Situational portrait of the universe of the leader of the historically most popular “Czechoslovak” band who is a Christian Buddhist believing in communism. Their film meeting takes place in unexpected locations and open situations which make constellations of Ráž’s life visible: cocoa and whisky, music and family, dictatorship and meditation o moment and eternity, moment […]
The director focuses on the dramatic atmosphere of the unenviable presence and uncertain future of the refugees through direct immersion into emotionally tense events. Without hijacking events with commentary or standing in the position of a distant witness, the film allows the viewer to become a direct participant in the path to freedom through in-your-face […]
The story of a life of struggle in a region left behind by the country’s transition to market economy. The main protagonist is a divorced yet determined and dogged, fighting-against-the-odds quinquagenarian ex-miner Jaroslav whose health has thwarted his lifelong dream to become a racing driver. A new relationship with his childhood love Jitka brings frustrated […]
Others perceived R. as a happy woman. Born and raised in the Czech Republic, R. married Ivan, a Slovak psychiatrist. The young couple settled in Sweden, and had two children, and it appeared that R.’s life would follow a predictable path. R. was happy, but felt an inner emptiness. As a distraction from daily life, […]
In 2017, I took part in the Polish Antarctic Expedition at the Henryk Arctowski Station. I shot a film with AI as the main character. During my stay I held several discussions with an artificial neural network and made a spontaneous video diary capturing the daily struggles with my own body and mind in these […]
The famous Soviet cinematographer Leonid Burlaka, who worked at the Odessa Film Studios, suddenly gets diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. At the same time Ihor, his grandson, a young Ukrainian cinematographer, accidentally stumbles across a heavily damaged photo archive of his grandpa’s dating from the Soviet 1960s. The Ukrainian cinematographer Ihor meets a young Soviet cinematographer […]
The highest waterfall in the world and its abseiling. What should one imagine? Surreal scenery, a tourist adrenaline attraction or a world wonder that an ordinary mortal cannot attain? And yet there is a unique group of friends, enthusiasts and fools who master the unattainable category almost perfectly. Their common challenge is to discover, attain […]
Štefan Pongo is a Roma lorry driver. Fifteen years ago he emigrated with his family from the Czech Republic to the UK to protect them from racial discrimination. The children have graduated from universities and the family is doing well. Mission completed. But the echoes of hate carry over from the old country. When the […]
Set against the backdrop of a seemingly obscure dispute between the citizens of three small villages in Eastern Slovakia and a big American oil company, we observe how the voice of an individual transforms from a single droll yelp to a fundamental attitude towards life. The earth is full of treasures, yet everyone sees value […]