Štěpán Kučera

Autumn 1968, the Australian running record holder Ron Clarke is coming to Prague, hoping that his old friend and role model, Emil Zátopek, the most famous Czech athlete of all time, will help him overcome the biggest crisis of his career.

Somewhere in the middle of nowhere in the Czech provinces, a handful of people come together: a paranoid prison guard, his hypochondriac neighbour and the latter’s silent, despairing wife, a lovesick nightclub manager and a stripper who is a single mum.

The Way Out tells a story of a young Romani couple, Zaneta and David, the parents of little Janicka. Their efforts to live a decent and dignified life run up against the "Romani social trap," which is racism, the society's prejudices, exclusion from opportunities to obtain legal work, the lack of necessary qualifications, difficult communication with officials, debts and the miserable life conditions connected with the environment, lifestyle and traditional values of their ethnicity. David wants to protect his family, even at the expense of committing a crime. But Zaneta finds inner strength to defy the unfavorable situation in a different way. Will they overcome the existential problems that start to take apart their relationship? Is it worthwhile for them to continue to Honor their own values and family traditions? And will their "way out" be only another "escape" for them, or a promise to change their lives?

LITTLE SECRET is a short, suspenseful drama about a fifteen year old boy and his inner struggles. A son tells his mother an innocent lie as an excuse. We've all covered things up, but what happens when the consequences begin to snowball, and every minute it becomes harder and harder to take back the lie. Little Secret is inspired by a true story that happened in April 2012 in the Czech Republic and became a national scandal and media sensation for weeks. It started a huge racist backlash in the country.

Documentary about Czech filmaker Vera Chytilova.

Krystof, an architect whose main priority is his job, has been living for several years with Tereza, who has a somewhat different outlook on life. Their love story reveals the distinctness and contradictory nature of each person's subjective worlds and shows how the line between dream and reality differs in each and every one of us.

Chytilová’s highly impressive but little-known documentary provides a fascinating and atmospheric journey into a hidden culture, one in which she herself participated. Chytilová investigates the lives of three Czech photographers (Václav Chochola, Karel Ludwig, Zdeněk Tmej) from the 30s to the present, and also embraces the submerged world of 50s culture and the work of novelist Bohumil Hrabal and artist Vladimír Boudník.

Frantisek, the main character is returning to his family. Until now he's been, "successfully" avoiding all relationships. He is an ingenuous and a pure person and thus, is regarded as an idiot. He becomes involved in various love and family conflicts. It is because he hasn't experienced much of the "real" life that he is able to perceive human relationships in their genuineness.

상류층의 삶을 즐기는 두 남자가 히치하이킹 중인 수의사 렌카를 우연히 만난다. 남자들은 아무렇지 않게 렌카를 성폭행하고 자리를 뜨려 하지만 렌카는 자신만의 방식으로 이들에게 복수를 가한다. 이후 두 남자의 일상은 완전히 바뀌고 만다. 끔찍한 상황과 유머러스한 묘사가 기묘한 부조화를 만들어내는 작품. 1998년 베니스영화제 엘비라 노타리 상 수상(특별 언급).

한창 공사가 진행 중인 프라하의 공동 주택 단지. 입주를 원하는 사람들은 기대에 찬 표정으로 이곳을 찾고, 원래 이곳에 살던 사람들은 무관심하게 이들의 방문을 지켜본다. 이 영화의 또다른 주인공은 도시의 거칠고 삭막한 풍경이다. 아무것도 없는 폐허 위에 우뚝 솟은 아파트 단지들은 초현실적인 느낌마저 선사한다. 감독은 과감한 촬영 및 편집으로 더욱 독특한 분위기를 만들어낸다.

Sarcastic comedy about the Czechoslovakia of the seventies. A young gynaecologist can't figure out whether to get serious with a young nurse or to stay casual with his married lover. Things get complicated when both women don't want to play his game anymore.