The story of Jan Palach is a story without any surprising ending, since it is impossible to conceal the outcome in the case of Palach. Everyone knows what he will do, how he will do it, when and why he will do it. There are no popular conspiracy theories surrounding Palach either, as his case […]
The murder of a journalist and his girlfriend so highlighted the links between the state and various mafias and interest groups that people went out onto the streets. The auteur documentary of the prominent documentary filmmaker Zuzana Piussi The State Capture deals with various versions of this reality and mainly with the mechanisms that comprise […]
On Christmas Day, teacher Dušička discovers a horse in his second-floor apartment. He doesn’t remember how it got there, he doesn’t know how to get rid of it. However, thanks to the presence of the circus shimmy, he discovers the true face of the people he lives with, as they lose their masks in the […]
Oddsockeaters are small creatures who live alongside us humans and are responsible for the socks that go missing when we only have one left from a pair – the odd sock. They eat socks, but only one from each pair. Against the backdrop of a gangster story involving two feuding gangs of oddsockeaters, representing a […]
Parallel Space explores alternatives to state power in an age of institutional collapse. Director Martin Piga follows digital nomads, voluntarists, and decentralist thinkers building parallel structures outside traditional authority. Blending personal journey, historical resistance and philosophy of the future, the film questions whether true autonomy is possible, or it’s just another utopia.
The film is a window on the life and work of the artist Jan Mančuška, who died in 2011 aged 39, after he made a significant mark in the context of global contemporary art. Mančuška’s story exposes many angles which show aspects of his life ranging from artistic brilliance to the philosophical dimension of his […]
Olympic Halftime is a documentary, that shows and reflects on the gestalt and economic impact of the Olympic architecture and urban development in several selected locations in Europe and Asia, that have already hosted the event and are preparing for another round. The choice of the cities is balanced so that we can document various […]
Oanh, a Slovak-Vietnamese woman, recalls her 1990s childhood with Hana in Czechoslovakia, where xenophobia began shaping post-socialist life. Limits to Our Pain is a mosaic documentary combining archival materials, photographs, and staged scenes to reconstruct an individual past against the backdrop of historical change. The film gives voice to a minority experience and shows how […]
Why is Russia silent? In our country we can hardly hear the voices that criticize the regime or voices of resistance. The political film A Man in Russia is a look inside the movement and individuals who, despite massive silencing and repression, do not stop believing in the liberation of the country from the Russian […]