FAMO Písek

On New Year's Eve in 1944, two men meet in the middle of a snowstorm in a cottage cut off from civilization - a widower, Petr Bernat, and an SS officer, Konrad Neumann. The only thing the two men have in common is their Sudeten origins. At first, their conversation revolves around mundane topics, but as midnight approaches, they begin to address more pressing issues. A tragic past is revealed and it becomes clear that tonight will be a fateful night for Bernat and Neumann.

Everyone thinks they have crazy relatives. But in this family, dad lives in the closet.

Father and daughter, cars and rhinos... and the zoo director meet in the story of Emilia, a 15-year-old girl who tries to find the answer to the question - are we destined to be like our parents?

During hibernation one sleeps and never leaves the warm bed. The little hedgehog initially wants to go on a very short expedition - to see the full moon and come right back - but he is surprised by the first snow. The search for the home where Dad and Mum stayed is not easy and gradually turns into an unexpected adventure.

In 2018, when Juraj Jakubisko celebrated his 80th birthday, his students from the Miroslav Ondříček Film Academy in Písek, led by director and composer Patrik Ulrich, decided to pay tribute to him with a 30-minute documentary. The documentary focuses on three of the artist's key activities: film, visual arts and teaching. Quite a lot has been written and filmed about Jakubisko's film work, so the most interesting part of the film is a unique insight into Jakubisko's artistic world. For example, the protagonist shows us the pages of his cartoon diary. Jakubisko's collaborators, including his wife Deana and cameraman F. A. Brabec.

Biographical film brings a distinctive view of the turbulent history of the twentieth century through the eyes of a man who knew the whole world. Conceived under the Habsburgs, he was born five months after the First Republic was founded. He survived World War II, lived through the rise and fall of communism. He was labelled by the StB as a "dangerous person of the highest danger class". He was in Africa when the colonial system was dying. He met the pre-presidents, met Gagarin and Hillary. He experienced the rise of democracy and "all-powerful" capitalism.

A real story about finding the most famous non-soldier of a college whose life was in such shit when he had to start filling up all the toilet cabins with them. Officer Arnošt will do anything to trick them and solve this seemingly banal and bizarre case.

Ctrl Emotion is a Czech comedy film. It was released in 2009.

A man and a woman set out for the bullfighting arena, only to miss their bus. Whose fault is it? Who bears responsibility? Who has the right to be angry and offended? Their relationship drama suddenly transforms into a relentless duel between a toreador and a bull—just as the real bullfight begins in the nearby arena.

Far, far away, endless fields overgrown with weeds stretch to infinity. A beautiful garden is hidden in the middle of them, and it is carefully looked after by the Gardener. Her endurance is put to the test when a severe storm breaks out and her garden is flooded with seeds of weeds. This innocent encounter slowly grows into a life-and-death struggle. The Gardener tries her best to defeat this elemental force, but her fear and her desire to resist the intruders at all costs puts her entire world at risk.

The anatomy of a relationship between an inexperienced high school student and a grown man, a pilot. Their unexpected rapprochement soon runs into the misunderstanding of the family and the initial infatuation is replaced by a gradual cooling.

The story revolves around Kevin Jareš, a successful fantasy novelist. He, although at first glance it may seem that he lacks nothing in fame and fortune, is going through a mid-life crisis, dealing with problems with his partner and a greedy agent. So he decides to take the radical step of writing his last book, in which he lets the fan-favorite central character of his fantasy series, Barbara Erdan, die. But it soon becomes clear that getting rid of Erdan won't be so easy.

The pattern-living Paul Fowler has his routines disrupted by the contact-seeking photographer Jane.

Story of a man who, at the end of the 1940s, attempted to cross the Czechoslovak border illegally like many others to escape the communist regime and became a victim of the historically documented game of the security forces of the totalitarian regime, the so-called Kameny action. The project of the Miroslav Ondříček Film Academy in Písek is the debut of screenwriter and director Martin Kopp.

Five 20-year-olds live a naive way of life that often just revolves around alcohol and having as much fun as possible. But their carefree existence is disrupted when one of them becomes seriously ill. The others learn of his illness at different times, which leads to misunderstandings, conflicts, and eventually the sick friend’s alienation from the group. The story tells of the superficial nature of their relationships, helplessness, and disenchantment with the youth perspective.

The head of the family has died – Hubert Osvald, a hugely successful author of horror stories. In addition to dozens of award-winning books, he left behind a substantial sum of money, his beloved publishing house, and most importantly, a rotten family. They came to terms with daddy’s death faster than you can say “exitus,” and are now trying to quietly profit from his passing.

Evening. Periphery of the city. A seemingly banal phone call between a man and a woman turns into a single contact between a mugged girl and her boyfriend. Can the man intervene in time to save the girl?

Atlas and friend on a fateful journey.

The animated fairy tale tells the story of a woodcutter who cuts down a forest, carves a forest maiden out of one of the trunks and suddenly realises that he has served an evil master all his life. At the last moment, he defies fate and saves the revived tree. The artwork is based on the traditions of Czech puppet film. The plot is underscored by the haunting music of an acoustic guitar.

The island of Hvar is 1,000 kilometres from the Czech Republic. Every summer a ferry brings several thousand Czechs to spend a well-deserved holiday here. Occasionally, someone does not return. Since the early 1970s, 42 Czech women have married on Hvar. Why did Czech women connect their destiny with Hvar? What role did the sea play and what role did the relatively free conditions in Yugoslavia play? What do they think is the difference between Czech men and men from Hvar? And what do southern men appreciate most about Czech women? The film by director Tomáš Vávra offers answers. Jitka Carič, Eva Vucetič, Vanda Blaškovič, Bohdana Dulcič and others will tell their life stories in the film.