Ilona Malá

Ilona Malá

editor

Tears of Steel: Vladimír Stehlík Meets Lubomír Krystlík

A documentary comedy about an era of high hopes and even greater disillusions, about the wild Czech journey to capitalism, about a steep rise and deep fall. Also, a film about the art of aging and the ways of dealing with the collapse of great expectations. Two old men think back to days when they have reached for the top of Czech business. Vladimír Stehlík and Lubomír Krystlík, CEO and his private adviser - they were the main players in the privatization project of the steel works Poldi Kladno in mid 1990s. They once used to be at the top, now they are living off their low old age pensions and the ex-CEO is facing a number of distress warrants. Poldi Kladno went bankrupt many years ago and the glorious past remains alive only in memories.

Show Me the War

Some journalists need a bit of advice when working in the war - where to go or rather do not, where is be the best view on the ruins of the airport, how to pass through all the checkpoints to the desired place. Fortunately, in every conflict appear also local guides who are happy to provide all the service that journalists need. Media called those people "fixers". The film is a war road movie in eastern Ukraine following the fixer Ruslan accompanying Colombian television crew that wants one thing - to see the war.