Eduard Palček

In his film The Idol, Viktor Kubal copes with the socialist regime very originally and directly. This slapstick comedy about an oppressive regime with a happy ending depicts an obedient citizen who bows to well-known busts for so long until his patience runs out.

A bureaucratic chaos caused by an ink shortage.

Loosely updates the Hansel and Gretel story to a world where the wicked witch is now a scantily-clad quasi-hippie.

A weatherman comes across a frog on his way to work. When the real weather begins to differ from his forecast, the frog will teach him its natural ways of forecasting weather to save the day.

A satire on gender relations and expectations of "correct" feminine behaviour.

Documentary about the life of Jozef Antalík and his wife. The social ethnographic documentary presents a portrait of a folk artist introducing his interesting personality and music while defining his environment and sources of inspiration.

Little Johnny lives in the city. Traffic lights for pedestrians don‘t ring any bells to him. The little traffic light man decides to teach him how to cross the road safely. To no avail. However, he comes up with a great idea.

The film is a portrait of two shepherds, the Sanitrár brothers, notable representatives of popular culture. The film is conceived as their witness account as well as a probe into their broad family.

A young boy, turned to a bird, must now find three happy cherries in order to become a human again.

An animal lover, Miloš , brings a small mouse to school, which causes a lot of excitement in the classroom. Miloš remains for punishment after school, however, when the teacher notices that Miloš is bringing lunch to his sick grandmother, she lets him go home. However, Miloš cannot get home with lunch. Somewhere, he lost the key he wears on the string around his neck.

A portrait of a Slovak farmer living in Kovacica in Vojvodina, who is known for his naive art work.

A film portrait about Professor Karol Plicka, focusing on his films, photography and folklore work.

This is a reconstruction of the daily life of an ordinary family. With kindness and gentle humour, the film reveals the relationship between the older and the younger generation. The original concept of a short film study with authentic characters of the Ravager family grew into a feature-length picture on the border between a documentary and fiction. It was made as an improvisation without a previously approved screenplay in the course of only twenty days.

A documentary about lamentation songs of Bulgarian funeral rites.

Ethnographic documentary about customs and ceremonies connected with death in a Bulgarian village.

A documentary féerie about the problems with tourists from abroad. How foreigners “invade” our homeland. A series of minute observations on life under so-called “real socialism” provokes sparkling ironic and satirical commentary—a broadside against the bankrupt Communist system.

A documentary about the life of people in under-developed areas in Eastern Slovakia.

A documentary about the cycle of human life and the eternity of nature.

A story of two old friends, who after ten years - one as the deputy director and the other as the chairman of the party organization - meet on a large construction site.

По одноимённой пьесе Петера Карваша. Декабрь 1944 года. Молодой партизан Дюрко Кубиш бежит из фашистского плена и прячется в доме родителей, которые сотрудничают с оккупантами. Родные Дюрко знают, что если его обнаружат в их доме, то будет расстреляна вся семья. Но они также надеются, что в случае разгрома фашистов Дюрко вспомнит об оказанной ему помощи. Однако страх перед фашистами побеждает, и родственники решают выдать его. Мать, желая спасти сына от смерти, рассказывает о нём священнику и просит помощи. Но священник выдаёт Дюрко фашистам, и его арестовывают, когда вся семья отправилась в церковь на мессу.

Three soccer fans are determined to do literally anything to get to the soccer match between Czechoslovakia and the famous representation team of Brazil. Reaching their goal to see the dream match live cannot he precluded neither by a sudden work task nor family obligations. However, there is one more obstacle in their way: for some time, their enthusiastic behavior during soccer matches has been monitored by the police. This time, it will not be easy for them to get to the stadium.