Jan Gogola jr.

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…

A film excursion to the places of Europe’s history and to ourselves. Cruiser Aurora, the symbol of Russia, is leaving for repairs the river, in which the history of the world flows.

Kateřina Šedá, a figure of international renown, enters with her social and art projects the life of her native Brno-Líšeň and the neighbouring Bedřichovice village. A montage of two parallel and mutually intertwined…

A creative documentary film portrait of Olda Říha, frontman of a famous Czech rock band Katapult celebrating 35 years of its existence. The first day of shooting captures the funeral of bass guitar player and Říha's…

Can we find in ourselves inner borders of our identity, if there is no visible border set anymore? How can we understand our society in the time of disappearing borders, both real and imaginary ones? How is this general…

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…

The diary of a grandmother from the Prague neighbourhood of Zbraslav as a diary of eternity. Using informal language, for five years grandmother Alena Němcová from Zbraslav has been writing down weather forecasts,…

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…

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…

Full-length picture of four short films of four directors: Test: Václav Švankmajer, feature film Motocyklení: Markéta Válková, documentary Veci: Marta Hrubá, documentary Grandmother Nemcová's Diary: Jan Gogola ml.,…

A story of Prague's National Street captured in the here and now. National Street exceedes the presence of a street which, however, is not present - its essential film presence is, then, a negation of presence, a…