2006 – Czech Republic, Grand Prix

IFF TSTTT 2006 – Czech Republic, Audience Award

IFF NELOS 2006 – Belgium, 1st place

IFF Golden Dolphin 2007 - Russia, Grand Prix

IFF Golden Dolphin 2007 - Russia, 1st prize UW animal

IFF EMU 2007 – Cyprus, 1st place

IFF Envirofilm 2007 - Slovakia, Award "Veolia"

IFF PAF Tachov 2007 - Czech Republic, 1st place

IFF PAF Tachov 2007 - CZ, Divers Association Award

IFF PAF Tachov 2007 - CZ, Audience Award

IFF ECO Festival 2007 - Macedonia, Grand Prix

IFF ECO Festival 2007 - Macedonia, Best Editing

IFF WFO Puchalski 2007 - Poland, Special Award

IFF Baikal 2007 - Russia, Jury Award

IFF North Sea 2007 - Netherlands, Grand Prix

IFF Silver Shark 2009 - Ukraine, Grand Prix

CZ 2006, 26 min.

Inspired by Jan Miko

Camera: Steve Lichtag, Jan Miko

Written and directed by Steve L. Lichtag

Music by Robert Jíša

Searching for Crystal World I.

A journey to see an unbelievable moray eel and cruel hunters from the Bahamas.

We will experience moments of not only beguilement but also thrill.

We enter a shipwreck and meet a feared predator – a green moray eel. Its unbelievable behaviour shocks us as well as the divers. We leave our undersea friend and cruise to the Bahamas to see the crayfish fishermen. We take part in their fishing and search the open ocean for fishermen who use fish traps to find a shoal of hungry sharks. We soon become friends with them too. Finally we find the deadly traps which we have been searching for.

                                               IFF Antibes 1998 – France, 1 st place

IFF Brno 1999 – Czech Republic, 1 st place

IFDF Tatranska Lomnica 1999 – Slovakia, 1 st place

IFF Tachov 1999- Czech Republic, Audience Award

IFF PAF Tachov 1999 - Czech Republic, Grand Prix    IFF PAF Tachov 2000 - Czech Republic, 1 st place     IFF Belgrade 2000 – Serbia, 1 st place

IFF Italy 2001 – 1 st place

Ecomove Berlin 2001 – Germany, Royal Award

IFF EKOFILM 2001 - Czech Republic, MŽP  Award    

                                               IFOF 2005 - Czech Republic, Jury Award

Searching for Crystal World II.

Shoals of hungry sharks, playful dolphins, cuddlesome …………… and gigantic fish; we will meet all of these on our long voyage.

„We believe that sharks are peaceful“,

says Steve Lichtag after taking part in their wild feast by Walker’s Cay Island. On our voyage through the Caribbean we meet playful dolphins and cuddlesome Nassau groupers. The expedition heads to the far Gulf of Mexico to search for gigantic, critically endangered groupers fish that can weigh up to three hundred kilograms.

CZ, 2000, 50 min.
Written and directed by Steve L. Lichtag

Music by Pavel Kotzian

Carcharias – The Great White

 Spielberg’s Jaws was a tale … the documentary CARCHARIAS THE GREAT WHITE is reality!

The Great White - the most feared sea predator hunts in the cold waters of the Indian Ocean.

A local diver, South African Andre Hartmann, is one of the few people who is willing to face the great white shark in open waters. This unique documentary has been shot without protective cages for the first time in history.  Ten-year-old Andre’s son Francois takes part. He wants to prove to his father that he is not afraid to dive into these dangerous waters! Andre and his underwater cameramen soon realize that these waters have only one master – THE GREAT WHITE SHARK!

IFDF Tatranská Lomnica 2001 – Slovakia, Grand Prix

IFF PAF Tachov 2001 – CZ, 1st place in Seawater category

IFF Monte Negro 2001, Grand Prix

IFF TSTTT Uherské Hradiště 2001, CZ, Audience Award

IFF Belgrade 2001 – Serbia, Grand Prix

IFF Antibes 2001 – France, 1 st place

IFF Strassbourg 2002 – France, Grand Prix

IFF Istambul 2002 – Turkey, Grand Prix

IFF Sardenia 2002 – Italy, 1 st place

IFF Barcelona 2002– Spain, 1 st place

Ecomove Berlin 2003 – Germany, Grand Prix

CZ, 2001, 42 min.
Written and directed by Steve L. Lichtag

Music by Pavel Kotzian

Dance of the Blue Angels

The paralyzed girl, Veronika, flees into her fantasy world of whales, where she fights the bloodthirsty whalers to save them.

 Steve Lichtag’s team has set off to see blue whales in the Silver Bank area in the Caribbean.

He couldn’t have known that this adventure would be one of the most strenuous and dangerous. Far from these waters, on the other side of the planet there lives seventeen-year-old Veronika. When she was just thirteen, she fell from a tree and was paralyzed for life. Through a painstakingly difficult process Veronika has learned to paint with her mouth and, thanks to these pictures, she runs into a mythical world of gigantic mammals, which she admires and looks up to. Her dream is to become a whale and live in oceans, to be free and unchained. In her fantasy she fights bloodthirsty whalers to save the “blue angels”. The film was produced based on a real story and you will become not only lovers of wonderful dancing giants but you will also deeply feel the moments, which condemn the whales to death under a human baton.

IFF Envirofilm 2004 – Slovakia, Audience Award

IFF Envirofilm 2004 – Slovakia, Jury Award

ISOD Frymburk 2004 – CZ, Best Film Award

IFF MARMARA Istanbul 2004 – Turkye, Grand Prix

IFF Ekofilm 2004 – Czech Rep., Best Free Production

IFDF Tatranská Lomnica 2004 – Slov., Grand Prix

IFF Antibes 2004 – France, Best Fiction Film Award

IFF TSTTT Uherské Hradiště 2004 - CZ, Grand Prix

IFF TSTTT Uherské Hrad. 2004 - CZ, Audience Award

IFF Belgrade 2004 – Serbia, Grand Prix

IFF PAF Tachov 2005 – CZ, 1st place Sea water

IFF EMIUPFF Cyprus, 2005 – Turkye, 1 st place

IFF Strasbourg 2005 – France, Great Jury Award

IFF Pelagos 2005 – Italy, Best Film “master format”

IFF Moondance 2007 - USA, Calypso Award

IFF Moondance 2007 - USA, Audience Award

CZ, 2004, 22 min.
Written and directed by Steve L. Lichtag

Music by Pavel Kotzian

A Myth Called Shark

 Three men, three fateful meetings with a feared great white shark.

Three friends are meeting off the South African coast to face the most deadly shark – The Great White.

Each of them has already met him, each differently. It’s a usual meeting for diver Andre Hartman, perhaps nobody knows more about the great white. Marine biologist Ryan considers the secret of this predator a challenge and the youngest, Mark, still evokes hair curling moments when a great white shark attacked him while surfing. Thanks to experienced Hartman, Ryan and Mark may reach the dreaded predator. Everybody agrees that the Great White will remain a major figure – a real Lord of the Seas. 

CZ 2006, 52 min.

Inspired by Russel Smith

Camera: Russel Smith, Andre Hartman

Written and directed by Steve L. Lichtag

Music by Pavel Kotzian