Rosťa Novák, the principal of the Cirk La Putyka ensemble, artistic workaholic and perfectionist, agrees to pursue a joint project with a group of acrobats from Rwanda. For the first time in his life, Rosťa travels to Africa, to create a circus show about the clash of different cultures. How will he cope with the […]
Milan (40), a guest-worker in Germany, discovers that, back home in Slovakia, his teenage son has become involved with home-grown militias when he is accused of bullying and killing a classmate. The father starts to seek out the truth about what happened, the truth about himself…
Documentary about the Occupation, as seen through the eyes of the occupiers. Five countries from the Warsaw Pact occupied Czechoslovakia in 1968. Fifty years later, five directors from these five countries shoot five short films about the invasion from the perspective of the people who played the part of the occupiers.
Olga Sommerová’s full-length documentary about the world-famous opera singer and actress Soňa Červená is the story of a woman whose humble history, private and public life were influenced by the great events of 20th century Europe. Her artistic career included a hundred opera roles in four thousand performances on the stages of five continents.
The film follows the journey of The Boy, entrusted by his persecuted parents to an elderly foster mother. The old woman soon dies and The Boy is on his own, wandering through the countryside from village to farmhouse. As he struggles for survival, The Boy suffers extraordinary brutality meted out by the ignorant, superstitious peasants […]
The first part of the Garden Store trilogy is a melodrama set in the 1940s during the German occupation. Three young women and two children are waiting for the return of their imprisoned husbands and fathers. Jiří, a family friend and doctor, selflessly helps this family community thrown together by the war. The Family Friend […]
Just before World War I, the fifteen-year-old poverty-stricken Anne from a small Slovak town is sent to Prague to be a maid in a wealthy family. She meets Resi, the daughter of a noble family, who was born and raised to be an adornment and a trophy – of the house, of her family, of […]
The film is a reaction to the current wave of post-humanist thinking caused by the development of technology and artificial intelligence as well as the climate crisis. The human species is coming to recognise its insignificance and transience, and human identity has found itself in a crisis. FREM attempts to reflect this feeling and creates […]
Society is about to experience a paradigm shift. The people of Central Slovakia also feel an existential restlessness. A large number of UFO observations serve as proof that this area is coming to be the focus of interest of advanced civilisations. The protagonists are searching for the truth. They are not afraid to formulate bold […]