If you felt the war in Ukraine is a hoax, how far would you go for truth? In the documentary feature, Change My Mind, director Robin Kvapil takes three Czechs, each sympathetic to Putin’s Russia, and they embark on a journey for truth, straight into a war zone. It began with a public casting call: […]
This film is about public space. This film is about the destruction of culture. This film is about fountains that have had enough. In this film, the fountains come to life, they become living beings, each one has its own character and tells a different story. They speak out so that people notice them, perceive […]
Kukura by Kerekes. Not a polite portrait, but at times a painful probe into ageing, outsiderhood, uniqueness and clashes with provinciality. It follows an actor who always stood out from the average. Through his journeys, returns and memories, the film reveals the tension between worldliness and the “village in the valley”.
The triad played a fundamental role in the creation of the world, shapes the dialectic of development, and echoes in our hesitation — yes, no, I don’t know. This personal 16mm film began as a meditation on the very direction of progress — a value that has become omnipresent in modern society, where all positive […]
In management, action items are tasks that must be performed to resolve an issue. But what if the issue is not individual, but systemic? In her second feature documentary, director Paula Ďurinová explores how personal experience of burnout shifts into collective sharing and awakening. Set in Berlin, Action Item transforms anxiety into resistance, reframing struggles […]
Franta and Ondra, eternal children and inseparable twins, live in a quietly magical world with their beloved animals. They share every moment, every thought, every routine. Outwardly they appear identical, yet inside they are two entirely different souls. Over time, their closeness begins to suffocate. Franta yearns for freedom, for flight, for life beyond the […]
A suspense historical-political docu drama that bring out the most successful Czechoslovak Communist Secret Service (ŠTB) OPERATION MONACO. After the communist Prague Coup in 1948, É. Manac’h became the French General Consul in Bratislava. ŠTB blackmailed the consulate administrator, forcing him to handing over secret documents that were later used to accuse the Consul’s friends […]
The forest is cultivated with a saw. At least that’s still what forestry schools teach. But what does a healthy forest actually need? Foresters and hunters see the forest as an agricultural commodity and nature as something that must be constantly regulated and managed. On the other side stand conservationists – advocates of non-intervention, who […]
From a shack to a children’s home, through a special school, a women’s shelter, a refuge, to a dream life. The true story of a young Roma girl, Alenka, who did not give up and managed to defy the fate of thousands of Roma children in Slovakia. What kind of life does Alenka live after […]