This documentary about an exceptional personality of Slovak culture captures the creativity and life journey of Milan Sládek, full of unexpected twists and turns. Sládek was present in the early 1960s at the birth of modern Slovak mime. His performances influenced not only Slovak but also European Thespians. Following the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968, […]
The first Slovak biker road movie by the traveller Marek Slobodník captures the most engaging moments from a 5-month expedition of 5 Slovaks across Africa on the smallest and most fault-prone of all motorbikes – JAWA Pionier 50 ccm. Filmgoers will experience a wonderful sense of freedom, but also the dangerous situations the boys faced: […]
This television portrait of composer Svetozár Stračina pays tribute to an extraordinary creative force who left behind a vast, significant musical legacy. After years spent collecting material from private and official archives, Slovak documentarian Pavol Barabáš has created a film that commemorates Stračina’s relationship with original folk music, chronicles his tireless activities as a collector, […]
Leaving to Remain is a film with three protagonists: Ondrej Olah, Denisa Ganon and Peter Toták. They represent a generation of Roma children who emigrated to the United Kingdom in the 1990s and at the beginning of the new millennium. They were given chances in England that they were denied in their native lands – […]
Michael Kocáb is an inherently significant figure in Czech culture, politics and civil society. Michael Kocáb contributed greatly to the dialogue between the communist power and dissent in the dramatic post-revolution days after 17 November 1989 and, as a Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission, he managed the withdrawal of the Soviet […]
A portrait of the legendary and iconic personality of Czech culture, actor, musician, poet, composer, writer, filmmaker, graphic designer, theatre director and collector, Jiří Suchý. With his versatile genius and talent, he has influenced several generations. Over the course of sixty xears. Jiří Suchý introduced 97 theatre plays, wrote lyrics to 1,400 songs and music […]
For two years, filmmakers in a busy metropolis, often a mere stone’s throw away from historical monuments, recorded life in the “Prague wilderness”. Nature in the big city is much richer than one might imagine, as shown in a new unique documentary from the creators of the successful film Planet Czech Republic. Through animal heroes, […]
King Bee is a time-lapse documentary/comedy about contemporary society and times. The collective portrait of the people of Spišský Hrhov – a Slovak village featured in the New York Times – strives to find answers to whether or not ideal community life is still attainable. In the 21st century, our society emphasises the importance of […]
A film about the phenomenon of Alexander Dubček, a Czechoslovak politician, one of the most prominent personalities of the Prague Spring of 1968, author of the concept of “socialism with a human face”.