Director: Viktor Tauš
CZ – SK – CH | 2024 | 108 min. | fiction
What do you do when the whole world is against you and you’re still a child? Ema Černá, the heroine of a story inspired by real fates, finally manages to find the strength and will to survive in herself. The most important thing is to believe in yourself. But if you are truly alone, you have to create someone else in yourself with whom you can talk, argue and hope. It is not easy. When your own mother betrays you, you also need to believe that somewhere far away, someone who cares about you is waiting. And even if it’s only in America, it’s a light for you to help you get through even the darkest moments. On her way, Ema Černá overcomes the hardships of a children’s home, foster care and a “shepherd.”
Screening:
February 15 | 10:40 | Arsenal 2
Directors: Petr Kazda, Tomáš Weinreb
CZ – SK – FR | 2024 | 105 min. | fiction
Sara works at the army headquarters in Prague. She is an attractive 29-year-old woman. While she is surrounded by men at the army headquarters, she has not yet found a partner. When she meets Martin, she is entranced by him. Martin takes a step he has never previously taken and reveals his naked body to Sara. She discovers that Martin is intersex. Sara’s initial astonishment does not deter her from pleasuring Martin sexually. Their happiness comes to an end when Sara reveals Martin’s secret.
Screening:
February 14 | 11:00 | Virtual Cinema 2
Director: Alexandra Makarová
AT – SK | 2025 | 108 min. | fiction
In spring 1981, Perla, an impulsive painter, must return to communist Czechoslovakia to settle an old debt. She fled the country many years ago and is unwelcome on both sides of the curtain. Perla embarks on a risky journey to uncover the secrets of her past, which she had kept locked away. This film portrays a life-affirming, strong-willed woman and mother who strives to live life on her own terms, despite the losses she has endured.
Screenings:
February 14 | 12:40 | CinemaxX 12
February 14 | 17:20 | Virtual Cinema 4
Directors: David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar, Jean-Claude Rozec
SK – CZ – SI – FR | 2025 | 70 min. | animation
Three kids spend the night at their grandpa’s house. To fill the silence after losing their grandma, the family’s storyteller, they create their own stories and discover the power of imagination. This uplifting stop-motion film celebrates creativity and its healing magic.
Screening:
February 15 | 17:50 | CinemaxX 1
Director: Peter Kerekes
IT – AT – CZ – HR – TW – SK | 2024 | 99 min. | documentary
A comedy documentary about the search for happiness. The Italian astrologist Lucciana can alter the destinies of people. On their birthdays they have to travel to whatever location on Earth has the ideal constellation of planets over it. They will be reborn on that day and so be able to change their nature. On the one hand, the film follows the everyday (and unchanging) life of the fortune-teller who changes the lives of people while, on the other hand, it follows five protagonists who set out to various places in the world in order to change their lives.
Screenings:
February 13 | 9:00 | CinemaxX 11 Market
February 13 | 10:50 | Virtual Cinema 3 Online Market
