Brutal Heat

A subway enforcement officer working in the oppressively gray Budapest metro gets a chance at love — but first he needs to find out why passengers are jumping — or being pushed — to their deaths onto the tracks.

A dilapidated house stands among the fields in the rolling landscape of the Czech Central Mountains. Its new and only inhabitant is Martin, who left the city to rediscover his lost sense of direction here. But when the mysterious Agnes appears on his doorstep, his secluded world begins to crumble. As the landscape resists and an ancient danger hidden in the soil comes to life, Martin must restore the lost memory of the place to save Agnes, the land, and himself.

A mysterious woman returns to her mountain village home to confront her painful past. As she tries to uncover the long-buried truth, the local villagers accuse her of witchcraft and murder.

In 1944, after years of longing, the Golian family finally welcomes a child-just weeks before the beginning of Slovak National Uprising led by Ján Golian. In Nazi-allied Slovakia, they must choose-fight for the nation or protect their son.

This simple story is the feature debut for well-known Slovak theater and television director Juraj Nvota. Set in a Slovak village at the turn of the last century, the story teems with passion, and repressed and hidden emotion. It delves into the search for identity, investigating both love and hatred, while dramatizing the tragic relationship between an adolescent girl (Tatiana Pauhofová) and her ambitious father (Ondrej Vetchý). Set against the striking though simple backdrop of a picturesque, even idyllic, landscape - one ostensibly cut off from any important historical, political, or social context whatsoever - the arrival of an unwanted individual evokes the onset of a cruel drama.

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.

On New Year's Day, two boys wind up in the apartment of Katerina, a teacher from their school, along with her friends, Stepan and David. As the older trio bickers, drinks and flirts, the boys gain eye-opening insight into the adult world.

When Eva (14) goes to the lake with her older brother and his friends, she finds herself under her body’s control, of which she is still ashamed at her age.

Jara is one of thousands of Czechs who, after being released from institutional care, are suddenly forced to stand on their own two feet. He works hard, trying to give his little daughter and wife the life he could never have. After debt collector seizes the money meant to pay back his loan shark, Jara sets off on a mission to save his family.

Mentally disabled driver and tired stewardess traveling with bus on the road of life. How far can they drive? "Dear passengers, fasten your seat-belts." The affection of a loving mother to fulfill her disabled son's dream by playing a game that gives him the opportunity to live in the world of fantasy in where he is so happy, also fulfills the goal of surviving and preserving peace in the family. The son has grown but not mentally, so the mother's play for herself has become a daily struggle and suffering. How long she can keep this long-lasting treatment under control is questionable. Will be The Next Stop their final destination?

This stylised short film follows the unexpected intertwining of the fates of a young man, who applies for housing benefit during the day, and the clerk who processes his application. When they meet by chance in a bar that evening and events take an unexpected turn, they both end up in his flat. During their late-night conversation, the clerk reveals the absurdity of her daily work at the office – a world full of nonsensical rules, powerlessness and alienation, which is disturbingly reminiscent of a Kafkaesque labyrinth. This intimate drama, laced with black humour, shows that the victims of bureaucracy are not only its clients, but also those who carry it out.

An unknown stranger appears, inviting Róza to dance, giving her a pair of red shoes. Thanks to them, Róza starts to dance, wildly and with great passion, quickly becoming the center of attention. Soon after she realizes that she can't control the shoes, the shoes are controlling her…

In a short musical film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Thom Yorke of Radiohead stars in a mind-bending visual piece. Best played loud.

Lupyn returns from prison during the pandemic and plans another job. A local mob boss and a corrupt police lieutenant try to uncover who is disrupting their territory and profit from the situation.

The reclusive writer Henry returns from his travels and finds a pile of letters on his doorstep. Without a salutation or signature, the poems written on used train tickets remind him of his current literary impotence. Henry opens envelope after envelope and reads, reading between the lines, gradually allowing the foreign words to touch his soul. After a while, his imagination awakens, and he may even start writing again himself. But who are these mysterious letters from?

Criminal thriller about traffickers and smugglers from Ukrainian border. The feature film about the borders and the life on their edge.

Czech painter and artist Otto Placht (1962) is sometimes called the painter of the jungle. His creative and private life is divided between Prague and Peru, where he draws inspiration from the depths of the Amazon rainforest, ayahuasca and the local people. The film shows his creative process in the interiors of Prague and a studio built right in the rainforest. Poetic shots of nature are interspersed with the harsh realities of the big city, in which Placht's passionate love life and complicated family life are also revealed. The artist's paintings have proven to be not only a fascination with and homage to immaculate nature, but also an environmental plea for its protection.

This satirical sketch follows a young couple on vacation, whose sunny afternoon at the beach is soon overshadowed by a cloud of conflict. A short reflection on self-confidence and the pursuit of perfection.

The poet Daniel Hradecký is the prime mover of a transgenre film about a journey into the depths of one's own consciousness. This black and white documentary parable looks into the soul of man through the interplay of sounds and raw images. Accompanied by dramatic music, several episodes unfold in the rough North Bohemian landscape, whose narrative is spun from fragments of the poet's texts and his memories, reconstructed by the film.

A cinematic poem delving into recurring dream epiphanies of a grandmother’s death and the birth of an unwanted child. Říká se, že nejdelší sen trvá 45 minut guides us through the bleak, desolate landscape of gloomy Polish Lodz.