What about Petey?
Martin Trabalik
After the sudden death of his wife, Mr. Jochec takes on the responsibility of caring for his two teenage children, Vanesa and Pete, who has severe autism. Previously away for work, he now faces the challenge of managing everything alone, balancing the care of his children, maintaining financial stability, and running the household.
Martin Trabalik is a Czech documentarist based in Prague. In his work, he focuses on social, humanitarian and environmental issues. In January 2016 he volunteered during the European refugee crisis in Greece becoming interested in photography in the process. Since then he has worked on several projects in Nagorno-Karabakh, Donbas, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and other areas. In the year 2018, he was awarded UNHRC and Czech Press Photo prize in the category Problems of our age for covering the Rohingya's expulsion from Myanmar. In 2021 he directed and produced documentary movie Incendios about forest fires in Bolivia which was awarded Best Documentary Feature at the
International Film Festival in La Paz. Beside documentary projects he enjoys also other fields of creative expression. Feature documentary What about Petey? is his second feature lenght film.
- – Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival 2025 – Open Horizons Competition / World Premiere (Greece)
- Original title What about Petey?
- Director Martin Trabalik
- Duration 85
- Production year 2025
- Theme Society
- Format DCP
- Category Feature Film
- Subcategory Documentary
- Genre Society
- Nationality Czech Republic
- Producer Gnomon Film
- Dialogue language Czech
- Subtitle language English