By Jamie Jungyoon Tak Jiří Trnka’s The Czech Year (Špalíček, 1947) and Old Czech Legends (Staré pověsti české, 1952) are perhaps two films of his […]

At a time when the young generation is rediscovering the legacy of the ‘Czechoslovak Tom Jones’ outside the context of his heyday, Peter Bebjak (The […]

A kind of documentary that is impossible to recreate in fiction, Marie Dvořáková World Between Us is only partially about photographs: its focus is on […]

Shot on film, Katarína Gramatová’s quietly compassionate feature debut unfolds through the rhythms of everyday life, capturing the beauty of rural Slovakia and the weight […]

By Jacob Agius Jiří Mádl, the director of Waves (2024), got his start as an actor in the Czech comedy film Snowboarders (Karel Janák, 2004). […]

By Joey Demczuk What would you say if I invited you to spend an hour and a half looking at still photos? But what if those […]

She – Hero, tells the story of Romy, a 7 year old, who looks for her lost budgie Mimi. It is a lovely children’s film […]

Peter Hośták’s Cold and Dark is filled with evocative imagery and ideas. Set in a Slovak forest, the thirty-minute film observes draft horse logging, yet […]

Puppetry animation gives directors vast powers to create fantasy worlds. In Tony, Shelly, and the Magic Light, Filip Pošivač preserves this creative spirit. Although his […]

Martin Pavol Repka’s childhood is embedded in his debut feature film March to May (Od Marca do Mája). The 83 minute film, set in a […]