Online screening + discussion: What About Petey?
KineDok’s online season begins with What About Petey?, an intimate Czech documentary by Martin Trabalík. Watch it online for free from October 15 to 21, 2026, and join the director for an international discussion premiering on October 15.
This event opens a new season of six free KineDok online screenings and discussions. A different documentary will be presented every month until March 2027. Follow us on Facebook to discover the upcoming film and make sure you do not miss its screening and discussion.
What About Petey? (Martin Trabalík, 2025, Czechia, 86 mins)
The documentary What About Petey? was filmed over three years using an observational approach. Director Martin Trabalík, who personally worked with Péťa and his father Petr Jochec, creates an intimate portrait of a family facing the joys and challenges of life with a child with disabilities. The film highlights the strength of human bonds, perseverance, and love that unites the family.
The film will be available on kinedok.net from October 15 to 21, 2026. To watch it for free, request a voucher at films@kinedok.net during the availability period.
Due to licensing restrictions, the screening is available only in KineDok’s partner countries: Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Croatia. Subtitles are provided in the languages of all partner countries.
Discussion premiere: October 15 at 7 PM CEST
The film’s director, Martin Trabalík, joins moderator Irena Hůlová for a discussion, where we explore the broader context of the story, focusing on the social support system in the Czech Republic, the role of NGOs and the everyday realities faced by families caring for children with disabilities.
The discussion (in English) will premiere on Thursday, October 15, at 7 PM CEST on KineDok International’s Facebook page and the Institute of Documentary Film YouTube channel. It will remain available to watch online after the premiere.
Martin Trabalík
Martin Trabalík is a Czech documentary filmmaker whose work focuses primarily on social and humanitarian issues. In 2022, he directed Incendios, a documentary about forest fires, followed in 2025 by What About Petey?, which explores the topic of caring for people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Irena Hůlová
Irena Hůlová is a Czech gender equality and human rights expert with extensive experience in advocacy, public policy and legislative processes. Her work focuses particularly on women’s rights, gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive rights, menstrual health and women, peace and security. She was a senior advisor to the Czech Government Commissioner for Human Rights, and before that she worked as a senior advocacy expert at Lobbio. Lobbio is a Czech NGO which helps other NGOs with their advocacy work. Prior to that she was the Head of Advocacy at Amnesty International Czech Republic, where she led work on sexual violence, women’s rights and arms-related issues. Together with Czech NGO Konsent she started a campaign to introduce a consent-based definition of rape into the Czech Criminal Code. That campaign ended successfully in 2024. After that they together launched a new campaign to improve an access to abortion care in the Czech Republic. She is a member of the Czech Government’s Committee for Social Policy, Family and Care and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ inter-ministerial working group on Women, Peace and Security.
What About Petey?
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