Jizera Mountains, 1551. 20-year-old knight Henry has in his custody the village of Urbach, where people suddenly start to disappear under strange circumstances. Locals suspect mysterious Wallachians, who settled in the mountains nearby. When young Alma disappears, Henry decides to find and rescue her. On Fichtelberg, the highest mountain always covered with clouds, he discovers […]
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 […]
Ester, 45, has devoted her life to caring for her nonverbal, mentally disabled son David, 15. Exhausted and alone, she visits friends in Italy, but David’s behavior becomes too much. When they’re asked to stay in a garden caravan, Ester reaches her limit. One night, she drives off with David, beginning a road trip across […]
Anička Jesenská inherits a house with a greenhouse and a dental office in the town of Medov from her mysterious uncle. After Anička’s mother died under the care of a village blacksmith – who, despite having a reputation as a local dental expert –, Anička, now a trained doctor, is determined to help others, especially […]
Chronicle captures everyday stories to create a collective portrait of contemporary reality, aiming not only to document the present but also to build an archive for the future. Through its imagery, it reveals absurd routines and peculiar habits, as well as our tendency to lean on systems we simultaneously question. Chronicle offers a way to […]
This adventurous family film takes place in the snowy Giant Mountains at the end of the German occupation. A group of child heroes rescues a downed French pilot. Their actions resemble the principle of the well-known “telephone game“ – the pilot is passed between mountain villages like a secret message – secret delivery – at […]
The royal squire Jiřík tastes a bite of a magical snake and understands the language of animals. However, he is guilty of transgressing his king’s orders and faces either the death penalty or a precarious and dangerous journey to find Goldilocks, a princess from a mysterious realm in the middle of the sea. He sets […]
In a country where an average of four cars vanish each night, you can never be certain that your vehicle won’t be part of the statistics by morning. The true-crime documentary Car Gangs offers a unique glimpse into the world of Slovak car thieves. It explores car theft from the perspectives of the thieves, their […]
He seized the power, now he owns the truth.Miki Černák, a boy from Telgart, has become a respected mob boss. But that’s not enough for him. He wants to take over the whole of Slovakia. Become the boss of all bosses. But the road to the top is lined with traitors and corpses. And Černák […]