Jan Baset Střítežský

Casting is stressful. Hanka, the casting director, is heading for a breakdown and her state of mind isn’t helped by the myriad whims of her actors or the unwelcome visits from her ex-husband, a desperate hypochondriac. A short comedy by Marek Najbrt with a truly stellar cast.

Documentary on the life and art of Marie Cermínová AKA Toyen or “the baroness” to her friends. Long considered a marginal figure, it was not until her death in 1980, when her estate was auctioned off, that Toyen’s masterpieces finally saw the light of day. This film is a portrait of an important figure of the European artistic avant-garde in the 20th century.

After the premiere, the theatre group gathers in a bar to celebrate. However, the cheerful gathering is interrupted by a drunken Soviet officer. He insists on selling a can of petrol. However, when he senses the awkwardness, the hidden hatred, the cowardice, the timidity of the people there, he begins to enjoy the situation with his intrusiveness. When he takes his pistol out of its holster, things start to get crazy. The people in the bar suddenly become “freedom fighters” against the Russian occupation.

When nostalgia makes her rethink the sale of her family cottage, a woman cajoles her husband and loved ones into one last getaway.

Knight Borek is searching for his missing son. Enthralled by the stories of children's crusades, little Jan has run away from home. Borek's crusade is a journey into his own subconscious, where he is forced to confront his greatest fear.

he story of an unusual journey or a staged piece of contemplation? However we perceive this tale of a couple wandering through the Czech countryside, we can best experience it by yielding to the calm tempo of their journey through the shady woods.

When not serving regulars at a pub in the middle of a sleepy northern Moravian village, thirtysomething Maruna spends time with hesitant Jura and naïve outsider Olin – or fighting with her imperious mother. Lightened with a touch of black humor, this laconic village drama is the directorial debut of the artistic director of Prague’s Dejvice Theater who gave the members of his ensemble a one-of-a-kind acting opportunity in film.

1980년 체코슬로바키아. 젊고 재능 있는 육상선수 안나는 올림픽 국가대표 출전을 목표로 훈련에 임한다. 최고의 기록을 내기 위해 코치와 의사는 그녀의 어머니의 협조 하에 안나 몰래 단백동화 스테로이드제를 처방한다. 매일 저녁 주사를 맞던 중 어느 날 진실을 알게 된 안나는 분노하며 약을 끊게 되고, 그 결과 달리기 기록이 나빠진다. 한편 그녀의 어머니는 남편이 서방으로 망명한 이래 온갖 불이익을 당하며 정부의 감시하에 있다. 안나를 올림픽 국가대표로 만드는 길만이 그녀를 철의 장막에서 벗어나게 하는 길이라 믿고 다시 스테로이드제를 비타민이라 속여 주입한다. 는 동서냉전기의 이데올로기 갈등이 스포츠계의 부정부패로 이어진 예를 보여주는 스포츠 휴먼드라마다. 인간을 기계처럼 만드는 도핑 시스템에 복종해야 하는 선수들의 모습은 올림픽 정신이 얼마나 변질되고 퇴색되었는지 보여주고도 남는다. 흥미진진한 스토리가 빛나는 작품으로 첫 장면과 마지막 장면의 조깅은 흔들리지 않는 스포츠 정신과‘ 페어 플레이’에 대한 질문으로 다가온다.

“The fact that I’m playing myself doesn’t mean that it’s me.” Four old schoolmates, today well-known Czech actors (Pavel Liška, Tomáš Matonoha, Josef Polášek and Marek Daniel), decide to make a movie together. Their ambitious colleague Jan Budař takes up directing duties and financing has arrived from Poland. What started out pleasantly enough, however, soon goes awry. Liška’s pronunciation difficulties, Daniel’s alter ego Havlát, and Matonoha’s financial machinations turn the shoot into a fight for survival. More than just a film about friendship and the absurdity of actors’ lives, director Marek Najbrt gives us a witty meditation on reality and illusion, and a unique take on the reality film genre. One of Pavel Liška’s on-set comments (“I didn’t know if I should act as if I were acting, or act as if I weren’t acting, or just not act at all”) illustrates the provocative nature of Najbrt’s subversive, quasi-documentary game.

Stone by stone, Imrich is building a small house for his daughter Eva almost entirely on his own. But for Eva, who is about to graduate from school, the prospect of moving into the house is about as appealing as being imprisoned in a jail she herself has helped to build. She has very different plans for her future...