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, […]
It is 1998 and Laco – a grumpy museum janitor, loses his temper in an argument with his son once again. But this time, it starts a downward spiral in which he is robbed and beaten by local mafia thugs, ending up paralyzed and in a wheelchair. With his family and his body shattered, Laco […]
A sweet and bitter comedy about Czech and Slovak friends who meet in Prague to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. They have known each other for a long time and this meeting would be a traditional New Year’s Eve celebration, if a seemingly innocent idea hadn’t occurred: to place mobile phones on the […]
A film inspired by Joseph Conrad‘s unique and for many hard-to-understand novel Heart of Darkness, tells the story in two different levels: An adventurous journey and the real picture of the journey inside one’s soul and its darkness. To be able to peek inside the soul, we must get close to the dark parts of […]
For Vera, family has always come first. She lives with her husband Václav – an honest, unassuming public notary – in a small town in Czechoslovakia. They protect their marriage with all the power of their love. But what if a crisis were to come from outside? What if the world changed so dramatically that […]
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 […]
A unique documentary portrait of Meky Žbirka – the eternal gentleman and wonderful companion who loves the Beatles and who exudes a good mood. Thereby, his life is full of unexpected turns, twists and decisions which often meant that he had to give up everything he had until then.
Video Kings is a feature-length documentary with re-enactments, which portrays the import, copying and dubbing of movies from the west in socialist Czechoslovakia and marginally also in Poland and Hungary. In the times when it was impossible to officially obtain movies produced in the west, there were groups of people who smuggled in these movies, […]
A story about two outsiders, who, by combining their very different personalities and ways of thinking, are able to overcome tremendous obstacles. After an unfortunate accident, two mortal enemies – a tiny Mouse and a Fox – meet in animal heaven. They abandon their natural instincts and become the best of friends. Their wish to […]