Young bricklayer Rudo is unwillingly taken by his coworkers to a job in Moravia. After the arrival of the eccentric Kuliš, the work turns into a series of chaotic events where both the construction and relationships begin to fall apart. Rudo’s inner conflicts come alive through his old love Tamara. In the harsh world of […]
In a rocky field, people mine for red gems. A mother and daughter find one, attracting a mysterious bus with a “gatekeeper” who takes gem owners to a giant stone head said to lead to paradise. The daughter learns it’s a deadly tool of the powerful. She burns it to save her mother, who dies, […]
Margarétka is a small thirteen-year-old girl, who travels home by train every evening. She gets off at a small lonely stop, beyond the village, where she only meets the repairman. She gathers courage near the last lamp on the train station, takes a deep breath, before embarking onto the dark road. She runs along the […]
Every day, a small cleaning lady battles fear for her life in a world overrun by violence. She constantly witnesses giants opressing small people. Fear and anger consumes her so deeply that she decides to act. She risks everything to flood the head of a giant boss using an effervescent tablet that can unleash a […]
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 […]
From a shack to a children’s home, through a special school, a women’s shelter, a refuge, to a dream life. The true story of a young Roma girl, Alenka, who did not give up and managed to defy the fate of thousands of Roma children in Slovakia. What kind of life does Alenka live after […]