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At the end of the 1960s, when the air is filled with rock-and-roll and student rebellions are changing the world, the older of two brothers joins a prestigious newsroom of the public radio broadcaster. Not long after, he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous conflict between journalists and the secret service.
Aug 2024
The only thing separating Nina and Richard from divorce is a contract they once wrote on a paper napkin while drunk, in which they pledged that whoever causes the end of the relationship will not receive a single crown from their joint property.
Feb 2026
Four old friends decide to shake up their unhappy, monotonous lives with a friendly bet and set off a series of unexpected events.
Jul 2021
Flower Buds tells the story of the gradual breakdown of a family living in a small town. Each character lives according to his or her own ideals. Agata wants a happy life far from home, fully aware that her only hope is to escape and therefore betray those close to her. Honza believes in the purity and power of love, regardless of the circumstances under which it is born. Kamila looks confidently to the future and does not intend to accept the misery of the present. The only Jarda knows that he will not change the world or himself. Aware of his weakness, he does not even try. In his mind, of course, his addiction to slot machines, which has led to a nearly impossible situation, is as certain as most gamblers' belief of an imminent win. The real and convincing attempt to rescue his family comes when it is too late. It is just a futile gesture, a desperate last ditch effort.
Dec 2011
The young Zuzanka, Honzik and Goat look for the children's parents, whom the devil has apparently kidnapped to punish them for producing devilishly good goat cheese. However, the children find their parents not in hell, but in the castle, where they must make cheese for Kobyl, the king's advisor. Kobyl gained the king's good graces thanks to the cheese. After a dangerous and corny adventure, Kobyl ends up in hell and the family members are reunited.
Oct 2012
The filmed fairy-tale is a comedy based on the classical story about Reason and Happiness. This enchanting couple is ever debating on which of the two is more important for mankind, their encounters are watched by the third fairy-tale figure aunt Envy. A story of true love that wins over the evil powers of immortal human envy.
Nov 1993
Beata Parkanová, the filmmaker behind Moments, returns to Karlovy Vary with an exceptionally vivid portrait of the family of notary Václav Vojíř, a small-town moral authority, and his selfless wife Věra. This masterfully told and highly original intimate drama, whose protagonists undergo a difficult ordeal in the summer of 1968, is reinforced by finely wrought, exquisite performances from Martin Finger and Gabriela Mikulková.
Sep 2022
With his father's memory waning, a struggling forester must confront the troubling reality about his livelihood and his family's future.
Sep 2021
Do you also love shopping? Does the word sale make your heart beat faster? Shopaholic Klára feels the same way. A shopping-obsessed forty-something hits the sales with such passion that she doesn't even notice her husband finding a younger model during her shopping marathon. With a bruised ego and without her successful husband's credit card, Klára starts over from scratch. She's looking for a new job, a new man, but most of all, herself.
Nov 2025
Adolescence is always a difficult time; it is doubly so for Gábina. For one thing, she is growing up in the normalization years of the 1970s, and then she also has to face the reality that her father is a well-known actor disavowed by the regime. Although he abandoned the family years before, his existence casts an ominous shadow over the lives of not only Gábina, but also her older sister and mother, who are trying to find a civilized way through the social mire of the times.
Nov 2009
Love takes many forms, and Albert, Kateřina, and Gábina are not afraid to go to extremes in their pursuit of it. They fully enjoy casual sex and the feeling of independence, which leads them to a swingers club. They want to have fun and, above all, not worry about anything. Or are they in denial? With each touch, their physical attraction grows into emotional attraction, and whether they like it or not, they reveal their vulnerability.
May 2025
Three friends Dan, Ondřej and Filip regularly meet at a renowned spa so that their band "Šviháci" can entertain local guests and they can enjoy a men's ride together. Everything would go according to plan if it hadn't suddenly turned out that one of them has a secret seven-year-old son at the spa, whom he has to take care of unplanned. Instead of enjoying themselves, the dandies quickly become full-time fathers. Neither Dan's loving wife nor Ondřej's jealous partner have any idea about what is going on at the spa. For now..
Jan 2026
The film intertwines several stories connected by one important football match between Sparta and Slavia.
Jul 2025
After the romantic comedies Love Made to Order, Superwoman, and Casting for Love, director Eva Toulová comes with a story in which the main role is not love, but power and money. The initial impetus for the creation of Mole's world was the real-life case of Josef Roušal, the owner of a Prague amusement park. For years, he has been rejecting the verdicts of state authorities that he operates his business without the necessary permits and infrastructure.
Jun 2025
Libor, a former teacher, enjoys a well-paid position as a bank manager, living in a luxurious villa outside Prague. His business partners are taken into custody and the authorities have a few questions for him to answer. Rather than wait around, he decides to take off to Moravia with his wife and two children. In the process, he pretends that everything is normal, rediscovers the value of family life, meets up with a former colleague lost in provincial obscurity, and becomes the object of a manhunt. Libor is not a criminal type, merely someone who signs cheques and is drawn into a business world failing to recognise its own criminality (he doesn’t even flee the country).
Oct 2011
Josef is a successful violin maker. He enjoys seeing the instruments he makes bring joy to people all over the world. He himself prefers to spend his time in his workshop in the courtyard of a tenement house. He has never been to the sea; his sea is a puddle in the courtyard, which he protects from drying out so that the birds have something to drink. He has no wife or children, only his dog Pampeliška, who accompanies him everywhere. Josef secretly loves his beautiful neighbor Anežka and looks forward to Wednesday chess games with his best friend Václav, a charismatic piano tuner.
Mar 2025
Lovers & Murderers is about the ongoing war between those who have and those who want to have what the others have. The have-nots see themselves as poor victims trying to get for themselves what is justly theirs. But when the have-nots become haves, they continue to see themselves as victims of the hordes baying for what is justly theirs, and they have neither the energy nor the security to enjoy what they have obtained. The movie takes place in the microcosm of a small apartment building. The principal goal of the young people who share rooms in the building is to move into their own room and, some day, a real apartment. They scheme to get what they're after: form short-lived alliances, petition, frighten, marry, become pregnant, anything that might work. Lovers & Murderers presents Páral's vision of mankind caught in a cyclical process in which ideology pales before the pettiness, cruelty, and self-justification of human nature.
Dec 2004
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Aug 2026
Inspired by Czech Republic's 1998 Olympic win, 11-year-old Dom forms a hockey team with friends to pursue their dreams against all the odds.
Feb 2023