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04826 Jirous

04826 Jirous

Filmmaker Monika Elšíková started making this documentary film about Czech poet Ivan Martin Jirous while Jirous was still alive. The last piece of footage capturing the poet was shot at a private event celebrating…
1968: Betrayal

1968: Betrayal

Betrayal - the second part of the series devoted to the Prague Spring - charts the fundamental events which took place from 1968 to 1969. After the leaders of the Czechoslovak Communist Party returned from Moscow, the…
1968: Hope

1968: Hope

The first part of a documentary series returns to the Prague Spring of 1968 - to the period of so-called socialism with a human face in which there was a glimmer of hope that society as a whole would fully recover. The…
66 Seasons

66 Seasons

A film about the Košice swimming pool, the place where, according to the filmmaker's slogan, "history came to swim." Set between 1936 and 2002, the story reflects historical events that took place in Central and Eastern…
A Czech Phenomenon: Dance Lessons

A Czech Phenomenon: Dance Lessons

With a humourous distance, Dancing Lessons examines a phenomenon unique to Czech national culture - dance courses. The director followed a Prague dance class for more than a year - from the signing up, the balls,…
A Drop from the Goblet of Immortality

A Drop from the Goblet of Immortality

Maha Kumbh Mela, or the great Kumbh Mela, is the largest religious festivity in the world, with up to a hundred million people participating in the event. It takes place in India, at the confluence of the Jammuna and…
Africa Obscura

Africa Obscura

The AFRICA OBSCURA is a documentary that concerns contemporary Africa as a photographic phenomenon. But this time, the record is made through the medium of old analogue photographic and motion-picture cameras, which…
Agnes of Bohemia

Agnes of Bohemia

800 years have passed since the birth of Agnes of Bohemia. The documentary "Agnes of Bohemia" will present the personality of a royal daughter who decided to devote her life, possessions and all her efforts to help the…
All Future Chernobyl

All Future Chernobyl

On April 26, 2011, a quarter of a century has passed since the explosion of the Soviet Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Memories of the disaster are still alive. The recovery of Fukushima is supposed to last nine months;…
All the Prodigies

All the Prodigies

A documentary film about young Mozart pianists who, though very young, express strong and self-confident individualities. In 1767, an eleven-year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed with his sister at a concert in…
A Man Who Painted the Sea

A Man Who Painted the Sea

Shortly before his death - in the seclusion of a small Prague flat - Jindřich Vik, a bank clerk and a naive painter, took his brush and water colours and started painting in an outburst of creative effort that lasted…
The Analogs

The Analogs

Docureality about ten former TV professionals who get together once again to broadcast a show the way it used to be done at the beginnings of Czechoslovak TV broadcast. The narrative follows the structure of ”making of“…
And Who Are You?

And Who Are You?

The marriage of a gay couple serves as the starting point for thinking about how our society perceives personal and social connections in the so-called gay unions.
The Angel's Game

The Angel's Game

Romana Andelova had cancer as a child and spent many months in hospital. As a little girl in an ugly sterile hospital, she felt very lonely and so she invented her own imaginary fantasy world featuring the fictional…
A Scout Has Bare Knees

A Scout Has Bare Knees

The impulse for the making of this documentary was a 30-year-old amateur film from the life of the Junák organisation of Czech Scouts that was found in a remarkably good condition. The director, a former member of the…
A Spot in the Sun

A Spot in the Sun

The contemporary society prefers youth and beauty. What about the old people though? Some politicians have already proposed isolating seniors so that they don't "stand in the way". The documentary captures the life of…
A Theory of Equality

A Theory of Equality

Barbora Chalupová’s film tries to map out the state of the current debate on gender balance and opportunity in the Czech Republic. The annual Sexist Pigs campaign evokes amused comments from the Czech public and gets…
Beer As an Opinion

Beer As an Opinion

Wherever you say the Czech Republic, most people do not imagine anything. And if so, then it is mostly – beer. Beer is not only a commodity that draws in tourists but it is a nationwide lifestyle. From normal chatter to…
The Beginnings

The Beginnings

Twins Pavla and Denisa and several months older Adéla reached their adulthood in a children home in Počátky. From there, the path to an independent life inevitably awaits with the issuance of a graduation certificate…
Between a Star and a Crescent: Father of the Refugees

Between a Star and a Crescent: Father of the Refugees

Charles Jordan's death in Prague in 1967 remains a mystery to this day. The only thing we know for certian is that Jordan's plan to solve the problem of the Palestinian refugees died in Prague with him. International…
Big Bertík

Big Bertík

An actor with a majestic stride, an original personality of Ostrava's cultural scene, holder of the Thalia Theatre Award 2008... Norbert Tichý, member of the Petr Bezruč Theatre in Ostrava, has/is all that. He dedicated…
Black Hearts (…the Earth isn’t Round)

Black Hearts (…the Earth isn’t Round)

Four Roma families, four lives in four countries during four seasons through the eyes of four people. This is the third of a series of year-long observational documentary films by Břetislav Rychlík that explores human…
Brno's Music Ghetto?

Brno's Music Ghetto?

A documentary film about music from the 1960's until today, which uncovers the city's music soul in its originality, frustration, exceptionality, intellectual potential and naive dottiness.
Burned Bridges

Burned Bridges

A portrait of two people who have decided to live outside the bustle of civilisation and spent time in communities of nuns and monks. The first is Katka, who remembers the environment in the community of the Nuns of…
Businessman with Rain

Businessman with Rain

Story of probably the largest Czech fraudster of all time. His name was Joseph Eichler. He started as an ordinary thief and occasional swindler. In 1968 in an atmosphere of normalization of chaos and uncertainty legend…
Bye Bye Shanghai

Bye Bye Shanghai

Distinguished Czech documentarist Jana Boková, who lives in Argentina, decided for her latest film to find out exactly what the word "exile" means. Her first stop is Prague, where after a period of 40 years, she meets…
Bystander Effect

Bystander Effect

On 13 March, 1964, 28-year old Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death on the street in NYC. It was revealed later that 38 people in the neighbourhood in some way witnessed the crime that lasted 50 minutes. None of the…
Central European Eduard Goldstücker

Central European Eduard Goldstücker

Germanist, diplomat, Kafkologist and one of the protagonists of the Prague Spring Eduard Goldstücker was a witness and participant in numerous key events of the past century. In 2010, twenty years since his return from…
Chickens, Virus and Us

Chickens, Virus and Us

A delightful tale about one family's experiment during the coronavirus crisis. By casually exploring the adoption of chickens, this Czech family discovers the challenges inherent in the commercial egg industry.
Chief Conductors of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Chief Conductors of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

A music documentary about outstanding chief conductors, whose names are linked with the history of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Personalities like Václav Talich, Rafael Kubelík, Karel Aneerl, Václav Neuman, Jiří…
Children of Anton Kalina

Children of Anton Kalina

In 2012 Anton Kalina received the title “Righteous Among the Nations” in Israel and last year he was posthumously decorated by the Czech President. Anton Kalina spent the war mainly in the Buchenwald concentration camp,…
Children of Iceland

Children of Iceland

Many children from the Czech Republic labelled as "unplaceable" are leaving their homeland for Iceland, which is one of the few countries in the world that accept them with love. The Czechs have no interest in adoption…
The Children of Our Parents

The Children of Our Parents

Tom Feierabend is a California-based filmmaker who spent his youth surfing in the Pacific Ocean. He is also the grandson of politician Ladislav Feierabend whose memoirs published in the 1990s belonged among bestselling…
Children of the State

Children of the State

A great wave of criticism was aroused in 2011, when the Norwegian Child Welfare Services, Barnevernet, took away both of the Micháleks’ sons. The documentary director, who has two children of her own, set out to Norway…
The Circle of Rebirth

The Circle of Rebirth

Tibet, the home of an old nation with a unique culture, surviving under extremely harsh conditions between the mountain ridges. Tibetans are raised with a humble understanding of the meaning of human existence,…
Citizen Havel Goes on Vacation

Citizen Havel Goes on Vacation

This 80-minute documentary recreates a trip across Czechoslovakia. Václav Havel took the trip in 1985 when he was still the country's most prominent dissident. In the course of one week, he was twice thrown into jail…
Coal in the Soul

Coal in the Soul

A documentary portrait of two women playing a very personal game with the fate of Horni Jiretin, a town endangered by the coal-mining industry. With their typical mixture of a sensitive approach and irony, the…
Collection of MR. Hudecek and MR. Rein

Collection of MR. Hudecek and MR. Rein

Mr. Hudeček is a worthy murderer. Mr. Rein works at junkyard and concentrates on intellectual issues. At the age of sixty they are friends who share no lust for life. This film focuses on collecting thoughts and…
The Confession of Kateryna K.

The Confession of Kateryna K.

Miroslav Janek's documentary provides an intimate statement on the life of singer Kateryna Kolcová-Tlustá. The blind Ukraine native lives, studies and performs in the Czech Republic. She has become one of the most…
The Count Zinzendorf - The Strength of Conviction

The Count Zinzendorf - The Strength of Conviction

Next year, 250 years will have passed since the death of a man whose name is familiar to Christians in most parts of the world. Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf had both the talent and skills to be able to stand the…
The Crime Named Katyn

The Crime Named Katyn

Among the thousands of victims of genocide, there were also the citizens of former Czechoslovakia. Newly discovered facts about the one of the biggest crimes of the modern history.
Czech Allah

Czech Allah

Czech Republic has only accepted a small number of refugees. In this respect, it belongs to the most intolerant countries in Europe. Made over the course of two years, this story-driven time-lapse documentary explores…
Czech Dream

Czech Dream

Prague, Czech Republic, 31 May, 2003, a few minutes before 10a.m.; there are more than 3000 people jostling on a remote parking place. Many of them are clutching plastic bags in their hands; some of them are armed with…
The Czech Hump

The Czech Hump

Several years ago, dry rot destroyed the house on top of the Czech Republic's highest mountain. This gave rise to heated debates over the future plans for the location. Should it remain bare or should there be a new…
Czechia on a String

Czechia on a String

A situational essay on the Czech identity on the backdrop of the Goose on a String theatre in Brno. The seriously playful collage consists of stage-managed documentary, theatre and discussion fragments, presenting among…
Czech Indian Chief Miloslav Stingl

Czech Indian Chief Miloslav Stingl

A documentary, last will and testament of a Czech Indian Chief Miloslav Stingl. This road movie portrays Miloslav Stingl as an Indian in the city. We follow the aging man on his daily routines as well as the crusades of…
Czech Inventions that Conquered the World

Czech Inventions that Conquered the World

In the Czech Republic, throughout the history, there have been many patents and inventions that greatly influenced the social and economic development around the world. Our documentary series maps the most important…
Czech Journal

Czech Journal

A five-part series of socially critical, truly “public service” documentaries made over the course of one year. Each film deals with a compelling social issue and its broader context. Each topic is tackled without bias,…
Czech Journal: The Okamura Brothers

Czech Journal: The Okamura Brothers

A populist politician, a devout Christian, and a successful architect – 3 brothers, each very different. The film offers a non-traditional view of one Czech-Japanese family.
Czechoslovakia As a Hobby

Czechoslovakia As a Hobby

A tragicomic documentary about three French retirees who guard the legacy of Czechoslovakia of Masaryk's time. Three French seniors have found the meaning of life in keeping alive the memory of a country that no longer…
Czech Peace

Czech Peace

The story of the Star Wars, the Cold War and the War On Terror of one small Czech village. As part of its National Missile Defense Program, the US plan to build a military base in the Czech Republic, a former hiding…
Czech Photo

Czech Photo

Series of 13 creative documentaries mapping the themes that characterize aesthetical and ideological diversity of the Czech photography (mainly in 20th century). It does not aspire to be an all-embracing encyclopedia of…
CZECHTUNING

CZECHTUNING

Each year, thousands of tuned-up vehicles head to huge events for car tuning enthusiasts held at disused military airports, in camping resorts or parking lots. Here you'll find both old wrecks and expensive gems. Tuner…
Dancing for the Camera

Dancing for the Camera

Film about European Sword Dances based on unique nitrate film shot by František Pospíšil in the 1920s, when European documentary filming came into its own. It includes material from Croatia to Britain - some of the…
Daughters of the Vietnamese Dragon

Daughters of the Vietnamese Dragon

For several years now, the Vietnamese community has been organizing Miss Vietnam in the Czech Republic. We meet the protagonists at the 2012 beauty pageant to follow the contestants as they prepare for the final gala,…
Deadly Enemies

Deadly Enemies

A series of historical documentaries introduces thirteen significant battles that took place in the Czech territory or influenced the Czech history. The selected battles cover war conflicts between the 14th and 20th…
Desk-based Assassination

Desk-based Assassination

Can Czech politicians acknowledge their own mistakes? Do they have a sense of humour? The answers are explored in a film account of the so-called Sarajevo assassination which was meant to unseat Václav Klaus as Prime…
Diva (Part of EBU Challenges)

Diva (Part of EBU Challenges)

The film will try to track two lines. First and more colorful one will be the one about the hip hop competition, while the second one, more in the background, would be the story of moving away from the city to the small…
DJs

DJs

Dance music today and its development in the Czech Republic in the past twenty years represent a variety of styles, trends and individualities. Just like a remix of a music piece can be different, the individualities of…
The Dobříš-Paříž Axis

The Dobříš-Paříž Axis

The Dobříš - Paříž axis. 25 years ago, this phrase would be familiar to students of military departments, then a compulsory part of university studies. It reflects the life-long conviction and education of Czechoslovak…
Don’t Take My Life

Don’t Take My Life

One day, documentary filmmaker Andrea Culková unexpectedly had to face attachment of her assets because of a minor error that she learned about too late. She thus became one of the many people to find themselves caught…
Dream about Kuks

Dream about Kuks

Between 1695 and 1724, the Count Frantisek Antonin Spork built Kuks like the unique baroque spa and hospital area. 300 years, there has been only a maintenance and the area was slowly falling apart. For the „European…
Dreams about My Father

Dreams about My Father

A mysterious collage on the monster trial of the 1950s, one of whose victims was the weak-current electricity expert Alfréd Plocek. His tragic fate is uncovered by his granddaughter Lucie, who, through archive documents…
Driving School

Driving School

An untraditional portrait of 4 directors on the theme of automobiles, theatre and film direction. At the beginning of 2010, script writer and director Petr Minařík managed to persuade 4 directors - Arnošt Goldflam, J.A.…
Dunaj of Consciousness

Dunaj of Consciousness

Journey in the footsteps of legendary DUNAJ band. Film deals with general human issues and guides us through the story of former band members.
Earthlings, Who Are You Voting for?

Earthlings, Who Are You Voting for?

The film shows that even mentally handicapped people can get their bearings in public spaces and have a political opinion. The crew followed a phenomenon which affects all of us; elections to the Chamber of Deputies of…
Ecce Homo Cardinal

Ecce Homo Cardinal

The life drama of Miloslav Vlk, the first Prague Archbishop in the post-Communist era.
Enclosed World

Enclosed World

This four-hour documentary – a compilation of Czech Television’s eponymous series – systematically charts life in prison and the associated societal circumstances through looking at human fates on both sides of the bars…
The Epochal Trip of Mr. Tříska's to Russia

The Epochal Trip of Mr. Tříska's to Russia

Few years ago teacher Jaroslav Tříska found his grandfather's legionary diary. His grandfather spent several years in a russian captivity during the First World War. Jaroslav takes grandpa's diary and sets out on his…
Erika HIV+

Erika HIV+

A documentary film about a brave and honest woman, Erika, who, by fighting her tragic fate, sets an example for other HIV-infected patients and their families.
Ernestine:  Life Is a Labyrinth

Ernestine: Life Is a Labyrinth

Twelve years pld Ernestine is different than others and she feels alone. It is possible to change the will?
European Architect Bohuslav Fuchs

European Architect Bohuslav Fuchs

Monographic documentary focused on the historical and contemporary significance of Bohuslav Fuchs and his work in the Czech Republic and abroad. The film introduces the emergence of a unique tradition of Brno…
Eva Jiřičná

Eva Jiřičná

A portrait documentary of a fragile woman made of steel and the most prominent representative of Czech architecture of all time. The film captures the inner workings and artistic world of an architect more famous abroad…
The Fall of Consent Communism

The Fall of Consent Communism

This documentary examines the period of normalisation from the invasion of troops in Czechoslovakia to the disintegration of the communist regime at the end of the 1980s, all from the completely unique perspective of…
Farewell  Sun

Farewell Sun

A deep interpretation of life and work of Czech painter Alén Diviš (1900 - 1956), the film is not a mere portrait or a profile. It is a subjective and abstract picture of his voyages across the world, it is a substance…
Fated Horse

Fated Horse

The documentary deals with the life story of our famous jockette and racehorse trainer, Martina Růžičková. By chance and a twist of fate, her life is now influenced by a famous double world champion in Formula 1. He…
First Among Equals

First Among Equals

People constantly talk about the advantages that politicians have compared to the common citizen. Parliamentary immunity, cheap prices at the Parliament diner or transport privileges are among the issues most commonly…
Franta - Everywhere, Elsewhere

Franta - Everywhere, Elsewhere

The life story of visual artist František Mertl who is known abroad under his nickname "Franta" more so than here at home. A documentary film about Frantiąek Mertl, the czech painter and sculptor who lives in France…
The Garden of Rübezahl

The Garden of Rübezahl

Made shortly before the Krkonoše National Park celebrates its 50th anniversary, this portrait of a landscape sets out to be a poetic as well as factual tribute to the area and it should provide some instruction…
God Preserve the Heritage of Our Fathers and Mothers!

God Preserve the Heritage of Our Fathers and Mothers!

This documentary film combines reenactments featuring characters from the time of St. Cyril and Methodius in real environments with documentary-style commentary. It links the message of the Middle Ages to the present in…
God's Stone Quarry (One Year In North Bohemia)

God's Stone Quarry (One Year In North Bohemia)

"For someone, it's Gott, for another, it's Satan. I put sugar in my coffee. Each has his own truths, even the crystalline rock in the Krušné Hory mountains. The buzzard snatched the young hare and the spider lies in…
The Golden Thread of Sister Akvinela

The Golden Thread of Sister Akvinela

A portrait of nun Akvinela from the Congregation of Sisters of Notre Dame. Director Marie Šandová follows both everyday and special moments with a woman who is the source of inspiration, energy and vitality to others.
Goulash for 750 Million

Goulash for 750 Million

What are Czech politicians and their voters like? In the times of pre-election hysteria, the film crew set out to the meetings of several political parties, investigating the means by which the politicians try to lure…
Grumpy - Episode: Tattoo

Grumpy - Episode: Tattoo

An observation of a group of five old men exposed to a situation and enviroment that is unusual for them. They are trying to understand it with their old eyes, minds and experience and manage it as well as the young…
The Hardest of Choices

The Hardest of Choices

A documentary looking at the lives of four women and their partners who have refused abortions after discovering they are expecting handicapped children. The author captures their reactions on learning of their babies'…
Hate out of Love 3: Story of Domestic Violence

Hate out of Love 3: Story of Domestic Violence

Abuse against seniors affects up to twenty percent of older Czechs. This vulnerable group often struggles for years with mental and physical abuse from their loved ones. Through focused, confidential, and harrowing…
History of Jaroslav Šabata

History of Jaroslav Šabata

The film features the psychologist, politician and journalist Jaroslav Šabata (*1927) who symbolizes half a century of Czech history. The film explains the traces left by left-wing intelligentsia who first served the…
Hit or not to Hit

Hit or not to Hit

A journey to the depth of body punishment. Adults are protected from beating by the law. Children are not. This situation in Czech Republic is different from the conditions in most of European countries. This…
Human, That Is Science

Human, That Is Science

A five-part documentary series about what is behind normal human behavior.
Ida's Idea

Ida's Idea

Over the years Ida Kelarová has built the successful Čhavorenge choir. For the annual music ensemble she seeks talented new children in Roma settlements in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The culmination of ten days of…
I-dentity

I-dentity

The internet is a social space offering instant communication, entertainment to your liking, ready information, new ways of making money, easy starting and maintaining of interpersonal relationships or, possibly,…
I Guess We'll Meet at the Eurocamp

I Guess We'll Meet at the Eurocamp

A documentary about a village with no traditional Czech pub on the square, but a Eurocamp on the periphery instead. A film about opportunities and about the ironic reality of a Czech village in the European Union. What…
In Alaska with My Brother - The Log-cabin at Lake Taylor

In Alaska with My Brother - The Log-cabin at Lake Taylor

With my brother in Alaska is a project of Czech Television; it wants to present the environment of the northernmost state of the US. In the second part of the trilogy the boys have to part with their father - a…
The Indignants 2012

The Indignants 2012

This documentary film is being made at a time of great social turmoil that has hit all parts of the globe, including the Czech Republic. Next to a number of initiatives that try to create an alternative to existing…
Industrial Elegy

Industrial Elegy

A visually poetic documentary about people living in the mining colonies in Ostrava that are gradually being shut down. As this world slowly disappears, we also lose the local traditional values, unique experiences and…
In Prison with Mum

In Prison with Mum

What is the relationship between mothers and children who serve their term in Světlá nad Sázavou prison together? A long term observation maps the phenomenon of motherhood under the prison conditions. What kind of…
In the Child’s Best Interests

In the Child’s Best Interests

This film compares the fates of two newborns, whose parents either could not or did not want to care for them. Whilst one is placed into a temporary guardian’s care immediately after birth, the other is sent to a…
In the Silence of the Mountains a Person Is Seen…

In the Silence of the Mountains a Person Is Seen…

A documentary film about the struggle of good and evil for the face of the border mountains. A sweltering heat is hanging over an empty landscape, leaves are still, cracked rocks are silent as if suffocated by summer…
Into the Clouds We Gaze

Into the Clouds We Gaze

A gentle love story from the harsh environment of northern Bohemia. Women pass through Ráďa’s life as quickly as tuning meets. The only constant is his Ford Escort, which isn’t exactly in best shape but means everything…
It Is Still Me

It Is Still Me

A documentary about creative ways of growing old.
Ivan, Go Home

Ivan, Go Home

During the occupation on August 21st, 1968, some 20 divisions of the Soviet army entered the Czechoslovak territory. Others were ready at the border and were to arrive later. They were three Polish divisions, a…
Jan Křížek, Sculptures and Bees

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

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

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…
Jaroslav Tomsa – Profession Stuntman

Jaroslav Tomsa – Profession Stuntman

The personality of Jaroslav Tomsa, founder of the now world famous "Czech stunt school", ranks among the legends of the Czechoslovak, Czech as well as international film and is highly regarded in this field. Besides, he…
Josef Pleskot: Premises for Life

Josef Pleskot: Premises for Life

A documentary about Josef Pleskot, one of the best known and most respected Czech contemporary architects will be built on his personality and his philosophy of architecture. His uniqueness in fact lays in the ability…
Karlín Lives On

Karlín Lives On

The catastrophic floods of August 2002 changes Prague´s Karlín district into a dead city. It took a huge amount of effort to recapture it from mud and dirt. The documentary chronicles the development in Karlín…
Kateryna

Kateryna

Kateryna Kolcova is a person who could be called a dramatic artist of life. She can interpret any detail with unbelievable performance. Her mother reared her in hard living conditions. Although she did not know about…
Keep the Rhythm!

Keep the Rhythm!

Using the music of Bohuslav Martinů, The Chap-Book project was inspired by Rhythm Is It!, a successful social and art project developed by the Berlin Philharmonic. Working with the graduates of the Duncan Centre, the…
Killers Ltd.

Killers Ltd.

"We are all able to kill, but most of us never act on it." (Slavomír Hubálek, psychologist). Five murders and other 22 crimes committed between 1993 and 1996 by the "Kolin Gang" has shaken the public. The possible…
Killing Czech Style

Killing Czech Style

The film attempts to shed some light on the post-war massacre in Postoloprty, in which 763 local German residents died. Nobody was punished after the war. This film captures the tragic event through the eyes of direct…
King by the Grace of God – Spirituality of Charles IV

King by the Grace of God – Spirituality of Charles IV

King by the Grace of God – Spirituality of Charles IV captures the spiritual background of “the greatest Czech”, King Charles IV, a knight raised in a French royal court, familiar with the legend of the Holy Grail. In…
Komedie Theatre

Komedie Theatre

Shortly before it was shut down, Komedie Theatre invited the filmmakers to capture some of the major plays staged by the theatre. The plays featured in the series include The Trial; Offending the Audience; The Last Days…
The Krajina Files

The Krajina Files

The documentary The Krajina Files will introduce the resistance activities of Vladimír Krajina during World War II as well as his anti-communist attitude and fate after February 1948.
Krejča Behind the Gate

Krejča Behind the Gate

This portrait of the actor and stage director emerged out of the cooperation of Otomar Krejča on the previous film by Radim Procházka Naše lípa (Our Linden). In it Krejča appears in the role of the director and the…
Lethal Injection Instead of Truth

Lethal Injection Instead of Truth

Back in 1989, we were ringing our keys at public squares in the name of truth and love that would prevail over lies and hate. Twenty years later, we often have feelings of futility, however, we still think that we have…
Ležáky…Those Other Dead Ones….

Ležáky…Those Other Dead Ones….

Jarmila Doležalová survived the German destruction of the village of Ležáky during the 2nd World War. Qualified as a child „suitable for Germanisation", she had traveled through several towns all the way to Puszcikow,…
Libussa Unbound

Libussa Unbound

Mythical heroine with a thousand faces in the digital age - the legacy of Libussa, an affectionate and wise woman who resolves conflicts peacefully.
Liebe Indigo

Liebe Indigo

The portrait of Halka Třešňáková – an artist, an actress, and a performer – bears witness to her work as an artist, as well as to the background affecting the life of a girl turning adult in a family that defied a…
Life in Feathers

Life in Feathers

A documentary film about the boundaries between life and theatre - circus art on the stage, on a trapeze, in a trailer or in a water canal... Several years in the life of the Contionuo theatre group from Malovice in…
Lifetransit

Lifetransit

Documentary film Lifetransit wants to raise awareness about people whose lives are complicated by several disabilities at once. For example, they have to use electric wheelchair and deal with vision or hearing…
The Limits of Work

The Limits of Work

Portrait of the czech journalist Saša Uhlová, who tries to work as unqualified employee for a half of year and brings her own personal stories from the worst paid places in the Czech republic.
Little Mole & Laozi

Little Mole & Laozi

If any one should wish to get the kingdom for himself, and to effect this by what he does, I see that he will not succeed.
Live Image of a Better World

Live Image of a Better World

Far away from civilization in the mountains Orlické hory, there lives a man together with his sheep, cats and radio who does not keep almost any contact with people. His knowledge of nature and natural processes and his…
Living Dead Alois Jirásek

Living Dead Alois Jirásek

An attempt at the rehabilitation of the personality and works of the Czech writer Alois Jirásek. In 2011, the 160th anniversary of his birth will be celebrated. Another anniversary falls on the year 2010, commemorating…
Long-haired Rebels

Long-haired Rebels

In the summer of 1966, the state organs of Czechoslovakia launched a large-scale campaign against men with long hair.
The Long Road Is Short

The Long Road Is Short

I came here excited by this basic idea of stasis. There's this Mexican animal called the axolotl, a very curious animal. This salamander can remain in its larval stage all its life, choose not to grow into the higher…
Looking For Good Death

Looking For Good Death

All of us have to die. However, sometimes we may decide how to die. Various forms of dying: among euthanasia, hospital divider and hospice’s care. A one hour long documentary film search through stories of dying people…
Lose Moose

Lose Moose

European Moose is one of our biggest mammals. Already extinct during Middle Ages, Moose has now returned. Despite the fact that nowadays many of them live in other countries, moose once more faces extinction in the…
Love Me If You Can

Love Me If You Can

A tragicomic documentary about three heroes and their intractable journey in search of physical love.
Lover Beyond Death

Lover Beyond Death

A story of unfulfilled love between Ludwig van Beethoven and Countess Almerie Esterházy. Speculations about who was the consignee of Beethoven's three love letters emerged immediately after the letters were found in his…
Loves of the Jedlička Institute

Loves of the Jedlička Institute

Documentary film about people who "don’t need to behave as like they don’t exist anymore". The film was a gift of the Czech Television to the Jedlička Institute to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its foundation.…
Love Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Love Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

A documentary love story. A mother and daughter's view of the relationships between eight couples from various generations over the course of a year. A search for what most connects people, and at the same time divides…
The Lower depths

The Lower depths

The fate of the woman who lost her home and children.
The Madman from La Verna

The Madman from La Verna

The Franciscan spirituality and primarily the person of Francis of Assisi represents one of the most inspirational sources in the European cultural context. Despite the barrier of eight centuries, it has been appealing…
Malupien

Malupien

A documentary about the Russian city of Yakutsk in the Far East, seemingly just countless blocks of prefab flats in the middle of taiga - at first sight a gloomy place to live at, yet filled with a human desire to…
Máňa Ten Years After

Máňa Ten Years After

Filmmakers Olga Sommerová and Jan Špáta discovered Máňa in 1992 in a prison yard in Pardubice. At the time they made a film called Máňa for a television documentary series and the short documentary won wide acclaim. Ten…
The Man, Who Overestimated Czech Soul. Escapes of Joseph Bryks

The Man, Who Overestimated Czech Soul. Escapes of Joseph Bryks

A life story of Czech R.A.F. pilot Josef Bryks, who had many times during the 2nd World War in the forces put his life great danger. Later in captiviti he was the sourse of everyone's hope, when he attempted to escape…
Marcela

Marcela

The extraordinary life of an ordinary woman. The fifth part of a series entitled "Marriage Stories" featured Marcela, whose story started in 1980 at the Prague town hall. Still in black and white, the film follows…
Medela, Latin for Help

Medela, Latin for Help

A charity project led by Czech women supports the building of a school in Guinea, university education of Peruvian Indians and an orphanage for HIV positive children in Cambodia.
Memories of the Balkans

Memories of the Balkans

They came here to look for a new home, for the war deprived them of their old one. In the late 20th century, Yugoslavia lay in ruins and the nationalist leaders unleashed hell in the Balkans. Chaos, fear, religious…
Memory of the 20th Century: Beyond Words

Memory of the 20th Century: Beyond Words

A documentary film about the history of the Jewish family camp in Auschwitz, about its annihilation and the worst mass murder in the history of Czechoslovakia.
Mendel - the Father of Genetics

Mendel - the Father of Genetics

Documentary film with acted scenes is uncovering the life, faith and inspiration of Mendel, the greatest Czech scientist who discovered the basics of heredity while experimenting with peas.
The Mucha Phenomenon

The Mucha Phenomenon

Known and unknown moments in the life and work of the founder of the art noveau trend in painting. In 2010, a hundred and fifty years had elapsed since the birth of Alfons Mucha, a memorable figure not only in artistic…
My 20th Century

My 20th Century

Director Olga Sommerová examined the private lives of three Czech women born before WW2, during the time of the first Czechoslovak Republic. Important artists whose work more often wins recognition abroad than at home,…
My Century

My Century

The film uniquely captures the remarkable life stories of 25 hundred-year-old citizens born in Czechoslovakia in 1918. The respondents, both men and women, are represented equally in the film. The group represents…
My Enchanted Castle

My Enchanted Castle

The director is one of the descendants of Baron Schebek, a significant railway constructor in the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy and the owner of vast estates in the Sazava region. After the Revolution, the family got back…
My Great-Grandfather Genghis Khan

My Great-Grandfather Genghis Khan

The documentary illustrates the fact given by the location of the Czech territory as well as the historical turn of events, i.e. that in most Czech families, there is an ancestor who came from elsewhere, belonged to…
My Last 150 Thousand Cigarettes

My Last 150 Thousand Cigarettes

This infotainment documentary tackles the politics and business behind the most widespread addiction. The filmmakers travel to Kutná Hora to explore the state-tolerated drug in terms of the business it generates. Kutná…
My Lucky Star

My Lucky Star

The story of a woman who survived the hell of several concentration camps. Zdenka Fantlová recounts her unique life story with its all dramatic turns: her happy childhood in the pre-war years, the deportation to…
My Name Is Jiří David

My Name Is Jiří David

The journey to Venice and back, pictures of the artist's life in middle age.
My Name Is Karel Čurda

My Name Is Karel Čurda

The case of Karel Čurda – a parachutist of Czechoslovak foreign army during the WW2 who landed in the Protectorate in the spring of 1942. The man who had all the makings of a hero as well as his friends and colleagues.…
Naked Nation

Naked Nation

„The reason why Czech tourists climb Biokovo Mountains in flip-flops or face inevitable death when sailing the open sea on pedal boats isn’t because they are high on ecstasy. The true reason is that unlike Croatians,…
New York City in the Time of COVID-19

New York City in the Time of COVID-19

New York became the biggest epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020. The feverish pulse of this iconic metropolis came to a standstill and eight million people faced a major blow comparable to that…
No Exodus

No Exodus

Czech doctors have repeatedly threatened with an exodus. In most cases the problem was money. The category of love for this highly demanding profession seemed out of question. So did the drama, creativity, beauty of the…
No Hope for Haiti?

No Hope for Haiti?

The country could be a Caribbean paradise; however, to its inhabitants, it is rather hell. As one of the poorest countries in the world, it is overwhelmed by problems, the earthquake being but one of them. The…
One Year After, or We Are Cursed Again...

One Year After, or We Are Cursed Again...

Haiti - a country where a Creole greeting goes "How are you doing? " - "Not any worse". A country stricken by a fatal earthquake; fatal not in the sense of the Richter magnitude scale but in the sense of the absolute…
On the Road - Acapulco

On the Road - Acapulco

After WWII, Acapulco was a little known small village on the Pacific shore until... In the 1950's Hollywood stars who came here to seek rest and romantic surroundings fell in love with the wonderful beachy view from the…
Othello Is Black

Othello Is Black

This documentary film follows the theater project Maringotka - Othello Is Black. In the summer of 2012, the travelling theater with a horse and caravan visits the Sluknov region for some 30 performances of Shakespeare's…
Ow!

Ow!

Beating, kicking, torture by pain, torture by hunger, mental torture. Guns, knives or fists. The perpetrators are close family members: husbands, partners, lovers... According to available statistics, almost one out of…
Papa

Papa

This feature-length documentary presents a loving and humorous portrait of the artistic and private life of Zdeněk Svěrák, famous as a writer, actor, lyricist, screenwriter, and father. "We started where Elementary…
Paths of Faith - Place of Silence

Paths of Faith - Place of Silence

The film follows the construction of a new Cistercian monastery in Western Bohemia. The project was designed by British architect John Pawson. A contemplative insight into the life and work of contemporary monks.
Pecking Order

Pecking Order

This rather unusual documentary film is made by a group of mentally handicapped participants of the film workshop run by Inventura, an association for the integration of mentally handicapped people into society through…
Phenomenon of the Czech Design

Phenomenon of the Czech Design

The story of design is about how the usual decorative things gradually become works of art. These things bring us some new thoughts, opinions, memories and emotions. People create a teritory they would like to live in…
Picturing the Moment

Picturing the Moment

Bosnian born painter Dino Čečo has invented a way how to open the utterly visual world to people who cannot see. Thanks to this unique haptic method can blind people express themselves visually, paint their visions,…
The Plastic People Of The Universe

The Plastic People Of The Universe

The documentary film traces different stages in the band's history that spans over more than 30 years and is tightly connected with the political developments in our country. The film is a chronological look at the…
Poverty is No Vice

Poverty is No Vice

According to the Czech Statistical Office, ten percent of Czechs are in danger of falling below the poverty income level. The situation is especially critical for single mothers who represent one-fifth of that number,…
Private Century - Statuary of Granddad Vinda

Private Century - Statuary of Granddad Vinda

Statuary of Granddad Vinda is a story of sculptor Vincenc Havel who lived in the Opava region of north Moravia in the 1950s. His film memories are a set of images that nicely depict this interesting personality, which…
Report from the Black Hole

Report from the Black Hole

This documentary film about the city of Ostrava was well appreciated for its sincerity. Narrator Petr Nárožný presents the past and present Ostrava with humour and distance.
Resmay Is a Guardian Angel

Resmay Is a Guardian Angel

The drama of Czech woman and Cambodian Girl, that a dream brought together: Tamara saved Jarka from a cruel life on the street. Jarka copes with her past in her new family, particularly during her visit in Cambodia.
Robert Musil

Robert Musil

The life story of one of the most important thinkers and writers of the twentieth century, the Austro Hungarian officer, passionate swimmer, tennis player and fencer, engineer, passionate smoker and a drinker of coffee,…
#sandrainuganda

#sandrainuganda

Sandra returns to her work pace, attends advertising and social events. The world at home, however, can no longer see exactly the same as before meeting Rose and her colleagues in Africa.
Searching for Jan Werich

Searching for Jan Werich

In 1977, director Vít Olmer made the last interview with Jan Werich before his death for the Slovak Television. Having received the Prix Danube Award, the programme was immediately banned. Our film crew has gone to…
Sentiment

Sentiment

A film inspired by an encounter with director Vláčil. The novice set off to see a retired film director whose work we have always respected, in order to approximate the thinking, feeling and output through his film, i.e…
The Shamans Are Leaving

The Shamans Are Leaving

The white civilization has resigned from the coexistence with nature as well as the experience that follows from it. One of the few to sustain the tradition are South American shamans. The film is a probe to the shaman…
Shots in Miami

Shots in Miami

Antonin Cermak, the first Czech, who ascended to the high levels of American politics. A man who had to work hard from the age of eleven or he would have nothing to eat. A man of extraordinary will, who is still a…
The Shutka Book of Records

The Shutka Book of Records

Shutka is the largest Roma settlement in the Balkans. At least according to the words of a young local fisherman, who is the main protagonist of this documentary film, shot in co-production with Czech Television. The…
Skokan

Skokan

Director Petr Václav calls Skokan a documentary film with fairy-tale aspects, mainly because of its emphasis on authenticity in telling the fictional tale of a Romani recidivist in search of career opportunities at the…
Sold

Sold

The Hradčany district of Prague. A 16th century building, which abuts the Foreign Ministry, is one of the few places in the area still inhabited by its original, pre-Revolution tenants. The owner, however, has decided…
Something From My Life

Something From My Life

It does not matter who you are, how much money you earn, what your hair colour is, what car you drive, whether you are fat or slim, Catholic or Muslim. Believe me, these things are not really important. Only one thing…
Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

A cultural documentary about foreign music as a bearer of the democratic tendencies and freedom in the Czechoslovak area in the period of 1965 - 1990. A unique and comprehensive view of the cultural and political…
Stolen Childhood

Stolen Childhood

There are people among us whose childhood was stolen by the times. Because of their Jewish origin, they were expelled from schools and sport clubs during the war, they were not allowed to enter swimming pools and sports…
Strange Young Lady

Strange Young Lady

A portrait of one of the most interesting contemporary Czech composers, violinists and singers. Iva Bittová introduces her fragile musical world, influenced by minimalism as well as ethnic music. She begins her journey…
Suchá Hora

Suchá Hora

A stylized documentary film tracking the changes in the remotest Slovak village at the very edge of the Orava Region at the Slovak-Polish border. The film's subject can be traced through nearly all of Eastern Europe. It…
Sweat and Tears - The Making of the Prague Spring, Opus No. 2

Sweat and Tears - The Making of the Prague Spring, Opus No. 2

This documentary film is the second in the trilogy Prague Spring Comes Every Year, which disrupts the stereotype in which the world of classical music is presented by the media. The film is made up of four storylines.…
The Tadpole, the Rabbit and the Holy Spirit

The Tadpole, the Rabbit and the Holy Spirit

For four years, the orthodox priest, Libor Halík, has been singing psalms outside the maternity hospital in Brno. This is his everyday protest against abortions. The documentary features a man who is convinced that…
Teaching War

Teaching War

The film examines how a military spirit is slowly returning to our society. Attempts to renew military training or compulsory military service and in general to prepare the nation for the next big war go hand in hand…
Tent

Tent

A documentary film that follows the performances of the theatre group VOSTO5.
Thirty-Three Years of Age, Ladies...

Thirty-Three Years of Age, Ladies...

A humourous documentary look through a half-opened door into the real world of women. It captures authentic interviews with the director's four highschool friends who are past 33. A documentary about first…
To Meet the Film

To Meet the Film

A documentary film about the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, co-directed by the citizens of Jihlava - jury members of the Czech Joy competition 2000 - 2006 and five Czech directors. Creative meetings of…
The Tower Of Death - A Chapter From The History Of The Present Justice

The Tower Of Death - A Chapter From The History Of The Present Justice

The story of this extremly thrilling documentary film shot in the present time is mostly taking place at various Czech Law Courts. Accussed is the former prison guard of the Jachymov prison camp Bohumír Vlačiha. After…
The Trial H.

The Trial H.

JUDr Milada Horáková (1901–1950) was a Czech politician, the victim of a judicial murder during the communist trials of the 1950s. She was sentenced to death in a construed case of conspiracy and high treason and was…
Tribes

Tribes

A documentary journey into the mysterious world of urban subcultures. The documentary TV series charts the 16 significant urban subcultures with the anthropological emphasis on their visual expression. Each part is…
Troublemakers

Troublemakers

Věra Chytilová's documentary film that presents a diverse group of women who comment on various social and political issues.
Two on Holiday: Baby Included

Two on Holiday: Baby Included

Documentary film about the new phenomenon reproductive ivf tourism. Homo sapiens is truly an endangered species? For a child around the world.
UMPRUM 130

UMPRUM 130

A documentary film about the building, which celebrates the anniversary of 130 years of remarkable symbiosis between art and craft .
The (Un)bearable Lightness of Stodolni Street

The (Un)bearable Lightness of Stodolni Street

A Documentary about the most famous street in Ostrava - Stodolni Street. For two years (2003 - 2005) the director Jaroslav Vecera observes lives of people who work and live close to the Ostrava's most popular street -…
(Un)censored Interview

(Un)censored Interview

In a confrontation with her mother Olga Sommerová, the maker of the documentary enters into dialogues about life. A friendly duel between two generations, two women - mother and daughter. The mother - a well-known film…
Unknown Czech Photography

Unknown Czech Photography

Photographers Petr Zinke and Viktor Kopasz wander the countryside in search of concealed images and answers. Though the real world seems erased from their photographs, its heavy presence is hidden within them. Petr…
Václav Bělohradský: Nobody Is Listening

Václav Bělohradský: Nobody Is Listening

Nobody Is Listening is an attempt to portray the philosophy of one of the greatest Czech thinkers of our time - philosopher, sociologist and essayist Václav Bělohradský. It is an opportunity to think about the current…
Vaclav Havel -  A Life in Freedom

Vaclav Havel - A Life in Freedom

Documentary by Andrea Sedlackova is a portrait of a man whose life was rich in paradoxes. He consciously made his life a drama full of contrasts and always followed his conscience.
Václav Havel, Prague - Castle

Václav Havel, Prague - Castle

When Václav Havel was elected president on 29 December 1989, he and his advisors' immediate goal was to lead the country to its first free elections as quickly as possible. Petr Jančárek's documentary devotes itself to…
Václav Havel, Prague – Castle 2

Václav Havel, Prague – Castle 2

Václav Havel, Prague – Castle 2 is the second part in what should be a documentary trilogy charting Havel's early years at the Prague Castle. In the early 1990s, the Prague Castle was a morally and culturally devastated…
Věřím, že více světla potřeba nebude

Věřím, že více světla potřeba nebude

Jan Palach’s sacrifice showed that he valued his nation more than his life. This documentary brings not only a new perspective on Palach’s personality, but also a challenge to today’s generation.
Viktor Kolář

Viktor Kolář

Film portrait of a photographer Viktor Kolar and his life, his family, his opinions and his world.
Village B.

Village B.

A documentary film about Blšany - the world's smallest village with a premiere league soccer team, located in Central Bohemia - consists of two different views. One of them is the view of the filmmakers, the other one…
V.I.P.

V.I.P.

Self-discipline, confidence and fascination with wealth and success. High-end handbag as a passport to a higher society. Your looks, your brand of perfmume and shoes – that is everything that matters. Another reason for…
Vlasov

Vlasov

Documentary film Vlasov is the first Czech attempt to objectively chronicle for TV one of the most controversial chapters of the Second World War. The film offers description of a unique drama inside the fire of the…
Volhynians

Volhynians

This documentary follows the history of Czech Volhynians - beginning with their coming to Ukraine in 19th century till the return of most citizens to Czechoslovakia after the Second World War. It focuses on the…
Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting

Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting

Feature lenght documentary portrait with acted segments
War in the Memory of Women

War in the Memory of Women

The film focuses on six women whose lives were affected and changed by the Second World War. The documentary presnts six unique stories of five Czech and one German women who experienced the tragedies of World War II.…
We and Matterhorn, Matterhorn and We

We and Matterhorn, Matterhorn and We

This documentary film make us acquainted with situation of Czech expatriates in Switzerland, where a part of our inhabitants took to in 1968.
We Are Not Angels, Just Doing Their Job/The Power and the Mystery of Jesuits

We Are Not Angels, Just Doing Their Job/The Power and the Mystery of Jesuits

The Society of Jesus - the Jesuits - is one of the largest and most important orders of the Catholic Church. Their mission includes pastoral and missionary work, as well as contributions to education, science, culture…
We'll Be Stumbling, Brother

We'll Be Stumbling, Brother

Emigration through the eyes of children. The life stories of people who fled from their countries for economical reasons or because of various kinds of discrimination have been richly described. However, how does…
Well-Paid Stroll

Well-Paid Stroll

This documentary film describes the preparations for the new presentation of the jazz opera created by Jiří Suchý and Jiří Šlitr at the National Theatre in Prague. The show originated in 1965 and was presented at the…
We Outlived Our Children

We Outlived Our Children

Looking into the grave of one's own child is considered by most parents the worst personal tragedy. In this country, there is no support group for people who had to go through such a tragic experience. The film presents…
Women at the Turn of the Millennium - To Be a Romany Woman

Women at the Turn of the Millennium - To Be a Romany Woman

The theme of the whole documentary cycle is that of several woman and their and singular fates. The individual parts introduce women who are in their zenith and are enjoyning success and fame are woman who are down and…
Women at the Turn of the Millennium - Trapped

Women at the Turn of the Millennium - Trapped

Helena Třeštíková is the author of 10 episodes from the series Women on the Brink of the New Millennium, intimate portraits of both successful women and women on the social periphery. The tragic story of a girl named…
Zikmund Reach's Fictitional Diary

Zikmund Reach's Fictitional Diary

An album of 68 old photos from the early 20th century. "Buildings and Yards of Smíchov and Košíře" by antiquarian, dealer in teaching aids and photographer Zikmund Reach tells some remarkable stories, which have become…
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