Pavla Janoušková Kubečková

싱글맘 이리나는 아들 이고르가 습격 당했다는 소식에 서둘러 마을로 돌아온다. 이고르는 범인에 대해 거짓말을 하고, 분별력을 잃은 아리나는 양심의 소리를 외면한 채 진상 규명을 외친다. 범인으로 지목된 로마니인(집시족)에 대한 혐오는 어느새 네오 나치 운동으로 변질되어 작은 마을을 뒤덮는다.

Jabir, Usama and Uzeir are three young brothers in a Sunni family of shepherds. Since childhood, their father Ibrahim has rigidly trained them in the principles of the Quran and has filled their minds with stories of the Bosnian War.

Even though doctors Ondřej and Kateřina look after their patients to the best of their ability, they can’t prevent their death. As heads of palliative care at Prague’s General University Hospital they face the inevitability of the end on a daily basis. Yet what perhaps makes their job harder is the myriad options now open to them to prolong human life – and this at a time when death has become a social taboo. Betraying her special brand of empathy, documentarist Adéla Komrzý demonstrates that, while there’s no good or bad way to die, there’s always a means to improve patients’ quality of life.

At first glance, Chameleon and Kiwi are a strange pair: While the former calls attention to himself with his changing colors, the molting and frightened Kiwi avoid attention at all cost. But when a storm robs them of the roof over their heads, differences no longer matter: Together, they must reach the wooden boat by the shore. But it’s not easy! The ark is for couples only, and Chameleon with his darting tongue and the cross-eyed Kiwi are definitely not a couple.

1924년부터 1953년까지 소비에트 연방 최고 권력자로 군림한 스탈린은 ‘위대한 지도자’로 불리며 제2차 세계대전을 승리로 이끌었지만, ‘조지아의 인간 백정’이라는 별명을 얻을 정도로 무자비한 숙청을 단행한 두 얼굴을 가진 지도자다. 스탈린의 장례식을 담은 이 보기 드문 다큐멘터리는 1953년 3월 5일 스탈린이 세상을 떠나면서 시작된다. 흑백과 컬러를 넘나드는 당시의 자료 화면들은 소비에트 국민의 슬픔과 국장(國葬)의 모습을 2시간이 넘는 러닝타임 동안 내레이션도 없이 담담하게 보여준다.

A team of Romany football players try to overcome prejudice in this Czech documentary.

A documentary survey of urban night life and insomnia. Following several characters who inhabit the dark world of 24-hour bars, slot machine dives, night clubs and casinos, this film offers a glimpse into the world of people who live in an eternal night.

This picturesque Ukrainian farm is not surrounded by fields, but by huge housing developments. Ominous cranes overlook Natasha's land at the edge of Kiev, which year after year is being pushed deeper into a pit by new panel buildings. The brave owner protects not only acres of land, but also traditional family values, faith and ownership. From a bird's-eye view of the farm, a sharp contrast emerges between the village and the city. This peculiar family business model is set forth in a four-year chronicle from the point of view of foreign visitors who don't interfere with the way of life that the family has lived for generations.

This Czech documentary presents a visit to the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (a.k.a. Trans-Dniestr) as a trip to a museum of communist totalitarianism. The country, whose independence has been recognized by only a few other states, remains an isolated multi-ethnic enclave held together by an authoritarian regime. In a country where you are only allowed to film out the window of a train, the locals are afraid of being denounced but are glad to live in a comfortable refuge from the hectic modern world, and songs on television celebrate the president.

A painted graffiti tiger tries to find his way back to his lost love. (IMDb)

Tony has been glowing since the day he was born and it causes him a lot of trouble. Just before the Christmas, a new odd girl with thick glasses moves into Tony’s house. Shelly has a strange way of expressing herself. Tony is fascinated by her but he is also being cautious at first. Together with Shelly’s flashlight, they explore their house and they are slowly getting to know each other. The kids have to join all their efforts to figure out who’s behind the circuit of dark cracks that sucks out all the light bulbs, even the daylight. It must be because of the ​“Spirit of the house”. A film about being different, about friendship, and first loves… But above all about light and darkness.