Overview of articles
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Two Syllables Behind
In post-communist Slovakia, twenty-something Zuzana is on the lookout for money, fun and nice cards, but also for love and the meaning of life. PortraPublished on: -
Old Believers
Impressionistic and poetic portrait of a group of followers of the Russian-Orthodox church that lives in the Danube delta in today’s Romania.Published on: -
Vaterland – A Hunting Logbook
A group of kids from an aristocratic background are staying in an expensive mansion, where a bizarre hunt is started. This first surrealist thriller fPublished on: -
Expulsion from Paradise
Committed film-maker fights many quarrels and setbacks while filming on a nudist beach. The most naked film of the festival.Published on: -
Parallel Worlds
The reality of Prague thirty-somethings in an everyday existential crisis. The relationship between translator Teresa and architect Krystof is gettingPublished on: -
Wild Bees
A bitter-sweet observation in the Czech tradition of a small rural community. Well observed, sometimes grotesque, sometimes touching, often ironic, itPublished on: -
Punk in Africa
The striking story of a hidden, underground, even secret and banned movement. Bands with both black and white musicians broke the law. In the apartheiPublished on: -
Four Suns
Since his debut Wild Bees (Tiger Award 2002), Sláma has become the figurehead of Czech cinema. Once again, his powers of observation are combined withPublished on: -
Into Oblivion
Meticulous reconstruction of Stalin’s plan for a railway line that still seems illogical, and which would go on to cause countless deaths.Published on: -
A Time Shared Unlimited
This happy film is set in the near future and extols life’s little joys, consumed alone or together.Published on: