The drama of an extraordinary man, reflecting the age-old struggle of the two principles that have controlled humanity from the very beginning: Good and evil. Love and hate, cruelty and mercy, faith and betrayal. All that within one person against a background of historical twists. Mikolášek’s extraordinary abilities are redeemed in the battle with his […]
A film about the phenomenon of Alexander Dubček, a Czechoslovak politician, one of the most prominent personalities of the Prague Spring of 1968, author of the concept of “socialism with a human face”.
A genius sentenced to life imprisonment for collaboration with the totalitarian regime uses his extraordinary memory to denounce old friends and summon the Devil.
Prague, July 2018. Fifteen thousand women and men of all generations gather together in one place to give a mass gymnastic performance. They all belong to Sokol, an apolitical movement established in the 19th century to foster self-development within a democratic community. We follow the participants in this huge endeavour with all their failures and […]
What is the price of freedom? Paul Johnson sailed the world all his life. He loved, drank and lived recklessly, never truly living on land. Now he is turning eighty. Both he and his boat are unfit to sail. He drinks a litre of vodka a day and contemplates his life, his death. What lies […]
An old man fails to recognise his own face in the mirror. He suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. Little by little, his memories get washed away. One day he decides to tell the story of his life to his reflection in the mirror. The man is Hans Broos – a famous Brazilian architect, Carpathian German by […]
King Bee is a time-lapse documentary/comedy about contemporary society and times. The collective portrait of the people of Spišský Hrhov – a Slovak village featured in the New York Times – strives to find answers to whether or not ideal community life is still attainable. In the 21st century, our society emphasises the importance of […]
This comedy about family, roots, and about how one can win seemingly hopeless battles without difficulties and with the right people takes us back to the 1990s, when the changes in both our countries ushered in big personal challenges and absurd relations and situations.
American writer Philip Roth based his book in part on his actual experience of the 1970s when he visited Prague after the Soviet occupation in 1968 to help banned Czechoslovak writers. Despite political oppression, social life in Prague was extremely exuberant, full of fun and open relationships. The greater the pressure imposed by the regime, […]