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Czech Short Films 2019
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 registration process last up to 24 hours. Please, use your work email for registration, if possible. You can watch the films once your registration is succesfully completed. 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
After
What happens after death? A lot of people think about this question. A lot of groups have very different opinions, but most of them have one thing in common. Every religion believes its truth is the correct one.
Apart
This short film about life after the loss of a loved one uses techniques of both live-action and animated film to deal with a difficult topic. The real experiences of the narrators are combined with animated sequences reconstructing painful situations, looking into the thoughts of three young…
Cloudy
Mr. Gnome is sunbathing in his garden when suddenly a little cloud hides the sun. Mr. Gnome is pretty annoyed but, fortunately, he knows precisely what to do with such clouds.
Days Off
Two neighbours in a housing estate. A place full of the noise of building work, the hum of television sets, and hushed up feelings.
Deserter
During a late winter evening there is a police check on Nikolaj and Irina at their home. Their son Sergej is reported missing in action in eastern Ukraine. Nikolaj begins to suspect that he has deserted.
George the Dog, Refugee
Anna and Lizzie share a flat with George - a tax consultant who thinks he is a dog. George supports them and does all he can to keep them satisfied. He agrees to their strict rules: at home, he may only walk on all fours, isn’t allowed to speak, must lick their feet, and obey every order. The girls…
Neptune
In 1964, important Nazi documents were discovered at the bottom of a South Bohemian lake. Years later, this turned out to be part of a communist propaganda campaign codenamed “Neptune”. Combining live-action sequences with manipulated original documentary footage, photos, and animations, the film…
On the Edge
Today's scientists have replaced experiments with mathematics, they wander around from equation to equation, eventually building a structure that has no relation to reality.
One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Thousand
Right now almost one in ten Czechs over the age of 15 are facing some form of distraint, under which their property is seized to obtain money they owe. Every day more and more people are falling into the debt trap, but Karel is on the other side of the barricade - it is his job to collect their…
Plus One
Happy newlyweds Ida and Jura are expecting a child. Ida suddenly finds out that the child will be special. She is unsure of how Jura will react when he learns the news, or what life with an extraordinary child will bring.
Reconstruction
Olda (17) is a defendant awaiting trial in a detention centre for juveniles. He tries to fill the void and forget the recent past. The monotony of prison life is gradually pervaded by testimonies to his brutal assault on a homeless man. Over one summer’s night, holiday boredom gave way to cruel…
Sugar and Salt
Like every year, a group of friends arrives at a remote and secluded place to “celebrate their friendship”. This is the 36th time now, but this year is going to be different. Staňa has lost his battle with cancer and for the first time ever there are only five friends. Spring is blooming, they kill…
The Night of the Agama
Prague, a bus station on a winter’s night. Radka, together with her little daughter, a suitcase on wheels, and a gym bag, gets off a bus. Down the streets of the same city, Luděk is taking his time going home, aware that nobody is waiting for him there. For a couple of hours before dawn, what was…