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Browse 76 movies from Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně
The mysterious mechanism of a music box keeps playing different versions of the same melody. In isolation and an atmosphere of fear you might think that other melodies do not exist because it helps to bear the constant pain. False notes give hope for a better fate and freedom but no one knows what price they'll have to pay.
Jan 2018
The village priest wants no secrets among his sheep. When he is forced to undergo his own confession, no one shows great mercy.
Feb 2011
At a time where there were no alarm-clocks, an old men worked as an awaker. Every day he walked the long way from his house to the village until he gets an old shiny bell.
Jun 2017
A short film set in a train compartment during a single train journey. You can't just stop a moving train, you can't jump off, you remain part of it until it brakes itself. The familiar world remains outside, enclosed, passing by the windows, only reflected in the train's windows. Inside, a new ecosystem is emerging, temporarily independent, bringing together random combinations of people. It's not difficult to intersect destinies; all you have to do is enter the compartment. You never know who has boarded.
Sep 2016
Jul 2023
It's a fantasy house party from the 2000's and you're invited! Hosted by twin brothers Gred and Forge in their big family house while their parents are on vacation. Surely nothing could go wrong while the house is filled with magical creatures. Right?
Aug 2024
Part police procedural, part mood piece, the only thing that's clear in Czech director Martin Zivocky's strikingly stylized film noir is that nothing is clear.
Apr 2011
Jul 2025
Feb 2026
One fateful night, a self-centered cop tries to make his life easier, unknowingly unleashing a deadly spiral of events.
May 2026
Jun 2025
Long gone are the days when one could easily relieve oneself in the woods. All you had to do was choose which tree to go behind. But times are changing...
Dec 2015
Animated short film about sparkledogs, werewolverines and other things that are JUST drawings.
Sep 2023
A life of an ordinary town is transformed into madness when a naughty little angel swaps roles with God in a childlike and pure game. Rude and funny roller coaster of a film, which takes you to places that would make Freud giggle.
Jan 2013
The film tells the story of a very important social problem: civic engagement. It is not tied to any particular political system or period. There is a stylized, anonymous, universal character living in an unspecified space. Everything is made of paper using the origami technique. The character does not want to solve the problems of the world around him, he thinks that he would lose his peace. But as a result, with this hidden from the news of the world, he gradually begins to sacrifice not only his property, his space, but also his freedom.
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Set history free. A modern history, enclosed for more than a quarter of a century in an abandoned prison in Uherské Hradiště with unique rooms preserved from the 1950s. The authors fill the emptiness of the premises with situational encounters with the building, nature and people who are united by their experience of the place and who are often divided by their life experience. A shared past as a starting point to a shared future.
Apr 2024
A beautiful red leaf of a tree is the ticket of the girl who wants to board the big steamer. The scent of this leaf reminds the sailor of his homeland and finally leads him back there.
Feb 2020
Jul 2024