Frontier (2021)
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 29M
Director : Damián Vondrášek
Writer : Damián Vondrášek, Lukáš Csicsely
Synopsis
During a random check, the commander of the Czech Customs Unit notices that there are immigrants in the back of a van. In the turmoil that followed, a minor is injured while trying to escape into the forest. The officers scatter the woods to look for the boy who managed to escape. Their aim is to find him and cover up the event. When the child's father refuses to cooperate, the incident becomes insurmountable and the officers start to mistreat the refugees. It is a fairly harsh short film about human emotions and views against immigrants.
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