Tereza suggests they run away from home. They stage even rougher videos and pretend Marek kidnapped her. After Marek calls Tereza’s mother, there is no way back. They buy train tickets to go as far as possible and end up in Bucharest, in a dirty suburb apartment-block neighbourhood, stealing food. The halcyon free ride is […]
A well-situated middle-aged man, while on a business trip, spots a suspicious-looking young man at the airport. What starts as a brief exchange of glances and a few words, however, triggers a spiral of unexpected events. In the midst of a bustling city, the man tries to uncover his pursuer’s identity while also preparing for a possible attack. His efforts […]
This poignant family drama unravels over New Year’s Eve 1992/93. Michal and Charlie (his Canadian girlfriend), arrive home to celebrate the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, only to find the family in chaos. Michal’s father has suffered a heart attack after damning evidence has emerged that he betrayed both country and family in cooperating with the outgoing […]
A cinematic essay on the limits of freedom framed by the story of a unique Czechoslovak artistic experiment from the Normalisation period. In the “Orwellian” year of 1984, artist Joska Skalník sent wooden boxes around the Czechoslovak art scene with a call for free artistic play. The works of 244 artists make up the unique […]
In October 1953, five friends constituting a small resistance group decide to leave communist Czechoslovakia and get to West Berlin. At the beginning of the month, they all cross the guarded border together, but their presence is soon detected in East Germany; unwittingly, they initiate the largest armed manhunt since WWII. Twenty thousand German Police […]
Lucas, Alzbetka’s son, takes off into the world seeking happiness and love. His Godmother, the celestial Lady Winter (Perinbaba), keeps an eye on him. He arrives late in the fairy-tale land that she leads him to. Fear and ignorance now reign where once cakes grew on the trees. The miraculous ram has disappeared, and the […]
A dark love story inspired by the lives of a real-life married couple of serial killers. In a socially deprived rural landscape with no life energy and no prospects, together they exterminate the lonely old inhabitants whom society has lost interest in. At the forefront of the narrative is their love affair, full of manipulation […]
New Year’s Eve. Freezing cold. A taxi. Behind the wheel sits Zora. Once an actress, now a taxi driver with a past that never stays in the rearview. Passengers come and go. Some recognize her, others judge her, most just want to party. But Zora is hoping for something more. Maybe a closure? Maybe a […]
The documentary essay sets the mirror of contemporary Slovak society by pointing out the inability to reflect language and history, which has led to the threat of new authoritarianism. In the film, we watch a young Ukrainian woman who is selected for a fictitious competition for a TV journalist, who attends a variety of events, […]