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Czech Short Films 2013
The Czech Short Films is an annual collection of best short films made in Czech Republic. It represents student as well as professional work and spans over all genres - fiction, documentary, animation and experimental. The collection is intended for promotion and distribution purposes and for film professionals only.
You can watch each film by clicking on "Film Preview", upon registration. The confirmation process last up to 24 hours. You can watch the films once your registration is succesfully completed and confirmed. If you are interested in any of the films, you can contact Czech Film Center on info@filmcenter.cz, or find the direct contact to rights holder or distributor in the profile of each film.
Films in collection
A Day of Life
A graphic record of life made up of all the things a person owns. The film's director accompanies the protagonist in his search for his roots in the resulting image as the shape of things portrays his relationships and adolescence. It depicts the generation now in their thirties, whose problem is…
Big Honza
Dumpling. Schnitzel. Onion. Dumpling.This just about sums up Honza's life.He is stuck in a dead zone. Anamusing but testing journey awaitshim through life in the modern worldof dating. And he might even manageto heal some of those old scars hewas trying to run away from.
BKA 49-77
Involved in a car accident, Petr and Martina are suddenly thrown into a situation where saving somebody else's life could put their own in danger. Caught between fear and guilt, they have to choose between bad and even worse. Inspired by true events, the film tells the story from the various…
Czech out the Moon
The story of Czech out the Moon is based on a fictional memory from the director's childhood, in which his dreams come true. It begins on the tenth birthday of a boy who makes a wish to be the first "man" on the Moon. His wish comes true, but the family trip is far from ideal. Nobody thought "In…
Ham Story
An animated, imaginative story about the grey, everyday ordinariness of life. A story about imagination, held in chains for so long, now released with all its might; about an innocent children’s game of playing God
In vino veritas
After 25 years, three middle-aged women meet and compare their life stories. Who is the happiest and most satisfied?
M.O.
The story of an elderly woman who orders a mechanical grandpa by mail in order to put an end to her loneliness.
Numbers
Wandering the streets looking for help, Nick meets a girl with the same problem. They know nothing about each other and seem to know everything about everyone else. Sometimes the less you know, the better...
Office Workers
Three office workers work in the same office and live in the same apartment building. They never talk, and never take any interest in each other. One day, their hidden problems start to destroy their lives.
Paradigma
Once upon a time, in a place yetunknown, a place undefined, therewas a little house with an evenstranger story. Once you enter thedoor you realize that, unlike the worldwe know, this place is not under therule of people. Forget the rules in thereal world and let the flow of thevisual mosaic of…
Tereza Dratvová, Born 1989
What led a young girl Tereza Dratvová to such an act? Why are cars, hidden under the roof in our yard, safer than people, and what are the chances of escaping from here? An existential thriller shot in one take.
The Last Summer
A short documentary that draws youinto the magical world of familytraditions, the connection betweena man and nature, and savouring thedifferent flavours of life.
The Trip
An audiovisual meditation on the theme of the trip.
Wallachian Rugby
Wallachia, plum, hill, tree, sawmill,ball, shovel, slivovitz, friends... let thematch begin!
Where Do the Wild Butterflies Grow?
A little creature is born into a fantastical world and meets other beings while looking for friendship. A poetic story about the search for kindred spirits.