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 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…
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…
Cinematherapy
Living in the age of reality TV, in a society hungry for sensation, it is easy to feed on the highly emotional stories of people whose futures are being shaped by dozens of professionals. "Cinematherapy" takes a…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Long-haired Rebels
In the summer of 1966, the state organs of Czechoslovakia launched a large-scale campaign against men with long hair.
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…
The Lower depths
The fate of the woman who lost her home and children.
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 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…
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
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…
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,…
Profile: Jan Kaplický
"I have the feeling that there is always someone creating something which our generation never even imagined." Jan Kaplický, quote from his essay on architecture.
We believe that from today's perspective, i.e. a time…
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
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…
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…
Tent
A documentary film that follows the performances of the theatre group VOSTO5.
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…
Vierka, Or the Mystery of Family B's Disappearance
This documentary started out as a portrait of a young talented Roma singer but turned into a drama about two different views of "the truth". Coincidence is instrumental at the beginning of the film and the end is…
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…
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…
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…