Films
Results found: 2018
Commander
The film collage displays dialogues composed exclusively of fragments of real chats of the neo-Nazi group FKD, which was led by a 13-year-old boy operating under the nickname Commander. The film sets the dialogues in fictional situations in the real world, putting them in the mouths of actors –…
Credentialing
On the eve of Christmas, a young inexperienced doctor starts his first independent night shift. All his more experienced colleagues have left to spend time with their families. There are no signs indicating that this calm night might change into a struggle for a child's life, and a professional and…
Darkening
How is the world perceived by someone with depression? The animated immersive film uses virtual reality to address depression and the ways to cope with it. Director and protagonist Ondřej guides us through diverse landscapes associating the story of his struggle with depression since puberty. We…
Everything's Fine, Potatoes in Line
Polish coal mine „Turow” has harmful impact on the environment. Also on the Czech side of the border. After the Czech government complain, Court of Justice of the EU imposed €500K as a daily penalty payment on Poland, until solving the problem. Thousands of Poles are afraid of closing the mine and…
Rites
Twelve-year-old Michal was born with a cleft lip. His deformed face makes him feel inadequate. His only friend Ondra convinces him to join a street gang to finally break free from a position of an outsider. Two friends have one afternoon to show they have what it takes to pass the admission to the…
Serpentis
The film observes the life of a pipeline in the Czech city of Ústí nad Labem, which forms a network moving through the city like a snake, hissing and waving. It connects all the animals and people in its surroundings. Sometimes it dominates the vague terrain that escapes our conscious attention,…
Shells
The elevator of the nursing home turns into a stage as the old dancer explores the limits of his body, memory, and passing of time. Trapped inside the four walls, he must face the helplessness of his own languishing shell. Starring Jan Minařík, the soloist of Pina Bausch theatre and the greatest…
Suzie in the Garden
Suzie is a little girl who goes with her mother and dad to an allotment outside the city. One day she meets a black dog and discovers a mysterious garden. Who is it that lives there? Suzie is a little afraid. But what to do when you are afraid of someone, but you find their key on the path?
Vinland
Daniil, a Georgian teacher, departs from his wife and kid for what should be a seasonal job only in Prague. Struggling through, he meets Julia, who takes care of uninsured workers and Sergej, head of the group, lonely in harsh conditions he created. Day by day, Daniil’s return home becomes more…
I Am Trying To Remember
I asked: "Why have they erased you?" He said: "Maybe they are scared." I said: "Whoever is scared, should erase themselves." He said: "In that case, the faces of the living would all be gone and only the dead would remain."
Inversion
A film about complexity of friendship of three teenage girls, two swimming pools and one malicious revenge.
Love, Dad
A short film about ties and gaps between a child and a parent. The author rediscovers letters, her dad wrote to her from prison. That love seems to be gone now. She decides to write back in hope to find the connection again. She puts in writing what could not be said, blaming her father for the…