Vladimír Polívka

Beata Parkanová, the filmmaker behind Moments, returns to Karlovy Vary with an exceptionally vivid portrait of the family of notary Václav Vojíř, a small-town moral authority, and his selfless wife Věra. This masterfully told and highly original intimate drama, whose protagonists undergo a difficult ordeal in the summer of 1968, is reinforced by finely wrought, exquisite performances from Martin Finger and Gabriela Mikulková.

Sara, Hedwig, Eliška y Zuzana son las mejores amigas de toda la vida. Todos ellos son hermosos e inteligentes, pero cada uno de ellos tiene sus problemas. Sara es una influencer que se hizo famosa por sus antecedentes. Incluso filmó el nacimiento de su hija Ley en Internet, filmando cada paso de su vida. Hedwig ya tiene un hijo Hynek y vive en una hermosa casa. Sin embargo, su esposo Milan no suele estar en casa debido a su trabajo.

Nacido a principios del siglo XX, el herbolario Jan Mikolasek se hizo rico y famoso después de curar innumerables enfermedades con medios poco ortodoxos. Verdadero emblema de Checoslovaquia antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el curandero se hizo aún más apreciado durante la ocupación nazi y el régimen comunista. Cada régimen aprecia su habilidad y lo protege. Pero, ¿cuánto le costará mantener su estatus en un nuevo cambio político?

Liesel Landauer y su compañera, Hana, están unidas por la relación de toda una vida y una casa excepcional construida por el arquitecto Von Abt para Liesel y su marido Viktor, en la Checoslovaquia de los años 30.

Vera ha tenido una vida maravillosa al lado de Jindrich, y está decidida a cumplir su última voluntad: correr una ma-ratón. Esta optimista mujer, madre de tres chicas, está convencida de ello. Dividirán la carrera en 4 partes, y entre todas completarán los 42 kilómetros de la maratón, como un equipo compenetrado. Por supuesto, para ella el hecho de que ninguna de ellas haya corrido nunca, no supone ningún problema.

A strange nobleman returning after years abroad to a small Bohemian village in the beginning of 19th century. The nobleman feels closer to animals despite looking like a human.

Two siblings set sail as a crew on a yacht on the Aegean Sea. Circumstances soon change when a young documentary filmmaker comes aboard.

By some quirk of fate, the two small-time thieves and the spoiled princess find themselves in the Black Forest full of magic beings who believe that everyone has a chance to mend his ways. However, sometimes even the best intentions need to take a pretty long way round to be achieved... Funny fairy tale full of action, excitement, fun, magic but also love.

An exciting drama from a detective history. In 1899 a dead girl - seamstress Anežka Hrůzová - was found between the village of Věžnička and the town of Polná. She was 19 and she had a cutting wound on the throat. There was no sexual violence involved and since the local doctors thought that there was not enough blood on the crime scene, everyone jumped to the conclusion that Jews must have killed her and added her blood to their passover matzot. There was a potential murderer at hand too - a cheeky, not very bright young Jewish rover, Leopold Hilsner…

Students from the Prague Conservatory leave for a workshop in the picturesque South Bohemian countryside, where they are placed before a demanding task, from which only some of them will emerge successful and they will then continue in their dream to be famous. Each of them will find their true path to happiness.

A coming of age story about love, loss and revenge centers around two teenage friends, Adam and Marek, whose aimless lives in a small town are suddenly disrupted by the appearance of Anna, the troubled daughter of a rich and influential local businessman. Initially her free spirit energizes Adam but soon he finds himself thrown into a spiraling chain of events. His innocence is about to be abruptly replaced with the adult emotions of guilt, fear and revenge.

Our hero is 25-year-old Štěpán – a nice enough guy but a bit of a waster who doesn’t have a clue what to do with himself. At the call centre where he works, he is jolted out of his lethargy when he takes a call from the mysterious and seemingly level-headed Marie. This playful flick revolves around young protagonists full of insecurities who are struggling to break out of the crushing stereotypical mould. And although Štěpán might not know exactly which path to take in life, the mere decision to put one foot in front of the other indicates a certain degree of progress. In its chosen stylisation the film opts for bizarre condensation and, in places, ventures into absurd poetics; even so, it reveals great understanding for its characters’ faltering moves.

A married couple unexpectedly find themselves witness to a murder. The perpetrators pay them to remain silent, but also turn them into the main suspects of the crime. The more the two try to distance themselves from the case, the more entangled they become, and so does their relationship

Flower Buds tells the story of the gradual breakdown of a family living in a small town. Each character lives according to his or her own ideals. Agata wants a happy life far from home, fully aware that her only hope is to escape and therefore betray those close to her. Honza believes in the purity and power of love, regardless of the circumstances under which it is born. Kamila looks confidently to the future and does not intend to accept the misery of the present. The only Jarda knows that he will not change the world or himself. Aware of his weakness, he does not even try. In his mind, of course, his addiction to slot machines, which has led to a nearly impossible situation, is as certain as most gamblers' belief of an imminent win. The real and convincing attempt to rescue his family comes when it is too late. It is just a futile gesture, a desperate last ditch effort.