Featuring works from the Czech Republic’s and Slovakia’s leading film schools, FAMU, FAMO and VSMU, our shorts strand presents a curated selection of the regions’ […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE A family of five live together in an old village house. While the parents are slowly aging, the children are growing up, and […]
Produced to mark the 80th anniversary of Czech cinema, this lively, charming comic tribute to the country’s movie pioneers is heavily informed by Menzel’s own […]
Menzel, for the sixth time, used a novel by Bohumil Hrabal as the source for his exuberant tale of the rise of a little man […]
Menzel’s first colour film reads like a twist on a classic joke about three men: a retired artillery officer, a priest and a proprietor of […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Following his father’s untimely death, Michal moves back to his childhood estate where the solitude of nature forces him to confront the mysterious […]
A marvellous and eccentric tour through cinema history told through animated gloves, this newly restored 1982 short by Jiří Barta is a loving ode to […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE A gardener (Oldřich Kaiser) lives at the foot of a hill with his wife (Dáša Vokatá) and takes care of their small nursery, […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Crystal Bear winner Iveta Grófová (Little Harbour, 2017) returns to CaSFFA with The Hungarian Dressmaker, inspired by Peter Krištúfek’s novella and script. Set […]
Shot on the heels of the Prague Spring and subsequently banned by the Czechoslovak government, Menzel’s pointed political satire was finally released after the fall […]
Czech-Swiss filmmaker Kolinsky – hitherto better known as a virtuoso pianist – completed this illuminating, affectionate documentary after the release of Menzel’s cinematic swan song […]
Co-scripted and based on a novel by Bohumil Hrabal, Menzel’s much loved first feature is an elliptically funny, but marvellously perceptive observation of the quirks […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Deep in the woods, a young boy living with his adoptive parents feels more alone than ever, burdened by premonitions of the world’s […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Screening as part of Karlovy Vary’s Future Frames, this hybrid documentary follows twelve year old Adam, a precocious and charismatic jack-of-all-trades living in […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Tenderly shot on 35mm film, Of Fences and Men puts forth a meditative consideration of the reprieve and solace offered by the simple […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Beautifully animated and poignantly relatable, receiving a special mention at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, Dede is Dead tells the story of […]
The Pied Piper is set in a medieval town: a gothic never-was world where greedy townsfolk (carved out of woodblocks) hunger for gold and eerie […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE On the outskirts of a Slovakian village, a group of loggers clears a forest as their workhorse, Kubo, labours under the weight of […]
VICTORIAN PREMIERE This beguiling and atmospheric folk-horror — the bold sophomore feature from Slovak filmmaker Tereza Nvotová — follows Šarlota (Natália Germani), an exiled woman […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE At their Renaissance chateau in the Czech countryside, Count Frank Kostka (Hynek Čermák), wife Vivien (Tatiana Dyková) and daughter Marie (Yvona Stolařová) live […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Inspired by the story of writer Nataša Slavíková’s own mother, the humorous and heartfelt Waltzing Matilda follows debt-collector Karel (Karel Roden) who enjoys […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Fearless little Romy (Rozmarína Willems) has lost her beloved budgie, Mimi. With her mother giving up hope that Mimi will return, she gives […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE A pig slaughter (known in Czech and Slovak as a “zabíjačka”) happens every year at an old farm in Osoblaha — the only […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE Combining stop-motion with vibrant colour, this warmhearted family film tells the story of eleven-year-old Tony, whose skin glows with radiating light. Day after […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE This Berlinale-premiering documentary by director Klára Tasovská captures the extraordinary life of Libuše Jarcovjáková, one of the most important photographers to emerge from […]
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE In this minimalist thriller for contemporary eyes, Czech director Michal Hogenauer explores the chilling lengths one man goes to when he fears his […]
