Jaromil Jires

After being blinded by an accident, a fourteen year old heroine must learn how to deal with the sudden life changes while in an institution for children with bad eyesight. (imdb)

A twelve-year-old is looking for his biological parents after discovering the fact that he was adopted.

Good-looking Edita arrives at a chemical factory in the town of Ústí nad Labem together with her young assistant Nada. She is hoping that her ex-husband, outstanding practical chemical engineer Vik Panc, will help her conduct an experiment to validate her proposed theoretical method of isolating cholesterol from lanolin. Vik's room mate from his hostel Bréta is thrilled as he will finally meet the mysterious and fascinating Edita about whom he has learned so much from Vik.

This Czech film from 1972 was shot by Jaromil Jires, who guides his cast through a fictionalized version of a true story which is based on the experiences of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova. Kuderikova found herself in the clutches of the Nazi's for her efforts, but made a diary of her harrowing experiences. Here, Jires attempts to bring Kuderikova's diaries to the screen, creating a painful portrait of her life that illustrates both her bravery and fear.

Inspired by fairy-tales such as Alice in Wonderland and Little Red-Riding Hood, "Valerie and her Week of Wonders" is a surreal tale in which love, fear, sex and religion merge into one fantastic world. (imdb)

Ludvík Jahn, a university student in 1950s Czechoslovakia, sends a playful political joke on a postcard to his girlfriend. Denounced by his peers, he is expelled from the Communist Party and sentenced to years of hard labor in the military. Decades later, he attempts to orchestrate a calculated personal revenge against the former friend who betrayed him.

A young man and woman try and reconcile their relationship as a new baby arrives.

Gathering five seminal figures of the Czech New Wave at the dawn of their careers for the first celluloid transliteration of Bohumil Hrabal, Pearls of the Deep has cultural and historical cachet to burn, but as with most omnibus films the on-screen results are mixed. (prague.tv)

In a series of juxtaposed images and sounds, Jaromil Jireš comments on the tragic premature death of thousands as well as their posterity due to the atomic bomb. (Letterboxd)

In this six-minute short, a man’s attempt to burgle a home is interrupted by a child. (Letterboxd)