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Jan Křížek, Sculptures and Bees
An existentional and artistic film about the almost forgotten sculptor, painter and beekeeper Jan Křížek, an artist in the Art Brut movement. About life with art in post-war France and also about Jan's wife Jiřina…
Jan Masaryk's Step into Emptiness or the Perfect Crime
On September 14, 2011, 125 years will have passed since the birth of one of the most significant Czechoslovak politicians and diplomats. All his life, he has served his country in various ways, representing one of the…
Jan Palach's Message
Documentary marking the 40th Anniversary of self-burning act of the Czech student
Jan Palach. On the 16th of January 2009 it will be 40 years from the self-burning
of Jan Palach. He has committed this act in protest…
Jan Saudek: Trapped by His Passions, No Hope for Rescue
The full-length documentary film Jan Saudek provides a personally truthful yet harsh life story of a hero and dropout. It is presented as a grand drama, not just full of stirring, colorful photographs, but also…
Jan's Return from His Paris Exile to Prague in the Summer 2003 /Jan Vladislav/
Jan Vladislav, Czech poet and author, signatory of Charter 77, publisher of the samizdat manuscript series Kvart, and translator of Dante, Shakespeare, Michaux and Eliot, was forced into exile in France in 1981 by the…
Jarmila Is Home for Good!
She spent her life dancing and, as she says with a smile, she would like to dance till the very end. Jarmila still has a lot of energy and shares it with others daily. However she decided to leave the US after 28 years…
Jarocin. Rock for Freedom
In a small town, which no one in Poland heard of, a unique rock festival is born. This takes place in times of socialism in the 1980s. Tens of thousands of people arrive at Jarocin which becomes an island of freedom.
Jar of Time
"Jar of Time" follows Ayshe and Djemal, two of the last nomadic Pomaks, as the couple searches for the finest grazing fields for their cows and sells dairy products despite regulations making their livelihood illegal.
Jaroslav Kučera A Journal
Jaroslav Kučera was the husband of director Věra Chytilová and one of the most original cameramen of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Footage that he captured in his free time for private purposes served a few decades later…
Jaroslav Kučera A Portrait
A story of a man, who dreamed to become a painter, but could not resist the opportunity to take part in enormous social experiment.