Jan Budar

This Czech comedy shot in black-and-white presents an ironic and touching portrayal of the embarrassing nature of ordinary life and an excellent depiction of existence in a provincial town. (kinokultura.com)

Vaclav, the village loser, in his 40's bordering on autism, lives with his widowed mother on the outskirts of the village. He is seen by villagers as the local fool, nothing but a constant pain for them, but there is a skeleton in the village closet concerning his father's death. He gets no mercy from his brother Frantisek either. The two forever compete for the attention of their mother, and now even for Frantisek's mistress Lida... (imdb)

August 1968. A unit of the Polish People's Republic Army is sent on a "brotherly help mission" to Czechoslovakia. The tank unit makes sluggish progress and the tank "Ladybird" goes missing just after crossing the border. Major Grążlowa, accompagned by her jealous husband, gets on a motorbike and conducts a chase in an effort to avoid being punished for the disorder in her unit... (pisf.pl)

"The fact that I'm playing myself doesn't mean that this is actually me." Four old school friends, today well-known Czech actors, decided to fulfil a distant dream and make a movie together. In his film about friendship and the absurdities of acting, director Marek Najbrt (Champions, Protector) gives us a witty reflection on the border between reality and fiction, and a unique take on the reality film genre. (kviff.com)

Eva searches for the reason behind her sisters murder but finds that evil is already pursuing her. (imdb)

This epic, long-form docudrama by acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland chronicles the political, legal, and moral fallout that followed after Czech student protestor Jan Palach set himself on fire in protest against government repression in 1969. (tiff.net)

A quietly comic look at a Madrid housewife's attempt to escape from her mundane and tedious existence. Encountering mostly impersonal bureaucracy, she has no specific plan for what she wants to do, just the fervent hope that she will find the adventure she's so desperately seeking. (imdb)

We are at a local pub in a small town. The pub is empty except for six amateur actors sitting in a corner. They've met to rehearse "The Insect Play" by the ?apek brothers. On a raised platform across the room we see a stage, set for Act II of the play. As the rehearsal progresses, the characters of the play are born and die with no regard to time. The actors slowly become one with them and some of them experience frightening transformations.

A black comedy that explores the Czech character through the impact of the country's victory over Russia in the 1969 World Hockey Championship.

Life is not easy for Laika, a dog on the outskirts of a big city. She is caught and retrained to become a pioneer in astronautics. Soon after her lift-off into space, a number of animals follow that are hurriedly launched from Houston and Baikonur. The animals manage to colonize a faraway planet. After a short period of harmonious, undisturbed co-existence with indigenous life forms, however, first human cosmonaut runs ashore on their planet, and they are suddenly in jeopardy. (imdb)

Policeman Filip Marvan has a serious traffic accident. He wakes up 30 years earlier in 1980s Czechoslovakia as a member of the State Police, investigating cases with a team of detectives. (imdb)

Royal page Jirík tastes a bite from a magical serpent and gains the ability to understand animals. By doing so, he disobeys his king’s order and faces either the death penalty or a risky journey to find Zlatovláska, a princess from a mysterious kingdom in the sea. He sets out with Stepán, his childhood friend, and Stístko, a little dog whose life Jirík saved. Along the way, he faces many adventures and surprises, unaware that Stepán harbors jealousy. Luckily, Jirík has brave animal allies.