Jaro Krtek
The main character in Seer, Martyrs & Hybrid Carl is a psychic who hates himself for it. Yet he uses his powers to keep them under control, but only for profit. During one seance to find the spirit of his client's relative, he meets three elephant souls - Mary, Topsy and Tyke. Carl is therefore confronted with his own prejudices because, as a Christian, he does not believe in the existence of animal souls. The elephant women share their tragic fates with Carl, presenting him with an indictment of the human race and pointing out the connection between the oppression of animals and the oppression of "people who are not human enough". He then meets the spirit of Tigon, the spirit of the drawing which he revived on the verge of puberty, in the moment of Carl's realization regarding his powers as a psychic. Tigon is a hybrid of tiger and human, a bridge between the animal and the human, and he encourages Carl not to forget what the elephants have told him, but also to accept himself, including his psychic self. Genre-wise, the film is defined as a post-humanist ghost story with elements of camp, melodrama and video essay.
